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  • Pakistani police Police claims killing three ‘TTP terrorists’ in Haripur

    Pakistani police Police claims killing three ‘TTP terrorists’ in Haripur

    Date: 2016-05-04 08:05:06 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:6 - ID:4840589

    Pakistani police on Wednesday claimed to have killed three terrorists including a woman belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) here in Khanpur, Geo News TV reported. Khanpur is a large village and one of the 44 union councils, ....

  • Turkish soldier killed in car bomb blast southern Turkey

    Turkish soldier killed in car bomb blast southern Turkey

    Date: 2016-05-04 08:04:08 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:5 - ID:4840581

    A Turkish soldier was killed on Wednesday in a booby-trapped car explosion outside a police station in southern Turkey, Sky News Arabia channel reported. No more details are available about the explosion, the broadcaster said. Last Monday, a ....

  • Brazil: Former leader Lula 'played key role' in Petrobras corruption

    Brazil: Former leader Lula 'played key role' in Petrobras corruption

    Date: 2016-05-04 08:02:33 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:4 - ID:4840569

    Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has asked the Supreme Court to authorise an investigation against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for alleged corruption. Janot accused Lula of playing a key role in the huge corruption scandal ....

  • Sisi reviews Sinai's counter-terrorism military operations

    Sisi reviews Sinai's counter-terrorism military operations

    Date: 2016-05-04 07:24:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4840301

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review efforts exerted to confront terrorism in Sinai and progress achieved with regard to ongoing military operations there. Minister of Defense Sedky Sobhy, Chief of staff Mahmoud ....

  • Cruz drops out of US presidential race

    Cruz drops out of US presidential race

    Date: 2016-05-04 07:22:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4840297

    Ted Cruz, the US senator from Texas, announced he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race following his loss in Indiana state to Donald Trump. In an address, Cruz said "From the beginning I said I would continue on as long as there ....

  • UN envoy: Peace negotiations among Yemeni parties to be resumed today

    UN envoy: Peace negotiations among Yemeni parties to be resumed today

    Date: 2016-05-04 07:20:09 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4840285

    UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said that peace negotiations among the Yemeni parties will be resumed Wednesday. In a press release published by the Kuwaiti news agency "Kuna", the UN envoy said that he had urged all parties ....

  • Supply, planning ministers head for Washington

    Supply, planning ministers head for Washington

    Date: 2016-05-03 09:21:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4834917

    Supply and Internal Trade Minister Khalid Hanafy left on Tuesday for Washington at an invitation from the World Bank to explain Egypt's experiment in applying the new bread and ration card products systems. The new systems contribute to economic ....

  • Amount of explosives, bombs found in Mahallah apartment - official

    Amount of explosives, bombs found in Mahallah apartment - official

    Date: 2016-05-03 09:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4834809

    An amount of explosives and two bombs were seized late Monday at an apartment in Mahalla city, Gharbia governorate, an official at the Interior Ministry's media center said on Tuesday. The two bombs were defused in an uninhibited area, he ....

  • Azhar warns of fake Facebook accounts impersonating Grand Imam

    Azhar warns of fake Facebook accounts impersonating Grand Imam

    Date: 2016-05-03 08:23:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4834509

    Al Azhar has warned of fake Facebook accounts purporting to be that of Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed Al Tayyeb. These accounts post news and comments that contradict with the viewpoints of the Grand Imam and Al Azhar, Al Azhar's media center said ....

  • 1 killed, 3 injured in Gharbia road accident

    1 killed, 3 injured in Gharbia road accident

    Date: 2016-05-03 07:33:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4834273

    One person was killed and three others were injured in a road accident on the Kafr El Zayyat-Tanta highway in Gharbia. The accident occurred when a tractor collided with a car on the road. The injured were moved to hospital and the body to the ....

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