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Syrian army kills terrorist group in Hama - source
Date: 2016-05-14 11:03:10 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4904945
All members of a terrorist group were killed and Turkish-made ammunition and medicines were confiscated on the road of al Qantara village in the southern countryside of Hama central province, according to Sana News Agency. A military source said ....
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Austria's new premier to be sworn in Tuesday
Date: 2016-05-14 09:31:16 GMT - Austria - International - SN:7 - ID:4904165
Christian Kern, the head of Austria's railway system, will be sworn in as Austria’s next chancellor on Tuesday after receiving endorsements from his Social Democratic Party’s acting head and from the conservative vice chancellor on ....
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Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers in Gaza
Date: 2016-05-14 08:27:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4903685
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farmers on Saturday morning northeast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces stationed in military watchtowers around Kisofim, near the border area between the besieged enclave and ....
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NATO opens anti-extremism center in Albania
Date: 2016-05-14 08:26:29 GMT - Albania - International - SN:5 - ID:4903673
NATO will open a center in the Albanian capital of Tirana to help avert Albanians from joining fighters and extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, Albania's defense minister said. The new center, which will be established upon the request of the ....
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Venezuela president declares emergency over conspiracies
Date: 2016-05-14 08:24:32 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:4 - ID:4903665
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a two-month state of emergency in light of what he claims local and American conspiracies to overthrow his government. US is taking measures to overthrow the cabinet backed by the fascist rightists ....
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Shoukry, Kerry confer on boosting bilateral relations
Date: 2016-05-14 08:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4903661
Currently on a visit to the US, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has met with Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss means of boosting bilateral relations in a way that serves the mutual interests of both countries. Shoukry and Kerry also talked ....
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Fire at chemicals factory controlled
Date: 2016-05-14 08:23:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4903653
Civil defense troops were able to put out a fire that erupted early Saturday at a chemicals factory in el Nozha district of Cairo. No word of casualties has been reported as a result of the flames, a security source told MENA. The cooling ....
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Interior Ministry denies news of huge fire at Shebin gas station
Date: 2016-05-14 08:21:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4903645
The Interior Ministry has denied news about a huge fire at a gas station in the Delta city of Shebin el Kom. It was not a huge fire as posted by some websites, said the media office of the Ministry in a statement. A worker at the gas station used ....
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Sisi attends opening of Armed Forces Engineering Authority's projects in Badr city
Date: 2016-05-12 09:25:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4892413
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended on Thursday the inauguration of new projects carried out by the Armed Forces Engineering Authority in Badr city in north eastern Cairo. The event began with the recitation of verses of the Holy ....
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5.6-magnitude quake hits northeast Taiwan
Date: 2016-05-12 07:46:10 GMT - Taiwan - International - SN:4 - ID:4891617
A 5.6-magnitude quake hit northeast Taiwan on Thursday, with tremors felt in the capital, Taipei, euronews reported. The quake was centred 14 km northeast of the coastal town of Su-ao, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate ....