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AL chief welcomes liberation of Iraq's Tal Afar
Date: 2017-09-02 09:36:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6972144
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has welcomed the liberation of the Iraqi city of Tal Afar in Ninawa province. In a statement Saturday, Abul Gheit congratulated the Iraqi leadership, government and people on this important victory ....
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Daesh leader arrested, 3 explosive warehouses found in Diyala
Date: 2017-09-02 09:34:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6972137
A terrorist Daesh leader has been arrested and three explosive warehouses found in Iraq's northeastern governorate of Diyala, Degla Operation Command announced on Saturday. A joint security unit managed to arrest the ....
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Venezuela secret service holding ex-minister: family
Date: 2017-09-02 09:21:49 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:4 - ID:6972115
Venezuelan former defense minister Raul Isaias Baduel, a government critic whose whereabouts have been unknown for three weeks, is being held by the intelligence service, his family was quoted by France 24 as saying. Baduel's daughter Andreina ....
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Syrian troops advancing toward Deir Ez-Zor, says Russian defense ministry
Date: 2017-09-02 09:20:46 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6972114
Syrian government troops, supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces, continue to encircle Daesh terrorist group near Akerbat settlement in Hama province, Sputnik reported Saturday quoting a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry. Militants ....
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Over 20 Houthi militants killed in Usaylan
Date: 2017-09-02 09:19:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6972112
More than 20 Houthi elements have been killed in airstrikes by coalition jets and in fierce clashes in Usaylan district of Shabawah. The national army have regained control over three strategic posts southern Usaylan after confrontations with ....
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Pope Tawadros leads Mass in Sydney
Date: 2017-09-02 09:17:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6972109
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Saturday led a Mass at the conference center in Sydney with 15,000 people attending. Pope Tawadros arrived in Sydney on Tuesday coming from Japan on a pastoral visit, the first ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for Algeria suicide attack
Date: 2017-09-01 08:31:47 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6971206
Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a police station in western Algeria that killed two policemen, Al Arabiya channel reported. In the attack early on Thursday morning, a militant wearing a suicide belt tried ....
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Pope Tawadros leads Mass in Egyptian Church in Sydney
Date: 2017-09-01 08:28:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6971200
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese led a Mass that was held at St. Mary and Abu Seifin Cathedral in the Australian capital Sydney on Friday. During his Australia visit, Pope Tawadros also laid down the foundation ....
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6 killed, injured in bomb attack in northwest Pakistan
Date: 2017-09-01 08:02:31 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:5 - ID:6971162
A Pakistani official said Friday that a roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying an anti-Taliban tribal elder in the northwest, killing him, his son and another person, ABC news channel reported. Three people were also wounded in the attack which ....
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Putin greets Russian Muslims on Eidul Adha
Date: 2017-09-01 08:01:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:6971160
Russian President Vladimir Putin extended his greetings to Russian Muslims on the occasion of Eidul Adha, lauding the role of Muslims in promoting religious and national dialogue in Russia. Putin said, in a statement posted on the Kremlin's ....