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  • Israeli authorities to open Al Aqsa gates for worshipers of all ages

    Israeli authorities to open Al Aqsa gates for worshipers of all ages

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:03:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6920099

    Israeli occupational authorities decided Friday to reopen Al Aqsa Mosque gates for worshipers of all ages, media official in the Department of Islamic Endowments in al Quds, Firas al Debs said. Israeli forces removed metal barriers and withdrew ....

  • State of emergency ended in Beheira following gas leak

    State of emergency ended in Beheira following gas leak

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:02:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6920078

    Beheira governor Nadia Abdo decided on Friday to end a state of emergency announced at the National Gas Company (Natgas) over a gas leak . The move was taken after the director general of the company Ibrahim Youssef received 300 complaints in ....

  • Army forces arrest Takfiri militant, dismantle 3 bombs in Sinai

    Army forces arrest Takfiri militant, dismantle 3 bombs in Sinai

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:00:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6920058

    Law enforcement forces of the Third Field Army arrested a Takfiri militant and dismantled three bombs in Sinai, the military spokesman said . In a statement on Friday, Colonel Tamer el Refai said the bombs were prepared to target army personnel ....

  • Finance minister modifies income tax, stamp duty

    Finance minister modifies income tax, stamp duty

    Date: 2017-07-28 17:57:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:6920042

    Finance Minister Amr el Garhy issued two decisions to amend the income tax and stamp duty . According to the decisions, the ceiling of the income tax exemption was raised to EGP 7200, in addition to tax deductions . The decision aims at ....

  • Daesh activity on Twitter declined by 92%: US-led coalition

    Daesh activity on Twitter declined by 92%: US-led coalition

    Date: 2017-07-28 10:19:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6919570

    Spokesman for the US-led international coalition to fight Daesh Col. Ryan Dillon said Friday that terrorist Daesh group's activity, including promoting for its propaganda on twitter has declined in May by 92% compared to the same month in last ....

  • US orders diplomats' families to leave Venezuelan capital

    US orders diplomats' families to leave Venezuelan capital

    Date: 2017-07-28 10:16:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6919567

    The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country's constitution, ABC news reported. The State Department says it's also ....

  • Arab coalition launches air strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen

    Arab coalition launches air strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen

    Date: 2017-07-28 10:15:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6919565

    Arab coalition fighter jets launched Friday intensive air strikes on Houthi militants' sites in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, local Yemeni sources told Sky News. The sources said, the air strikes targeted Al Dilmi air base in northern Sanaa and the ....

  • Israel bans under-50 Palestinians from entering Al Aqsa

    Israel bans under-50 Palestinians from entering Al Aqsa

    Date: 2017-07-28 09:45:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6919508

    The Israeli police banned under-50 Palestinian worshipers from entering Al Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayers, amid intensive security measures at the mosque's entrances. Entering Al Aqsa Mosque was allowed for women, children and the elderly ....

  • Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns over Panama Papers verdict

    Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns over Panama Papers verdict

    Date: 2017-07-28 09:44:16 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:2 - ID:6919505

    Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office, the BBC reported Friday. The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama ....

  • 5 in abducted oil team in northeast  Nigeria killed

    5 in abducted oil team in northeast Nigeria killed

    Date: 2017-07-28 09:42:04 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:1 - ID:6919497

    At least five members of an oil exploration team kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have been killed, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said. The military said a day earlier that it had recovered the ....

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