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  • 86 people killed in airstrikes, clashes across Syria

    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 ....

  • 15 Houthi elements killed in coalition airstrikes in Yemen

    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 ....

  • Car bomb hits army base in eastern Afghanistan

    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 ....

  • Daesh cell suspects remanded in custody for additional 15 days

    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 ....

  • Uganda's police spokesman, 2 aides shot dead in Kampala

    Uganda's police spokesman, 2 aides shot dead in Kampala

    Date: 2017-03-17 11:02:36 GMT - Uganda - International - SN:1 - ID:6713709

    The spokesman for Uganda's police has been shot dead by gunmen outside his home in the capital, a government official was quoted by ABC News as saying on Friday. Andrew Felix Kaweesi was being driven to work earlier in the day when his car was ....

  • Abul Gheit reiterates support for Iraq

    Abul Gheit reiterates support for Iraq

    Date: 2017-03-16 11:17:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6707805

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit reiterated on Thursday his support of Iraq in its fight against terrorism. In a press release, Spokesman for the Arab League chief Mahmoud Afifi said Abul Gheit, who just returned from his two-day ....

  • Pope Tawadros visits tomb of Pope Shenouda in Wadi el Natrun

    Pope Tawadros visits tomb of Pope Shenouda in Wadi el Natrun

    Date: 2017-03-16 11:06:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6707585

    Pope Tawadros II on Wednesday evening visited St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natrun, the resting place of late Pope Shenouda III. Pope Tawadros perfumed the tomb of Pope Shenouda on his fifth departure anniversary. Anba Sarabamoun, the Bishop ....

  • Sisi approves Korean loan to develop railway signalling system

    Sisi approves Korean loan to develop railway signalling system

    Date: 2017-03-16 09:21:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6706517

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree approving a soft loan offered by South Korea to upgrade Egypt's railway signalling system. The loan agreement was signed between Egypt and Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) in March ....

  • Sisi meets delegation of Egyptian-German friendship association

    Sisi meets delegation of Egyptian-German friendship association

    Date: 2017-03-15 09:36:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6699693

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets later on Wednesday a delegation of Egyptian-German Parliamentary Friendship Association for talks on enhancing partnership between Egypt and Germany, said Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef. Foreign Minister ....

  • Syria talks in Astana to be extended for one day - ministry

    Syria talks in Astana to be extended for one day - ministry

    Date: 2017-03-15 09:09:04 GMT - Kazakhstan - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6699457

    The third round of Syrian peace, that kicked off here on Tuesday, will be extended for one day after the arrival of the delegation of the armed opposition, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The delegation includes seven representatives ....

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