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  • Quartet boycotts Qatar due to its support for terror: Egypt's UN delegate

    Quartet boycotts Qatar due to its support for terror: Egypt's UN delegate

    Date: 2017-09-15 12:29:03 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6992210

    Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN Amr Ramadan has refuted allegations by Qatar's delegation to the Human Rights Council that the oil-rich country is under siege by the Arab anti-terror quartet. The quartet has cut ties, in some aspects of ....

  • 3 Daesh militants killed, wounded in Iraq's Salahuddin province

    3 Daesh militants killed, wounded in Iraq's Salahuddin province

    Date: 2017-09-15 12:18:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6992171

    Three Daesh militants were killed and wounded in an explosion in southern Salahuddin governorate of Iraq on Friday, an Iraqi local source said. A vehicle carrying elements affiliated to Daesh terrorist group exploded mysteriously in southern ....

  • London Underground blast is terror incident

    London Underground blast is terror incident

    Date: 2017-09-15 12:16:58 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:6992160

    An "improvised explosive device" was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5, are investigating the ....

  • UK police evacuates Parsons Green station

    UK police evacuates Parsons Green station

    Date: 2017-09-15 11:15:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:6992123

    London firefighters are leading passengers off a train along elevated subway tracks near where a reported explosion sent commuters fleeing in panic, according to media reports. Video from the scene showed people picking their way along the ....

  • Arab League condemns twin attacks in Iraq's Dhiqar

    Arab League condemns twin attacks in Iraq's Dhiqar

    Date: 2017-09-15 11:14:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6992119

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned the twin attacks that hit Dhiqar governorate in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 60 and injuring 90 others. Abul Gheit renewed his support for and solidarity with Iraq and its ....

  • SCA: Attempt to rob Egypt's Coptic Museum foiled

    SCA: Attempt to rob Egypt's Coptic Museum foiled

    Date: 2017-09-14 17:48:39 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:16 - ID:6991347

    Security bodies have thwarted an attempt to steal artifacts from Egypt’s Coptic Museum in the Old Cairo area of Mar Gerges, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Amin said on Thursday. The incident occurred when a ....

  • Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after bomb threat at Cologne Bonn airport

    Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after bomb threat at Cologne Bonn airport

    Date: 2017-09-14 17:48:17 GMT - Germany - International - SN:15 - ID:6991350

    A Turkish Airlines plane was evacuated at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany after a bomb threat. The plane had already begun to taxi on the tarmac when it was forced to make an emergency stop, The Independent reported. "From the telephone call, ....

  • Prehistoric Egyptian antiquities showcased at int'l conference in Vienna

    Prehistoric Egyptian antiquities showcased at int'l conference in Vienna

    Date: 2017-09-14 17:47:52 GMT - Austria - Culture - SN:14 - ID:6991353

    Director of the Egyptian Museum Sabah Abdel Razek has reviewed some antiquities, dating back to prehistoric times, that will continue to be showcased at the museum. Addressing the Origins 6 international conference on Predynastic and Early ....

  • Death toll of twin terrorist attacks in Iraq reaches 60 people

    Death toll of twin terrorist attacks in Iraq reaches 60 people

    Date: 2017-09-14 17:47:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6991355

    The Iraqi authorities announced Thursday that the death toll of twin terrorist attacks reached 60 people, while 80 others were wounded, Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV news channel reported. The twin attacks which took place in Nasiriyah in southern ....

  • Egypt successfully organized financial inclusion int'l conf.: AFI's top official

    Egypt successfully organized financial inclusion int'l conf.: AFI's top official

    Date: 2017-09-14 14:47:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:6991070

    Egypt has successfully organized the international conference on financial inclusion, being the largest one of its kind with more than 90 countries participating, Executive Director of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Alfred Hannig said on ....

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