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  • 30 terrorist killed in preemptive air strike on North Sinai

    30 terrorist killed in preemptive air strike on North Sinai

    Date: 2016-04-25 12:20:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4788981

    Egyptian air forces launched a successful preemptive strike against weapon and ammunition warehouses of Takfiri elements south of Sheikh Zuweid in north Sinai, killing 30 Takfiris. Law enforcement forces foiled an attempt to target a checkpoint ....

  • Supply min. to attend Tuesday signing ceremony of protocol on establishing commercial chains

    Supply min. to attend Tuesday signing ceremony of protocol on establishing commercial chains

    Date: 2016-04-25 11:23:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:4788545

    Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi will witness Tuesday the signing ceremony of a protocol between the Interior Trade Development Authority and a number of investors to establish a number of commercial chains, logistics centers and ....

  • Afghan president calls on Pakistan to battle Taliban

    Afghan president calls on Pakistan to battle Taliban

    Date: 2016-04-25 09:50:14 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:8 - ID:4787813

    Afghanistan's president has called on Pakistan to battle the Taliban rather than try to bring them into peace talks, ABC News reported. Ashraf Ghani made the remarks during an address to parliament on Monday, a week after a Taliban assault on the ....

  • Security tightened at Hisham Barakat Square in Nasr City

    Security tightened at Hisham Barakat Square in Nasr City

    Date: 2016-04-25 08:46:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4787313

    Tight security measures were taken at Hisham Barakat Square in Cairo's Nasr City district within the framework of the Interior Ministry's arrangements to secure celebrations of Sinai Liberation Day. MENA correspondent said on Monday that four ....

  • Security stepped up at Tahrir Square to secure Sinai Liberation celebrations

    Security stepped up at Tahrir Square to secure Sinai Liberation celebrations

    Date: 2016-04-25 07:45:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4786813

    Security has been stepped up at Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo within the Interior Ministry's arrangements to secure celebrations of the 34th anniversary of Sinai Liberation Day. MENA correspondent said Monday that a number of armored and ....

  • Death toll from Pemex oil plant blast in Mexico rises to 32

    Death toll from Pemex oil plant blast in Mexico rises to 32

    Date: 2016-04-25 07:29:01 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:5 - ID:4786713

    The death toll from a blast at Mexico’s state oil plant Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reached 32 after four more bodies were discovered by searchers, Sputnik quoted the company as saying in a statement. A huge explosion hit the Pemex facility in ....

  • Arab coalition launches military operation against Al Qaeda in Yemen

    Arab coalition launches military operation against Al Qaeda in Yemen

    Date: 2016-04-25 07:24:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4786673

    The Command of the Coalition Forces to Support the Legitimacy of Yemen said that it had launched a joint military operation against Al Qaeda organization in Yemen. In a statement on Sunday, the coalition's command said that more than 800 Al Qaeda ....

  • ISIS targeted by cyberattacks in a new US line of combat

    ISIS targeted by cyberattacks in a new US line of combat

    Date: 2016-04-25 07:23:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4786665

    The United States has opened a new line of combat against the Islamic State, directing the military’s six-year-old Cyber Command for the first time to mount computer-network attacks that are now being used alongside more traditional weapons, The New ....

  • Ted Cruz, John Kasich join forces to stop Donald Trump

    Ted Cruz, John Kasich join forces to stop Donald Trump

    Date: 2016-04-25 07:22:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4786657

    Ted Cruz and John Kasich are joining forces in a last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination, CNN reported. Within minutes of each other, the pair issued statements late Sunday saying they will divide their ....

  • Unidentified men shell Aden airport, no damage reported

    Unidentified men shell Aden airport, no damage reported

    Date: 2016-04-25 07:19:39 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4786653

    Unidentified men shelled Aden International Airport, southern Yemen using at least three shells. The shells, however, fell in the surroundings of the airport and no damage was reported. Security forces were deployed in the vicinity of the ....

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