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George Michael dies at 53
Date: 2016-12-26 07:44:59 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:6218577
Singer George Michael has died at his home at the age of 53, the BBC reported Monday. The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, "passed away peacefully" on Christmas Day in Goring, ....
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Head of ERTU news sector: Aljazeera correspondent works for Nile News
Date: 2016-12-26 07:24:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6218461
Aljazeera chief correspondent Mahmoud Hussien works for Nile News channel, Head of the News Sector at the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) Khaled Mehanna revealed on Sunday. If Aljazeera journalist is convicted, he will be dismissed ....
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Airstrikes resumed over Aleppo -- SOHR
Date: 2016-12-24 07:09:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6207881
Airstrikes resumed on rebel-held areas in Aleppo countryside for the first time since the evacuation of armed opposition and civilians from the city. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the strikes targeted the south-west ....
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Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN'
Date: 2016-12-24 07:05:04 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:6207849
An Israeli official has accused Barack Obama of colluding in a “shameful move against Israel at the UN” over a planned security council vote on Israeli illegal settlements, the Guardian reported on Friday. In striking language underlining the ....
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UN secretary-general welcomes resolution on Israel settlements
Date: 2016-12-24 06:57:23 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:3 - ID:6207789
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the UN Security Council on Israeli settlements. In a statement, spokesman for the secretary general Stephane Dujarric said the adoption of the resolution is a ....
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Palestine: UN vote on settlements 'blow to Israeli policy'
Date: 2016-12-24 06:26:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6207669
Palestinians hailed the adoption of the resolution by the UNSC as a “day of victory,” Russia Today reported on Friday. Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said that the move was a blow to Israel. "The Security ....
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Trump on UNSC anti-Israeli settlement vote: things will be different after Jan 20
Date: 2016-12-24 06:10:31 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6207605
US President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Friday shortly after the UN Security Council voted in favor of an anti-settlement resolution allowed by an unprecedented US abstention, saying, "As to the UN, things will be different after Jan. 20th." For ....
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Housing min. meets Saudi investors in Riyadh
Date: 2016-12-22 10:33:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6198685
Housing Minister Mostafa Madboly met with a number of Saudi businessmen and investors on the sidelines of the conference of Arab housing ministers, which was held in Ryadh. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said Madboly reviewed available ....
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Suez new water station to enter into force early 2017 - governor
Date: 2016-12-22 10:11:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6198413
Suez Governor Ahmed Hamed announced that the new water station, located east of Ahmed Hamdi tunnel, will enter into force in early 2017. The new plant will provide necessary water to villagers of Raed and Youssef Sebaai in Suez. In remarks on ....
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Sisi opens renovated Armed Forces medical complex
Date: 2016-12-22 09:30:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6197933
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi opened on Thursday a renovated medical complex of the Armed Forces in Cairo's Kobri el Qoba district. Upon arrival at the complex, the president was received by Defense Minister Sedqy Sobhy, Armed Forces Chief of ....