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US exit from UNESCO took Israel by surprise, was uncoordinated: Haaretz
Date: 2017-10-16 07:08:46 GMT - Israel - International - SN:1 - ID:7041585
Israel was surprised by the US decision on Thursday to quit UNESCO, Haaretz reported. Four senior Israeli and American officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was no coordination with Israel in the days before the decision was ....
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Israeli forces detain 5 Palestinians
Date: 2017-10-15 09:49:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7040137
Israeli gunboats detained four Palestinian fishermen early Sunday and seized two boats in northwestern Gaza. Eyewitnesses said the forces fired at the boats. Meanwhile, a Palestinian youth was injured and another was detained during clashes ....
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Egypt's Amer picked best governor in region
Date: 2017-10-15 09:47:07 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:5 - ID:7040134
Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Tarek Amer has been granted the award of best governor in the Middle East and North Africa from Global Markets, a paper of record of the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary ....
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Ali Farag wins US Open Squash Championship
Date: 2017-10-15 09:45:34 GMT - USA - Sport - SN:4 - ID:7040129
Egyptian squash player Ali Farag won US Open Squash Championship that took place at the Drexel University in Philadelphia. Farag saw off his fellow squash player Mohamed Shourbagy, 2016 title holder after defeating him 3-0. Farag is the ....
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Sisi attends graduation ceremony of NTL
Date: 2017-10-15 09:36:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7040114
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended on Sunday the graduation ceremony of the New Technology Leaders (NTL) initiative. The ceremony was held at the new International Conference Center in the 5th Settlement district of New Cairo. Prime ....
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President Sisi inspects NTL graduates expo
Date: 2017-10-15 09:31:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7040101
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected on Sunday an expo of the Next Technology Leaders (NTL) initiative graduates at the new International Conference Center in the 5th Settlement district of New Cairo. During the tour, Sisi listened to an ....
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Israeli occupation forces block road to Hebron area villages
Date: 2017-10-14 10:12:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7038722
Israeli occupation forces have blocked sub roads connecting between Beit Awwa town and neighborhoods of southwestern Hebron governorate. Local sources noted that the occupation forces used dirt mounds to block a road that connects the towns of ....
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Nasr, WB officials discuss support offered to sewage, education, transport projects
Date: 2017-10-14 10:10:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:7038720
Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr on Saturday discussed with World Bank officials support offered by the bank for the second phase of the sewage system project, which is co-funded by the Asian Infrastructure Investment ....
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Iran attacks 9,000 email accounts in parliament -- The Times
Date: 2017-10-14 10:01:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:7038699
Iran carried out a “brute force” cyberattack on the UK parliament that hit dozens of MPs this summer, The Times said Saturday according to a secret intelligence assessment. Some 9,000 email accounts, including those belonging to Theresa May and ....
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Iraq: Six PMF elements killed in clashes with Peshmerga in Kirkuk
Date: 2017-10-14 09:31:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7038634
Six elements of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed and four others injured in sporadic clashes with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Sky News channel quoted local sources as saying. The clashes, which also resulted in wounding an ....