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  • Houthis bar Saleh, lawmakers from leaving Sanaa

    Houthis bar Saleh, lawmakers from leaving Sanaa

    Date: 2017-08-27 09:32:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6963847

    Houthi militants have issued a decision banning Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, leaders of his party and lawmakers from leaving Sanaa. The militants set up checkpoints near Saleh's residence, Arabic-speaking Sky News channel reported on ....

  • Eidul Adha security plan goes into effect: source to MENA

    Eidul Adha security plan goes into effect: source to MENA

    Date: 2017-08-27 09:03:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6963791

    A security plan to secure celebrations of Eidul Adha has been put into effect, under directives of Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, a well-placed security source at the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. In statements to MENA, the source ....

  • Foreign Ministry: Shoukry informed about US aid cut hours ahead of announcing decision

    Foreign Ministry: Shoukry informed about US aid cut hours ahead of announcing decision

    Date: 2017-08-27 08:33:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6963744

    US State Secretary Rex W. Tillerson informed Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry of a recent US aid cut hours ahead of announcing the decision, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid on Sunday. Abu Zeid made the remark in response to a ....

  • Two Peshmerga personnel killed, six injured in Kirkuk blast

    Two Peshmerga personnel killed, six injured in Kirkuk blast

    Date: 2017-08-26 16:45:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6963151

    Two Peshmerga personnel were killed and six others injured when an explosive charges targeted Peshmerga forces in southwestern Kirkuk, security sources said on Saturday. The sources said the blast took place near Sakhra village. ....

  • Five suspects nabbed over supporting terrorists in central Sinai: army spokesman

    Five suspects nabbed over supporting terrorists in central Sinai: army spokesman

    Date: 2017-08-26 14:56:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:6963067

    Military Spokesman Tamer el Refaie said five suspects were arrested over supporting terrorists in central Sinai. In a statement on Saturday, the spokesman said four motorbikes and five hideouts of Takfiri elements were destroyed in an operation ....

  • Egypt condemns attack on mosque in central Kabul

    Egypt condemns attack on mosque in central Kabul

    Date: 2017-08-26 14:32:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:6963039

    Egypt condemned Saturday the terrorist attack on a mosque in central Kabul, which left 28 dead and 50 others wounded. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed sincere condolences to the families of the victims, ....

  • Le pape Tawadros II arrive au Japon au début d'une tournée pastorale

    Le pape Tawadros II arrive au Japon au début d'une tournée pastorale

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:58:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:6962750

    Le Pape d'Alexandrie et patriarche de la Prédication de saint Marc, Tawadros II est arrivé samedi à l'Aéroport international d'Osaka au Japon pour la première visite en son genre des son intronisation en 2012. Le pape Tawadros, qui a fait escale ....

  • Death toll from mosque attack in Kabul reaches 28

    Death toll from mosque attack in Kabul reaches 28

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:53:32 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:18 - ID:6962737

    The number of people killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital during Friday prayers rose to at least 28 — up from 20 — including women and children, the chief of Kabul's hospitals was quoted by ABC News as saying on ....

  • Syrian Army controls strategic posts in Homs countryside

    Syrian Army controls strategic posts in Homs countryside

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:51:45 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6962729

    The Syrian army took over a number of strategic posts in the eastern countryside of Homs after killing Daesh elements and destroying their equipment, the Syrian News Agency (SANA) reported. During ongoing operations to uproot the Takfiri group ....

  • Palestinian President phones Saudi CP

    Palestinian President phones Saudi CP

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:50:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6962727

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday phoned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for talks on the outcome of a meeting between Abbas and a US delegation in Ramallah city on Thursday. The two sides agreed to continue consultations on ....

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