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Security source to MENA: Prisoner transport vehicle did not come under fire
Date: 2017-08-28 12:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:6965265
A well-placed security source told MENA on Sunday night that a prisoner transport vehicle did not come under fire on the Autostrad road in Saqr Quraish suburb of Cairo. The source added that prisoners managed to break the vehicle's door lock in ....
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Iranian state TV: Light, 4.9 magnitude quake injures 10
Date: 2017-08-28 12:58:18 GMT - Iran - International - SN:16 - ID:6965248
Iranian state TV is reporting that a light, 4.9 magnitude earthquake has injured 10 people in northern Iran, ABC News reported. The report says the pre-dawn temblor struck early on Monday about some 600 kilometers, or about 375 miles, northwest ....
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10 arrested as tension grows between protest groups in Berkeley
Date: 2017-08-28 12:57:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:6965226
The Berkeley Police Department arrested 10 people for various violations, including fighting, as tension grows between demonstrators protesting hate groups and supporters of US President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon, The Los Angeles Times ....
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FM delivers Sisi message to Belarus president
Date: 2017-08-28 12:56:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:6965441
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who is currently visiting Belarus, handed over a message from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. In his meeting with the Belarus president earlier Monday, Shoukry stressed ....
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Irrigation minister to take part in World Water Week in Stockholm
Date: 2017-08-28 12:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:6965944
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati will lead Egypt's delegation to the World Water Week that will kick off in Stockholm on August 27. More than 3,250 professionals and 377 institutions representing 133 states are taking part in the event to ....
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496 Palestinian pilgrims leave Cairo for Jeddah
Date: 2017-08-28 12:53:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6965918
Some 496 Palestinian pilgrims left Cairo international airport on Monday on their way to Jeddah to perform hajj rituals. The Palestinian pilgrims were invited by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to perform hajj for free. The pilgrims were all ....
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Russian FM: Implementing agreements with Kuwait to continue
Date: 2017-08-28 12:30:12 GMT - Kuwait - International - SN:11 - ID:6965891
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that Kuwait and Russia would move forward in implementing joint agreements between the two countries. Kuwaiti Emir ٍSheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah received Lavrov Monday on his official visit ....
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Libyan PM wraps up visit to Sudan
Date: 2017-08-28 12:27:48 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6965417
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj of the Government of National Accord wrapped up on Monday his first official visit to Sudan which lasted two days. During the visit, Sarraj held talks with President Omar al Bashir on ways of boosting ....
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Sisi decrees setting up national academy for youth rehabilitation
Date: 2017-08-28 12:27:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6965881
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree Monday setting up a national academy for youth rehabilitation. The academy aims at honing the skills of young people to achieve hoped-for development in all state sectors. The academy ....
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Ruling in "Ramses Square" violence case set for Sept. 18
Date: 2017-08-28 12:23:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6965793
Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until September 18 a ruling session in the trial of 494 Muslim Brotherhood members implicated in acts of violence that took place in Ramses Square following the crackdown on MB protest camps in August 2013. The ....