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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....