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  • 6 Houthi militants killed in clashes in northern Yemen

    6 Houthi militants killed in clashes in northern Yemen

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:11:38 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6962592

    Six Houthi militants, including a leader, have been killed in clashes with legitimacy troops in al Jof province today , northern Yemen. Houthi leader Saleh Mosleh Sarhan is among the dead, military sources said. Two government troops were also ....

  • Nine Daesh leaderships killed in int'l coalition raid in Kirkuk

    Nine Daesh leaderships killed in int'l coalition raid in Kirkuk

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:06:50 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:4 - ID:6962599

    Nine Daesh terrorist leaderships, including a Russian national, were killed in an international coalition raid in southwestern Kirkuk. Local sources said on Saturday that the coalition's warplanes shelled a Daesh post housing a number of Daesh ....

  • Iraqi FM: victory against Daesh in Iraq is victory for world countries

    Iraqi FM: victory against Daesh in Iraq is victory for world countries

    Date: 2017-08-26 11:04:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6962628

    Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari said on Saturday that the victory achieved against Daesh terrorist group in Iraq represents a victory for all the world countries. Speaking at a joint press conference with the French Ministers of ....

  • EGPC seals oil exploration deals worth $79m with Apache Corporation, Merlon Int'l

    EGPC seals oil exploration deals worth $79m with Apache Corporation, Merlon Int'l

    Date: 2017-08-26 09:56:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:6962448

    The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has sealed three deals with Merlon International and Apache Corporation to explore for oil and gas in Egypt's western desert. Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla signed the three agreements worth ....

  • 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 ....

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