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  • George Michael dies at 53

    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, ....

  • Head of ERTU news sector: Aljazeera correspondent works for Nile News

    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 ....

  • Airstrikes resumed over Aleppo -- SOHR

    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 ....

  • Israeli official accuses Barack Obama of 'shameful move at UN'

    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 ....

  • UN secretary-general welcomes resolution on Israel settlements

    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 ....

  • Palestine: UN vote on settlements 'blow to Israeli policy'

    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 ....

  • Trump on UNSC anti-Israeli settlement vote: things will be different after Jan 20

    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 ....

  • Housing min. meets Saudi investors in Riyadh

    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 ....

  • Suez new water station to enter into force early 2017 - governor

    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 ....

  • Sisi opens renovated Armed Forces medical complex

    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 ....

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