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  • US State Department approves $750 million Saudi training program sale: Pentagon

    US State Department approves $750 million Saudi training program sale: Pentagon

    Date: 2017-06-06 07:51:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6843018

    The US State Department has approved the potential sale of $750 million worth of military training and support to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Monday. The sale is for continued "blanket order training program" for the Royal ....

  • China denies military choppers violation of India's airspace

    China denies military choppers violation of India's airspace

    Date: 2017-06-06 07:31:33 GMT - China - International - SN:3 - ID:6842996

    China's Foreign Ministry on June 5 dismissed reports claiming that Chinese military helicopters had violated India’s airspace, saying that the Chinese military was just carrying out regular border patrols, The People's Daily reported Reports from ....

  • PTA suspends passengers, cargo transportation to, from Qatar

    PTA suspends passengers, cargo transportation to, from Qatar

    Date: 2017-06-06 07:28:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6842993

    The Saudi Public Transport Authority, PTA, has confirmed putting into effect a decision on suspending passengers and goods movement from and to Qatar. The PTA called on all transporters to immediately suspend the movement of passengers and goods ....

  • Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian FMs to convene in Egypt soon

    Egyptian, Tunisian, Algerian FMs to convene in Egypt soon

    Date: 2017-06-06 07:05:09 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6842960

    The Egyptian, Algerian and Tunisian foreign ministers agreed - during their Monday's meeting in Algeria - to hold another trilateral meeting in Egypt for a third stage of talks on the Libyan crisis, the Algerian top diplomat said. The first ....

  • Russian envoy: Important outcome for 2+2 meeting in Cairo; Moscow supports Egypt against terror

    Russian envoy: Important outcome for 2+2 meeting in Cairo; Moscow supports Egypt against terror

    Date: 2017-06-04 09:54:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6840170

    Russian Ambassador to Egypt Sergei Kerbachenko asserted that 2+2 meeting between the foreign and defense ministers of Cairo and Moscow has brought about important outcome as per relations between the two countries. Interviewed by MENA, the ....

  • Six people killed, 50 others injured in London terror attacks

    Six people killed, 50 others injured in London terror attacks

    Date: 2017-06-04 07:58:45 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:6839989

    Six people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police, the BBC reported. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday before three ....

  • We will strike back if terrorists in northern Syria provoke Turkey, Erdoğan says

    We will strike back if terrorists in northern Syria provoke Turkey, Erdoğan says

    Date: 2017-06-04 07:23:20 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:2 - ID:6839954

    Turkey may launch a new cross-border operation if the PKK terrorist organization's offshoots in northern Syria attack the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday, the Daily Sabah reported on Saturday. Speaking at the ....

  • Sisi hails Egyptian women's role in bearing on current economic reforms

    Sisi hails Egyptian women's role in bearing on current economic reforms

    Date: 2017-06-04 06:38:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6839903

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi hailed the great role played by the Egyptian women in bearing on the current economic reforms, saying that this role helped to overcome the difficult circumstances that the Egyptian society is currently going ....

  • Egyptian-Sudanese talks kick off in Cairo

    Egyptian-Sudanese talks kick off in Cairo

    Date: 2017-06-03 08:23:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6838874

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Saturday his visiting Sudanese counterpart Ibrahim Al Ghandour. The meeting will focus on bilateral relations, including economic and trade ties. Talks will also tackle the latest regional ....

  • Moscow seeks US explanations for sanctioning Russians over North Korea

    Moscow seeks US explanations for sanctioning Russians over North Korea

    Date: 2017-06-03 08:22:34 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6838871

    Russia’s deputy UN envoy, Vladimir Safronkov, demanded that Washington explain its move to sanction three Russian companies and one individual for their alleged ties with North Korea, the Russian news agency Tass reported. "We would like to hear ....

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