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Israel detains 17 Palestinians in West Bank
Date: 2016-06-05 09:57:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:5045057
Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians, including an elderly man, Sunday from different governorates in the West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said ten Palestinians were detained from several villages in Hebron. Also, ....
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Obama mourns boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Date: 2016-06-05 08:52:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:5044669
US President Barack Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama mourned boxing legend Muhammad Ali who denied on Friday at the age of 74, CNN reported. "We're also grateful to God for how fortunate we are to have known him, if just for a while; ....
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7 Yemeni soldiers, 3 civilians, Houthi leader killed in Taiz
Date: 2016-06-05 08:50:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:5044653
Seven Yemeni soldiers and three civilians were killed when Houthis and pro-former president Ali Abdullah Saleh militants shelled positions of the resistance and a number of residential areas in Taiz city. In a press release, military media ....
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Settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque anew
Date: 2016-06-05 08:49:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5044649
Extremist settlers, backed by special Israeli units, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday. The settlers barged into the compound in small consecutive groups led by rabbis. The mosque guards foiled an attempt by a settler to perform ....
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Thanaweya Amma exams kick off nationwide
Date: 2016-06-05 08:48:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:5044641
As many as 560,000 Thanawya Amma students of the new system headed for the examination committees at 9 a.m. on Sunday on the first day of their final pre-university exams. The students will perform Arabic language and religion exams on the first ....
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Facebook asserts not using phone's microphone to eavesdrop
Date: 2016-06-05 08:47:10 GMT - USA - Science - SN:2 - ID:5044629
Facebook wants you to know that it’s not listening to you through your cell phone’s microphone, Time Magazine reported on Sunday. In a Thursday post on its website, the social media network countered recent claims that its mobile app has been ....
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Sisi heads National Defense Council meeting
Date: 2016-06-05 08:46:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5044621
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi presided over a meeting of the National Defense Council on Sunday, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. ....
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Argentina's president hospitalized over irregular heartbeat
Date: 2016-06-04 09:38:18 GMT - Argentina - International - SN:5 - ID:5039313
Argentine President Mauricio Macri was taken to hospital over suffering irregular heartbeat, presidency press office said. The 57-year-old president left the hospital after undergoing medical check up, the press office added. ....
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Manpower minister heads for Switzerland
Date: 2016-06-04 09:34:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5039277
Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan left here Saturday for Geneva to lead Egypt's delegation to the 105th session of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference. Governments, employers and workers representatives from 187 member states ....
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Interior minister greets Sisi on advent of holy fasting month of Ramadan
Date: 2016-06-04 09:34:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:5039053
Interior Minister General Magdy Abdel Ghafar sent a cable of greetings to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In his cable, the minister expressed his good wishes for the president, voicing hope over ....