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  • OIC chief condemns terrorist attack on Hotel in Mogadishu

    OIC chief condemns terrorist attack on Hotel in Mogadishu

    Date: 2016-02-28 09:57:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4404553

    The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Friday on a hotel close to the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, the OIC official website said on Sunday. The Secretary General, ....

  • Sisi's Asian tour backs national economy - diplomat

    Sisi's Asian tour backs national economy - diplomat

    Date: 2016-02-28 07:55:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4403597

    Assistant Foreign Minister Mohamed Hegazi stressed on Sunday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's current Asian tour will contribute to boosting the national economy and luring more investments. The tour, that began on Friday, includes Kazakhstan, ....

  • 15 killed, 33 wounded in Kabul suicide attack

    15 killed, 33 wounded in Kabul suicide attack

    Date: 2016-02-28 07:54:01 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:4403589

    A relatively heavy explosion rocked capital Kabul after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the Ministry of Defense compound, leaving at least 15 people dead and 33 others wounded, Khaama Press reported. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) ....

  • Iran, Azerbaijan moving towards strategic ties: Rouhani

    Iran, Azerbaijan moving towards strategic ties: Rouhani

    Date: 2016-02-28 07:52:48 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:4403585

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran and Azerbaijan are taking steps to bolster strategic relations in all fields, Press TV channel reported. “The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the expansion and reinforcement of cooperation with the ....

  • Arab jets shell Houthi positions in Sanaa, Amran

    Arab jets shell Houthi positions in Sanaa, Amran

    Date: 2016-02-28 06:45:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4403277

    Arab coalition warplanes shelled on Saturday evening positions affiliated to Houthis and pro-former president Ali Abdullah Saleh militias in Sanaa and Amran governorates, Yemen Press news agency reported on Sunday. The jets targeted arms and ....

  • Sisi wraps up Kazakhstan visit, heads for Japan

    Sisi wraps up Kazakhstan visit, heads for Japan

    Date: 2016-02-28 06:20:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4403193

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi wrapped up a two-day visit to Kazakhstan on Sunday and headed for the Japanese capital Tokyo on the second leg of an Asian tour that will include also South Korea. The president held talks in Kazakhstan with its ....

  • Police captain martyred in Sinai

    Police captain martyred in Sinai

    Date: 2016-02-28 06:18:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4403189

    A police captain was killed in North Sinai in the early hours on Sunday, according to an official source from the Interior Ministry Media Center. Captain Abdullah Khalil Abdel Gawad was killed by unidentified masked gunmen who shot him dead in ....

  • Bus school drivers to undergo drugs test - minister

    Bus school drivers to undergo drugs test - minister

    Date: 2016-02-27 13:33:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4400237

    The Social Solidarity Minister and Chairman of the Anti-Addiction Fund Ghada Wali announced that the first phase of the campaign to undergo drivers of school buses to a drug test will be launched on Sunday in a number of governorates. In press ....

  • Russian Diplomat: long-term stabilization in Syria impossible without elimination of terrorism

    Russian Diplomat: long-term stabilization in Syria impossible without elimination of terrorism

    Date: 2016-02-27 13:00:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:4400021

    Stabilization of the situation in Syria in the long-term perspective is impossible without elimination of the terrorist threat on the country’s territory, Tass News Agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as having said at a UN ....

  • Putin rejects attempts of recruiting Russian citizens in terrorist organizations

    Putin rejects attempts of recruiting Russian citizens in terrorist organizations

    Date: 2016-02-27 11:47:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:4399381

    Russian President Vladimir Putin underlined the importance of foiling any attempt of recruiting Russian citizens in terrorist organizations, Russia Today channel reported. At a board meeting of the Russian Federal Security Service, Putin also ....

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