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  • Parl't speaker greets Sisi on Israa, Miraj Night

    Parl't speaker greets Sisi on Israa, Miraj Night

    Date: 2016-05-02 11:09:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4830729

    Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal sent a cable of greetings to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the Isra and Mi'raj (Night Journey and Ascension) of the Prophet Muhammad. In the cable, Abdel Aal wished more prosperity and security to Egypt and ....

  • 13 balloon flights carrying 279 tourists launched in Luxor

    13 balloon flights carrying 279 tourists launched in Luxor

    Date: 2016-05-02 10:07:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4830345

    Thirteen balloon flights affiliated to six different travel agencies were launched at dawn Monday in Luxor, said Ahmed Abboud, head of the Egyptian union for balloon flights. As many as 279 tourists from different nationalities were on board the ....

  • Limited Israeli incursion into southern Gaza Strip

    Limited Israeli incursion into southern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2016-05-02 08:54:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4829873

    Israeli forces launched Monday a limited incursion into the Gaza Strip in an area east of Rafah city. Four Israeli bulldozers pushed deep into agriculture lands in the border area. Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen ....

  • Extremist settlers storm Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

    Extremist settlers storm Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

    Date: 2016-05-02 08:34:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4829797

    A number of extremist Jewish settlers stormed the area of Prophet Joseph's Tomb east of the West Bank city of Nablus on Monday. They were protected by Israeli occupation forces, according to Palestinian security sources. ....

  • Aden airport to be reopened within days -- minister

    Aden airport to be reopened within days -- minister

    Date: 2016-05-02 07:51:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4829577

    Aden airport will resume its flights in less than a week, Yemeni Transport Minister Murad Al Halemi said on Monday. He revealed a Yemeni-UAE plan to secure the airport. In a statement, Al Halemi said that Yemen's President Abd Rabbu Mansour ....

  • Israeli gunboat penetrates Lebanese territorial water

    Israeli gunboat penetrates Lebanese territorial water

    Date: 2016-05-02 07:45:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4829541

    An Israeli gunboat penetrated the Lebanese territorial water on Sunday off Ras Naqoura village in southern Lebanon. The gunboat remained in the territorial water for three minutes, according to a statement of the Lebanese army command. Another ....

  • CIA chief on ISIS: Not just an organization, 'it's a phenomenon'

    CIA chief on ISIS: Not just an organization, 'it's a phenomenon'

    Date: 2016-05-02 07:44:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4829533

    On the fifth anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan spoke exclusively with NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press". In a wide-ranging interview, Brennan soberly discussed the threat ....

  • Two journalists detained at press syndicate upon arrest warrants -- police

    Two journalists detained at press syndicate upon arrest warrants -- police

    Date: 2016-05-02 07:43:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4829529

    Two website journalists have been detained at the Syndicate of Journalists upon arrest warrants issued by the prosecution, said the Interior ministry's security media office on Monday. The pair, identified as Amr Ismail Badr and Mahmoud Hosni ....

  • Japanese PM leaves for visits to Europe, Russia before G-7 summit

    Japanese PM leaves for visits to Europe, Russia before G-7 summit

    Date: 2016-05-01 11:47:00 GMT - Japan - International - SN:10 - ID:4826301

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Sunday for a weeklong visit to major European countries and Russia to lay the groundwork for a Group of Seven summit he will host in late May and address a decades-old territorial row with Moscow. Abe plans ....

  • OIC calls for self-restraint in Iraq

    OIC calls for self-restraint in Iraq

    Date: 2016-05-01 11:01:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4825897

    The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged all political currents in Iraq to exercise self-restraint, renounce violence and work on solving disputes through peaceful means. The OIC urged the political factions in Iraq to support the ....

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