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French police arrest another suspect in Orly incident
Date: 2017-03-18 10:53:54 GMT - France - International - SN:5 - ID:6718065
French police on Saturday arrested another suspect over involvement in Orly airport attack as a man was shot to death after attempting to seize a weapon from a soldier guarding a Paris Orly Airport earlier in the day. The incident prompted a ....
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Alex, Dekheila ports closed over bad weather
Date: 2017-03-18 08:44:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6717125
The Alexandria Port Authority decided on Saturday to close Alexandria and Dekheila ports over bad weather and high wind velocity. The decision is meant to prevent any collision of ships and to ensure safety of maritime navigation, the authority's ....
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Sisi receives Saturday delegation from UK Conservative Party
Date: 2017-03-18 08:38:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6717085
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will receive on Saturday a delegation from the UK Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC), said presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef. ....
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Italian embassy in Libya denies evacuation claims
Date: 2017-03-18 07:22:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6716741
The Italian Embassy in Libya denied news claiming that its staff was evacuated from the embassy's headquarters in Tripoli. In a tweet on Friday, the embassy said "Watching last night the news of our evacuation....from our couch in #Tripoli. Happy ....
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Air France cabin crew's three-day strike to hit flights this weekend
Date: 2017-03-18 06:41:21 GMT - France - International - SN:1 - ID:6716605
Air France employees are to hold a three-day strike over the weekend, which may lead to some flight cancellations, the airline announced on Friday. "A call for strike action has been issued by several Air France cabin crew unions, for the period ....
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Merkel says does not intend to trade provocations with Turkey
Date: 2017-03-17 11:10:56 GMT - Germany - International - SN:6 - ID:6713777
German Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out trading provocations with Turkey on Thursday after President Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticized bans on planned rallies by Turkish ministers in Germany and the Netherlands, The Daily Mail reported on ....
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86 people killed in airstrikes, clashes across Syria
Date: 2017-03-17 11:09:26 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6713769
Syria's local coordination committees said on Friday that 86 people were killed in several airstrikes and clashes between the Syrian army and opposition forces across Syria, US-based Al-Hurra channel reported. Most of those killed were in an ....
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15 Houthi elements killed in coalition airstrikes in Yemen
Date: 2017-03-17 11:08:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6713761
Fifteen elements of militias loyal to Houthis and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed in airstrikes conducted by Saudi-led coalition warplanes on al Hudaydah governorate, a local source said on Friday. The Arab alliance ....
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Car bomb hits army base in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2017-03-17 11:06:11 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:6713741
A suicide car bomb was detonated near an army base in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Friday, killing one soldier and wounding several before the army repelled at attack on the base by four gunmen, The Daily Mail reported, quoting the ....
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Daesh cell suspects remanded in custody for additional 15 days
Date: 2017-03-17 11:03:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6713717
Five terrorist Daesh cell suspects were remanded in custody for additional 15 days pending more investigations. The five were arrested in Suez before leaving for Libya. Documents and funds sent by Daesh were found in the houses of the ....