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8 Egyptian pilgrims die in Mena stampede -- Awqaf min.
Date: 2015-09-25 08:37:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3412497
Eight Egyptian pilgrims have died in the Mena stampede during the Hajj rituals on Thursday, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, who leads Egypt's hajj mission, said. At least 30 Egyptian pilgrims were wounded in the incident, Gomaa said. The ....
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Death toll of Mina stampede rises to 310 - Saudi civil defense
Date: 2015-09-24 10:18:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3409025
The number of pilgrims who died in a stampede in the tent city of Mina on Thursday rose to 310, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Service. Civil defense teams, grouping some 4,000 members, were now on the ground leading pilgrims to safer ....
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Sisi heads for New York to partake in UN General Assembly meetings
Date: 2015-09-24 07:35:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3408177
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left Cairo Thursday heading for New York to take part in the meetings of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. Sisi will deliver Egypt's speech, in which he reviews the political and economic developments in ....
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Pentagon denies allegations US-trained New Syrian Forces defected
Date: 2015-09-24 07:34:12 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3408161
The Pentagon on Wednesday emphatically denied allegations that any recent graduates of its much-criticized train-and-equip program to combat the Islamic State in Syria had defected or that weaponry it supplied them had fallen into the hands of an al ....
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Kerry extends his best wishes to Muslims on Eid al-Adha
Date: 2015-09-24 07:33:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:3408153
US Secretary of State John Kerry extended his best wishes to Muslims around the world for a blessed Eid al-Adha, State Department official website said on Thursday. "We congratulate the nearly three million Muslims – including thousands of ....
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Sisi performs Eid prayers at Field Marshal Tantawi mosque
Date: 2015-09-24 07:32:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3408149
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi performed Eidul Adha (Greater Bairam) prayers at Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi Mosque in the Fifth Settlement on Thursday. Prime Minister Ismail Sherif, Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar, Grand Imam of ....
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Egypt to buy Mistral helicopter carriers from France
Date: 2015-09-23 13:36:12 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3405829
Egypt will buy two helicopter carriers of Mistral type from France after a phone call between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his French counterpart Francois Hollande. The Elysee carried the news on Wednesday without giving further details. ....
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Sisi flies to NY Thursday to partake in UN summit
Date: 2015-09-23 11:28:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3404945
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will arrive in New York city Thursday to participate in the meetings of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. In his address at the opening session, Sisi will tackle the latest political and economic ....
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Sisi greets Egyptians on Eidul Adha
Date: 2015-09-23 11:28:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3404941
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi greeted on Wednesday Egypt as well as other Muslim and Arab states over the advent of Eidual Adha. In a statement by the presidency, Sisi said "this Bairam provides a sublime value of sacrifice that all of ....
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Putin opens grand mosque in Moscow
Date: 2015-09-23 11:27:19 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:3404921
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened Wednesday the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, one of the largest mosques in Europe. Putin inaugurated the main mosque of Moscow after the global renovation in the company of several foreign leaders, including ....
