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77 killed, hundreds injured in Ecuador earthquake
Date: 2016-04-17 08:18:02 GMT - Ecuador - International - SN:5 - ID:4733553
A major earthquake hit Ecuador's central coast, killing at least 77 people as it buckled homes and knocked out power in a city hundreds of miles away, the CNN quoted authorities as saying on Sunday. The magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Saturday ....
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Netanyahu blasts "absurd" UNESCO decision on Jersaulem
Date: 2016-04-17 08:16:55 GMT - palestine - International - SN:4 - ID:4733537
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday issued a response to a UNESCO resolution passed earlier this week which denied Jewish claims to the Islamic and Christian sanctuaries in the occupied holy city of Jerusalem, slamming it as ....
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Int’l cooperation min. back to Cairo after attending IMF/WB meetings
Date: 2016-04-17 08:02:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4733433
International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr arrived here on Sunday coming from Washington after heading the Egyptian delegation partaking in the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). During the visit, ....
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US plans to step up military campaign against Daesh
Date: 2016-04-17 07:40:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4733289
The Obama administration is preparing to broaden its military campaign against Daesh by increasing the number of Special Operations forces who advise Syrian rebels, and it is also considering the addition of Army attack helicopters to the fight ....
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PA seeks legal, int'l support for Palestinian prisoners issue - PM
Date: 2016-04-17 07:24:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4733197
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah renewed Palestinian Authority's efforts to provide all legal and international support needed for the Palestinian prisoners' issue. In a press release on the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoners Day that ....
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Turkish PM meets Iranian president in Ankara
Date: 2016-04-16 14:09:24 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:4730593
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu held a closed-door meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani here. Rouhani arrived in Ankara coming from Istanbul after his participation in the 13rd session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation ....
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Lebanese army shells terrorists
Date: 2016-04-16 11:42:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4729469
Lebanese army artillery targeted on Saturday suspicious movements by armed Takfiris in Ras Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, northeastern Lebanon. Meanwhile, an Israeli gunboat breached on Friday evening the Lebanese territorial waters off Ras Al ....
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Antiquities minister inspects Roman Amphitheater
Date: 2016-04-16 10:46:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4729049
Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani inspected on Saturday the Alexandria Roman Amphitheater. Anani's tour is scheduled to include nine archaeological sites, including Greek and Roman museums. During the tour, the minister underlined the ....
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Farwana hails Egypt's role in supporting Palestinain detainees
Date: 2016-04-16 09:35:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4728409
Head of the Studies and Documentation Department at the Palestinian Prisoners' Affairs Authority, Abdul-Nasser Farwana hailed Egypt's role in supporting the Palestinian detainees in the Israeli jails. "Egypt is our strategic depth and our real ....
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Syrian air forces intensify strikes on FSA in Aleppo
Date: 2016-04-16 08:23:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4727893
The Syrian air forces intensified strikes on outposts of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to retake villages seized in north Aleppo countryside, Syria Mubasher network reported. As airstrikes and shelling continued, the regime forces repelled the ....
