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  • Indian authorities tighten control in Haryana after clashes kill 30 people

    Indian authorities tighten control in Haryana after clashes kill 30 people

    Date: 2017-08-26 09:55:47 GMT - India - International - SN:1 - ID:6962438

    The Haryana government on Saturday ordered a search of all congregation centers belonging to the Dera Sacha Sauda in the state, The Times of India reported. The directive comes a day after widespread violence and arson following the conviction of ....

  • UNICEF: Children from Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor need urgent assistance

    UNICEF: Children from Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor need urgent assistance

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:38:35 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:6961799

    The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Friday that children displaced from Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor need urgent assistance and protection. UNICEF Representative in Syria Fran Equiza told reporters that after a several ....

  • Egypt clinches 5th place in FIVB U23 World Championship

    Egypt clinches 5th place in FIVB U23 World Championship

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:36:22 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:13 - ID:6961772

    Egypt's national volleyball team reached fifth in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship held in Cairo, after beating its Japanese counterpart 4-0 on Friday. The match to decide the fifth and sixth place in the tournament was held ....

  • Antiquities min. reopens renovated Rommel Cave Museum in Marsa Matrouh

    Antiquities min. reopens renovated Rommel Cave Museum in Marsa Matrouh

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:6961740

    Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Enany and Marsa Matrouh Governor Alaa Abo Zeid inaugurated Friday the Rommel Cave Museum in Marsa Matrouh. The museum was closed for 10 years in order to renovate it at a cost of EGP 2.5 million. The ....

  • 15 people killed, wounded in road accident in Marsa Alam

    15 people killed, wounded in road accident in Marsa Alam

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:22:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:6961759

    Two people were killed and 13 others wounded in a road accident in Marsa Alam on Friday. ِThe accident occurred when a truck overturned on Marsa Alam/ Sheikh Shazily road, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured. Ambulances rushed to the ....

  • Attack at Afghan mosque ends, 4 assailants dead

    Attack at Afghan mosque ends, 4 assailants dead

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:15:13 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:10 - ID:6961680

    Police said the hours-long attack at a Shiite Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul has ended with all four attackers dead, ABC News reported. Police official Mohammed Sadique Muradi said two of the attackers blew themselves up and another ....

  • Chief of Staff back home after Japan visit

    Chief of Staff back home after Japan visit

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6961430

    Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy returned home on Friday after an official visit to Japan. He held talks during his stay in Japan with the Japanese minister of defense and other senior army commanders on means of boosting ....

  • Germany bans far left website accused of promoting violence

    Germany bans far left website accused of promoting violence

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:06:03 GMT - Germany - International - SN:8 - ID:6961462

    Germany's Interior Ministry has banned an internet site on allegations it was used to foment left-wing extremist violence, including at this summer's G-20 summit. The website was responsible for mobilizing violent actions and attacks on ....

  • Egypt's bourse loses EGP 8.5bln in week

    Egypt's bourse loses EGP 8.5bln in week

    Date: 2017-08-25 10:15:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:6961243

    The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with losses amounting to EGP 8.5 billion. The market capital hit EGP 689 billion compared to EGP 697.5 billion in the previous week. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went down by ....

  • Libya’s Haftar receives British foreign secretary

    Libya’s Haftar receives British foreign secretary

    Date: 2017-08-25 10:14:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6961241

    Commander of the Libyan army General Khalifa Haftar held a meeting Tuesday with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Benghazi. According to the Libyan army media office, the meeting took up the latest political developments in Libya. It ....

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