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  • Prince William expresses grief over temple Fire in India

    Prince William expresses grief over temple Fire in India

    Date: 2016-04-11 09:04:38 GMT - India - International - SN:7 - ID:4695905

    Prince William took a moment during a gala ball to express grief over the Hindu temple fire that left more than 100 dead in south India, ABC News reported on Monday. The Duke of Cambridge was speaking at a gala ball held at Mumbai's iconic Taj ....

  • Pakistan PM under fire over offshore accounts leak

    Pakistan PM under fire over offshore accounts leak

    Date: 2016-04-11 07:57:06 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:6 - ID:4695429

    Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan on Sunday called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign over documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm that he said indicate that the premier's sons own several offshore companies, Fox News ....

  • Voting in Darfur administrative referendum starts

    Voting in Darfur administrative referendum starts

    Date: 2016-04-11 07:55:36 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4695417

    Voting in Darfur region started Monday to end a controversy over the administrative status of the region which has been engulfed in a civil war since 2003. As many as 3.3 million voters are registered to vote on the referendum after the Sudanese ....

  • Michelle Obama hosts Iranian Nowruz celebration at White House

    Michelle Obama hosts Iranian Nowruz celebration at White House

    Date: 2016-04-11 07:51:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:4695373

    Amid increasingly negative rhetoric surrounding the US nuclear deal with Iran, first lady Michelle Obama hosted a traditional Iranian new year’s feast at the White House to celebrate diversity and inclusion, USA Today reported on its ....

  • Families of Gaza prisoner visit their relatives in Nafha jail

    Families of Gaza prisoner visit their relatives in Nafha jail

    Date: 2016-04-11 07:50:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4695357

    Israeli forces allowed Monday scores of the families of the Gaza prisoners to visit their relatives in the Israeli prison of Nafha. As many as 66 of the families of the prisoners including 16 children headed for the Gaza Strip via Erez crossing ....

  • Yemen ceasefire deal comes into effect ahead of round of talks in Kuwait

    Yemen ceasefire deal comes into effect ahead of round of talks in Kuwait

    Date: 2016-04-11 07:18:03 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4695133

    A ceasefire deal between the Yemeni government troops and Houthi militias has come into effect ahead of a third round of consultations that will be held in Kuwait following UN Security Resolution 2216 to achieve peace in Yemen. There are ....

  • Culture min. attends diamond jubilee of Journalists' Syndicate

    Culture min. attends diamond jubilee of Journalists' Syndicate

    Date: 2016-04-11 07:13:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4695093

    Culture Minister Helmi el Namnam attended on Sunday evening a ceremony organized by the Syndicate of Journalists to mark its diamond jubilee. The ceremony was attended by the ministers of youth and sports, social solidarity, supply and finance, ....

  • Finance Ministry auctions EGP 9.5 bln T-bonds

    Finance Ministry auctions EGP 9.5 bln T-bonds

    Date: 2016-04-10 13:20:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:4690985

    The Finance Ministry auctioned on Sunday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 9.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 4.5 billion of 91-day T-bills with an average yield of 12.77%, adding it accepted bids at rates ....

  • Saudi king stresses importance of close cooperation with Egypt

    Saudi king stresses importance of close cooperation with Egypt

    Date: 2016-04-10 12:30:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4690357

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud stressed the importance of close cooperation between Egypt and Saudi Arabia in order to strike a balance in the region and serve Arab causes, topped by the Palestinian cause. He also said that the close ....

  • Palestinian FM denies distributing draft on settlements at Security Council

    Palestinian FM denies distributing draft on settlements at Security Council

    Date: 2016-04-10 11:37:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4689765

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Malaki denied on Sunday media reports that the Palestinian Authority distributed a draft resolution on Israeli settlements among UN Security Council members. The Palestinian mission in New York only handed a ....

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