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  • Blasts heard near Mogadishu airport

    Blasts heard near Mogadishu airport

    Date: 2016-07-26 07:57:23 GMT - Somalia - International - SN:6 - ID:5322857

    Big explosions followed by gunfire have been heard near the main entrance of the airport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers. Local ....

  • Sudanese president: No dispute with Egypt over water file

    Sudanese president: No dispute with Egypt over water file

    Date: 2016-07-26 07:30:58 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5322689

    Sudanese President Omar al Bashir said there is no dispute with Egypt over the water file, making it clear that Sudan's ties with Egypt are "excellent". In an interview with Sky News Arabia on Tuesday, the Sudanese president refuted claims on ....

  • Nouakchott Declaration welcomes Egyptian pro-peace efforts

    Nouakchott Declaration welcomes Egyptian pro-peace efforts

    Date: 2016-07-26 07:02:10 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5322525

    Arab heads of state and government welcomed Egyptian pro-peace efforts and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s call for resuming Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations. At the end of the 27th Arab Summit, the leaders, in a statement titled "the ....

  • Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara

    Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara

    Date: 2016-07-26 06:59:16 GMT - Japan - International - SN:3 - ID:5322505

    Nineteen residents have been killed in a knife attack at a care center for people with mental disabilities in the Japanese city of Sagamihara. Such attacks are extremely rare in Japan - the incident is the worst mass killing in decades. Police ....

  • PM leaves Nouakchott after chairing Egypt's delegation to Arab summit

    PM leaves Nouakchott after chairing Egypt's delegation to Arab summit

    Date: 2016-07-26 06:50:34 GMT - Mauritania - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5322469

    Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail left Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott on Monday after chairing Egypt’s delegation to the 27th Arab summit on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Ismail delivered a speech tackling efforts Egypt had ....

  • S.Sudan's Salva Kiir removes Riek Machar as deputy president

    S.Sudan's Salva Kiir removes Riek Machar as deputy president

    Date: 2016-07-26 06:49:12 GMT - South Sudan - International - SN:1 - ID:5322465

    South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has removed Riek Machar as first vice president, two weeks after the rival leaders' forces clashed in the capital. Machar has not been seen since the clashes, which left 300 people dead and threatened to revive ....

  • Donald Trump seals Republican nomination

    Donald Trump seals Republican nomination

    Date: 2016-07-20 10:25:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:5291933

    Donald Trump has secured the nomination of the Republican Party to become the next US president after months of controversial campaigning that has divided the American right of the political spectrum, Voice of America reported. The billionaire ....

  • Egypt's ambassador: Opportunity is now ripe for new partnership with US

    Egypt's ambassador: Opportunity is now ripe for new partnership with US

    Date: 2016-07-20 08:57:25 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5291185

    Egypt's Ambassador in Washington Yasser Redha asserted that the strategic partnership between Egypt and US has multiple aspects and is highly important in supporting the stability in the region, noting that opportunity is now ripe for a new ....

  • Rebels 'filmed beheading boy' in Aleppo

    Rebels 'filmed beheading boy' in Aleppo

    Date: 2016-07-20 07:58:03 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5290801

    Videos have emerged online that appear to show Syrian rebels taunting and then beheading a boy they say is a captured Palestinian pro-government fighter, the BBC reported. One video shows five men posing with the frightened child, who could be as ....

  • 2 killed, 35 injured in car accident on Cairo-Alex highway -- Health

    2 killed, 35 injured in car accident on Cairo-Alex highway -- Health

    Date: 2016-07-19 06:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5284221

    Two people were killed while 35 others were injured when a bus collided with a number of cars on Cairo-Alexandria desert highway, Health Ministry said on Monday. In a press release, Head of the Ambulance Authority Ahmed el Ansari said 20 ....

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