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Policeman accused of killing citizen in Cairo in custody for 4 days
Date: 2016-02-20 07:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4350289
The Public Prosecution ordered on Friday to remand a police sergeant in custody for four days pending investigations into charges of killing a van driver in Cairo's Al-Darb Al-Ahmar district. The sergeant faces charges of premeditated murder ....
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Lebanon PM: Halt of Saudi aid package to army 'sovereign decision'
Date: 2016-02-20 07:38:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4350253
Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam said on Friday that a Saudi decision to halt deals worth billions of dollars to aid Lebanese security forces is a sovereign interest. In a statement to comment on the Saudi decision, Salam deeply regretted ....
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Saudi-led coalition jets shell Houthi sites in Sanaa
Date: 2016-02-20 07:29:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4350225
Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed early Saturday targets of Houthi and Saleh militias in Sanaa. The warplanes targeted Jabal Al Nahdain Camp and al-Sabeen neighborhood near the presidential palace, according to eyewitnesses, the sounds of ....
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Gunmen attack port of container ships in Yemen
Date: 2016-02-20 07:24:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4350205
Unidentified gunmen attacked early on Saturday the port of container ships in Al-Mansoura district in Aden. Security forces repelled the attack and the gunmen ran away after they fired RPG shells at the western gate of the port, "Here is Aden" ....
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Sisi inaugurates Africa Forum 2016 in Sharm
Date: 2016-02-20 07:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4350185
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated Africa Forum 2016 in Sharm El Sheikh on Saturday. Organized by Egypt in cooperation with the COMESA, the forum is held under the umbrella of the African Union Commission. More than 1,500 ....
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Police sergeant arrested for wrongly killing Tuk Tuk driver: security source
Date: 2016-02-18 23:15:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4344825
A police sergeant was arrested for wrongly killing a Tuk-Tuk (rickshaw) driver in Cairo’s Al-Darb Al-Ahmar district, a well-placed security source told MENA on Thursday. The suspected policeman was moved to hospital as he suffered from fractures ....
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UN General Assembly pays tribute to late Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Date: 2016-02-18 23:12:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4344821
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Thursday honored the memory of former secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93, recalling his legacy in helping the world body find its footing in a new ....
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Presidential decree deems Tanta development project as public utility work
Date: 2016-02-18 09:16:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4339277
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree on Thursday considering the development of Kendaliya district in Tanta in Gharbiya governorate as a public utility project. The area covers three feddans. The decree was published in the Gazette ....
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Egypt strongly condemns Ankara blast
Date: 2016-02-18 08:27:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4338873
Egypt vehemently condemned Wednesday's blast in the Turkish capital Ankara in which scores of civilians and army personnel were killed and injured. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abo Zeid condoled with Turkey the victims and wished ....
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Blast hits Turkish cultural center in Sweden
Date: 2016-02-18 08:05:43 GMT - Sweden - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4338685
An explosion severely damaged part of a building that housed a Turkish cultural association in a Stockholm suburb late on Wednesday but no one was injured, Euronews reported quoting police. Police said all the windows of the center were blown out ....
