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22 Houthis killed in northern Yemen
Date: 2016-08-11 08:37:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5409121
At least 12 Houthis and pro-Saleh militants were killed when Arab coalition jets shelled a building where the Houthi elements were hiding in Harad district in Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen, a military media center said on Thursday. The ....
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Arab coalition warplanes continue shelling Houthi posts
Date: 2016-08-11 08:31:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5409037
Arab coalition warjets renewed for the third straight day the shelling of posts of militias of Houthis and ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, eyewitnesses said on Thursday. The raids targeted a presidential guards camp, Dulaimi military ....
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Assistant FM receives members of parliamentary Arab affairs committee
Date: 2016-08-10 08:19:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5403473
Assistant Foreign Minister Tareq Adel on Tuesday held a meeting with members of the parliamentary committee of Arab affairs to discuss relations between Egypt and countries of the Maghreb area. In a statement by the foreign ministry, Ambassador ....
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Egypt stuns Cuba in volleyball victory at Rio Olympics
Date: 2016-08-10 08:12:36 GMT - Brazil - Sport - SN:3 - ID:5403425
The Egyptian volleyball team achieved their first victory in men’s volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympics early Wednesday. Egypt defeated Cuba 3-0 after having lost to Poland 3-0 earlier in the preliminaries. The Egyptians will face tomorrow ....
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US: inflammatory rhetoric about Turkey coup is ‘not helpful’
Date: 2016-08-10 08:09:44 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5403397
The US State Department, commenting on charges in the Turkish press that a Washington think tank was behind last month’s failed coup in Turkey, said such inflammatory rhetoric is not helpful. “This sort of conspiracy theory, inflammatory rhetoric ....
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Sisi offers condolences to Sudanese president over flood disaster
Date: 2016-08-10 07:31:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5403185
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday held a phone talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to offer condolences over the death of dozens of people in the floods that hit part of the country. Cairo is ready to fully support ....
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Lavrov urges UN to promptly update list of terrorist organizations
Date: 2016-08-09 08:03:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:5397117
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the United Nations on Monday to promptly update its list of terrorist organizations, reiterating the need for terror groups to face responsibility. "The declaration adopted today focuses on the need ....
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Former CIA officer McMullin launches independent presidential bid
Date: 2016-08-09 07:55:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5397077
Evan McMullin, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, will run for president as a third-party conservative alternative to Donald Trump. "With the stakes so high for our nation and at this late stage in the process, I can no longer stand on the ....
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Six injured in bomb blast in el Arish
Date: 2016-08-09 07:51:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5397057
One resident and five police conscripts sustained wounds on Monday when a bomb went off in el Arish in North Sinai of Egypt, said security sources. "Unidentified persons planted the explosive charge in Ghernatah area in the capital city to ....
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Minya governor follows up micro bus accident on eastern desert road
Date: 2016-08-08 10:02:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5391869
Minya governor Maj. Gen. Tareq Nasr Monday visited Tamaay General Hospital and Beni Mazar General Hospital, where bodies of 13 victims of a car crash are kept. The victims died when a micro bus overturned on the eastern desert road due to high ....