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3 Turkish soldiers killed, 4 injured in blast in southeastern Turkey
Date: 2017-10-04 12:39:46 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:7023453
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured in an explosion in southeastern Turkey. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast, Sky News quoted military sources as saying on Wednesday. ....
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Neck-and-neck competition expected for UNESCO top post
Date: 2017-10-04 12:39:34 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7023413
Egypt's Ambassador to France and UNESCO Ihab Badawi expected neck-and-neck competition for the elections of UNESCO general director post, to take place on October 9. Eight candidates are running to succeed UNESCO's Bulgarian Irina Bokova after ....
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Iraqi PM announces 3 days of mourning for Talabani's death
Date: 2017-10-04 11:41:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7023340
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi announced three days of mourning for the death of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi news agency reported Wednesday. In a statement by the PM media office, expressed condolences to the Iraqi ....
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Sisi lays wreaths at Unknown Soldier Memorial, tombs of Abdel Nasser, Sadat
Date: 2017-10-04 11:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7023167
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi laid on Wednesday a wreath at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the October war victory. Upon arrival, Sisi was welcomed by Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi, Chief of Staff ....
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Al Nusra leader gravely injured by airstrike, 12 commanders killed – Russian MoD
Date: 2017-10-04 10:50:41 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:7023055
The leader of Al Nusra has been critically injured in an airstrike carried out by the Russian Air Force, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added at least 12 Al Nusra field commanders had been killed in the same ....
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Sisi attends SCAF meeting
Date: 2017-10-04 10:46:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7023193
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended early Wednesday a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Earlier in the day, Sisi laid a wreath at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the ....
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Iraqi forces advance in Hawija
Date: 2017-10-04 10:46:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7023027
Iraqi forces are about to retake Hawija, the last stronghold of Daesh militant group in northern Iraq. An operation to liberate the town center was launched earlier in the day. Iraqi troops, supported by the Popular Mobilization Forces, retook ....
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Palestinian Authority gov't convenes in Gaza for 1st time in three years
Date: 2017-10-03 11:23:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7021497
The Palestinian Authority government convened in Gaza for the first time since 2014. At the beginning of the meeting held at the cabinet headquarters, Prime Minister Rami al Hamdallah pledged that the government will settle all pending issues to ....
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Abbas: Establishing independent state prerequisites Palestinian unity
Date: 2017-10-03 11:16:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7021478
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday hailed Egypt’s efforts to end division and achieve Palestinian reconciliation under the auspices of its President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, saying that the Palestinian people appreciate Egypt’s role. ....
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EgyptAir offers discounted tickets on US, North Africa flights
Date: 2017-10-03 10:55:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7021432
EgyptAir announced on Tuesday that it will offer a 40-percent discount on tickets of its flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Monday and Wednesday. The offer includes 42 destinations inside the US in cooperation ....
