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  • 7 killed, 24 wounded in attack by Daesh in Baghdad

    7 killed, 24 wounded in attack by Daesh in Baghdad

    Date: 2016-05-15 10:07:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4910489

    Seven people were killed and 24 others wounded in an attack by Daesh militants on a factory in northern Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi security source said. The terrorist attack set three gas tanks on fire, leaving seven dead and 24 others wounded, ....

  • Communication minister arrives in Beijing to open new cooperation spheres with China

    Communication minister arrives in Beijing to open new cooperation spheres with China

    Date: 2016-05-15 08:56:46 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4909797

    Minister of Communication and Technology Yasser el Qadi arrived here on Sunday leading a high-level delegation of the communication and information technology sector to open up new spheres of cooperation between Egypt and China. The four-day ....

  • South Misrata declared military zone

    South Misrata declared military zone

    Date: 2016-05-15 07:58:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4909433

    Security forces declared southern Misrata as a military area, imposing a curfew and preventing civilians and journalists from presiding in the area as of 8:00 p.m. "As part of preparations for a decisive battle against Daesh militants, the Libyan ....

  • Egypt Emb participates in Tianjin Univ cultural fair

    Egypt Emb participates in Tianjin Univ cultural fair

    Date: 2016-05-15 07:57:28 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4909417

    The Egyptian Embassy here participated Sunday in a cultural fair at the national Chinese University of Tianjin to mark the 2016 Egyptian-Chinese cultural year. It was attended by Egyptian students from various Chinese universities and local and ....

  • Defense minister meets head of Sudanese military intelligence authority

    Defense minister meets head of Sudanese military intelligence authority

    Date: 2016-05-15 07:56:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4909381

    Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqi Sobhi met on Sunday with visiting Head of the Sudanese Military Intelligence Authority Ali Mohammad Salem and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, Sobhi asserted the depth of historic ....

  • Venezuela's president threatens seizure of closed factories

    Venezuela's president threatens seizure of closed factories

    Date: 2016-05-15 07:54:40 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:3 - ID:4909377

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has threatened the seizure of factories that have stopped production, and the jailing of their owners, the BBC reported Sunday. In a speech to supporters in the capital Caracas, he said the country had to ....

  • One policeman killed, another wounded in blast in Arish

    One policeman killed, another wounded in blast in Arish

    Date: 2016-05-15 07:53:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4909373

    A policeman was killed and another wounded in a blast targeting a security patrol in Arish early Sunday, an official at the Interior Ministry's Media Center said. Conscript Hossam Ali Hussein Abdel Hamid was killed while lieutenant Mohamed ....

  • Shoukri coordinates with Libyan presidential council chairman, UAE FM for Vienna meeting on Libya

    Shoukri coordinates with Libyan presidential council chairman, UAE FM for Vienna meeting on Libya

    Date: 2016-05-15 07:52:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4909369

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received two phone calls Saturday night from Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council Fayez el Sarrag and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdallah ben Zayed as part of coordination for the high-level meeting on Libya in ....

  • Abadi lashes out at mutual incrimination among politicians

    Abadi lashes out at mutual incrimination among politicians

    Date: 2016-05-14 13:06:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4906081

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi expressed surprise over mutual recriminations among Iraqi politicians that coincide with terror attacks on Baghdad, Baquba and Samawah. He said political conflicts in Diyala province fueled terror attacks and ....

  • MENA invites all journalists in press institutions for meeting on Tuesday

    MENA invites all journalists in press institutions for meeting on Tuesday

    Date: 2016-05-14 12:03:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4905565

    MENA Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Alaa Heidar is inviting journalists in state-owned and private press institutions to attend a meeting Tuesday at MENA's premises to discuss ways to come out of the crisis between the Journalists' Syndicate and ....

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