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  • Five killed, dozens injured in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

    Five killed, dozens injured in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:50:12 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6957847

    At least five people were killed and 38 wounded when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a police headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Wednesday, officials said as quoted by ABC news. The explosion struck a crowd of ....

  • Ukraine supports Sisi efforts to build democratic state in Egypt, says amb.

    Ukraine supports Sisi efforts to build democratic state in Egypt, says amb.

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:6957758

    Ukraine supports President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's efforts to build a modern, stable and safe democratic state in Egypt, says its Ambassador here Hennadii Latii. Kiev is very much keen on enhancing bilateral ties with Cairo at all levels, Latii ....

  • Interior minister pledges to continue fighting terrorism, outlaws

    Interior minister pledges to continue fighting terrorism, outlaws

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:42:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:6957617

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar on Tuesday pledged to continue efforts exerted by the Interior Ministry to fight terrorism and crack down on outlaws. The ministry will continue pursuing outlaws, terrorists and extremists, especially those ....

  • Egyptian ambassador to Yemen holds meeting with Aden governor

    Egyptian ambassador to Yemen holds meeting with Aden governor

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:35:47 GMT - Yemen - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6957604

    Egyptian Ambassador to Yemen Yousef el Sharkawy held a meeting Tuesday with Aden Governor Abdulaziz al-Maflahi. According to Yemen's news agency, the meeting took up means to depend on the Egyptian expertise in a number of fields in the Yemeni ....

  • Egyptian, Somali ministers discuss ways to promote aviation security in Africa

    Egyptian, Somali ministers discuss ways to promote aviation security in Africa

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:21:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6957598

    Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fat'hi conferred Tuesday with Somali Minister of Transport Mohammed Abdullahi Salah on ways to promote aviation security in Africa. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the regional ministerial conference on ....

  • Former Libyan prime minister released after being 'kidnapped in Tripoli'

    Former Libyan prime minister released after being 'kidnapped in Tripoli'

    Date: 2017-08-23 10:18:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6957587

    Former prime minister of Libya has been released after being held for a week by an armed group linked to the country’s UN-backed government, sources said. Ali Zeidan, 61, had not been seen since the evening of August 13 as he was detained by ....

  • Iraqi forces tell Daesh militants to choose either surrender or die

    Iraqi forces tell Daesh militants to choose either surrender or die

    Date: 2017-08-23 09:28:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6957655

    Iraqi government forces used loudspeakers to tell Daesh militants in Iraq's Tal Afar city to choose either to surrender or die. Iraqi field sources said on Wednesday that Daesh militants are panicked and fled to the city's center. On Tuesday, ....

  • UAE allocates AED8 million to support, develop date palm industry in Egypt

    UAE allocates AED8 million to support, develop date palm industry in Egypt

    Date: 2017-08-23 09:04:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6957627

    Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi, UAE Ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Representative at the Arab League, has announced the planning of the 3rd Egyptian Date Palm Festival, which will be held in Siwa, Marsa Matrouh Governorate, from 8th to 10th ....

  • Fierce clashes renew between SDF, Daesh militants in Raqqa

    Fierce clashes renew between SDF, Daesh militants in Raqqa

    Date: 2017-08-23 08:58:41 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6957700

    Fierce clashes renewed on Wednesday between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Daesh militants in Raqqa, the main stronghold of the militant group in Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes erupted after ....

  • Bahrain calls for filing international lawsuit against Qatar

    Bahrain calls for filing international lawsuit against Qatar

    Date: 2017-08-23 07:25:54 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6957531

    A call to file an international lawsuit against the Government of Qatar for its subversive role in Bahrain has resonated with the country's lawmakers, BNA reported Tuesday. MPs have announced a parliamentary and official action to prepare a ....

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