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  • Typhoon Melor strikes Philippines; damaging winds, serious flooding Expected

    Typhoon Melor strikes Philippines; damaging winds, serious flooding Expected

    Date: 2015-12-14 08:11:49 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:3 - ID:3922125

    Powerful Typhoon Nona arrived in the central Philippines Monday morning after undergoing a last-minute spurt of intensification, Sky news reported. The tropical cyclone, known by the name Melor internationally, is forecast to tear a swath from ....

  • Israeli warplanes raid Gaza Strip, no casualties

    Israeli warplanes raid Gaza Strip, no casualties

    Date: 2015-12-14 07:54:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3922045

    Israeli warplanes launched two raids over Gaza Strip at dawn of Monday with no casualties reported, local sources said. An Israeli Apache fired one rocket at the position of the Palestinian maritime police in northwestern the coastal ....

  • Arab jets target sites of Houthi, Saleh in Taiz

    Arab jets target sites of Houthi, Saleh in Taiz

    Date: 2015-12-14 07:53:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3922029

    Arab coalition strikes hit targets of the Houthi and Saleh militias in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz early Monday. Militant sites in Sala and al Jahmaliya areas in eastern Taiz were raided, as well as al Hassab, al Defaa al Jawi and al Nour ....

  • Shoukry meets EU official on sidelines of Rome meeting

    Shoukry meets EU official on sidelines of Rome meeting

    Date: 2015-12-13 13:27:43 GMT - Italy - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3918029

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Sunday with the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) Federica Mogherini. The get-together comes on the sidelines of the international ministerial meeting on ....

  • 16 Daesh members killed in Iraq

    16 Daesh members killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-12-13 12:32:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3917413

    Iraqi forces killed 15 Daesh members in Saladin and Anbar governorate while Peshmerga forces foiled a Daesh attack in Nineveh, War Media Cell of the Joint Operations Command said on Sunday. Iraqi warplanes, in coordination with intelligence, also ....

  • At least 15 dead in Parachinar clothes market blast in Pakistan

    At least 15 dead in Parachinar clothes market blast in Pakistan

    Date: 2015-12-13 11:24:53 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:8 - ID:3916993

    At least 15 people were killed and dozens others wounded on Sunday in a blast at a used clothes market in Kurram Agency's Parachinar area. Hospital sources told DawnNews that 47 people were injured as a result of the blast out of which more than ....

  • Sisi witnesses inauguration of 19th CAIRO ICT 2015

    Sisi witnesses inauguration of 19th CAIRO ICT 2015

    Date: 2015-12-13 10:14:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3916657

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday witnessed the inauguration of the 19th round of Cairo ICT Trade Fair and Forum. The president made a tour of the exhibition pavilions to get briefed on the latest technologies in the field of information ....

  • EU parliament president welcomes Paris climate deal

    EU parliament president welcomes Paris climate deal

    Date: 2015-12-13 09:22:23 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:6 - ID:3916221

    European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Saturday hailed the climate change agreement reached in Paris earlier in the day. The climate agreement will make safer the future of our planet, for the current and next generations, Schulz said in ....

  • No meeting between Libya's parliament speaker, GNC outgoing head: official

    No meeting between Libya's parliament speaker, GNC outgoing head: official

    Date: 2015-12-13 09:20:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3916201

    A well- placed official with Libya's parliament Saturday said that no scheduled meeting between Parliament Speaker Akila Saleh and Nouri Abusahmain, outgoing head of Libya's General National Congress (GNC). In statements earlier in the day, the ....

  • Rains continue to pour over Alexandria, navigation movement normal

    Rains continue to pour over Alexandria, navigation movement normal

    Date: 2015-12-13 09:17:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3916181

    Rains continued to pour over Alexandria and various areas in the northwestern coasts for the third day running, causing rain water to accumulate in streets and public squares. The rainfall did not impede the navigation movement at Alexandria and ....

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