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  • Kerry: US and Russia share desire to destroy Daesh

    Kerry: US and Russia share desire to destroy Daesh

    Date: 2015-09-19 11:16:58 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:3379989

    Russia and America “share the same goals” in the battle against the so-called Islamic State (Isis), The Guardian quoted John Kerry as saying during a visit to London. The US secretary of state promised to do more to help Europe deal with the ....

  • Mahlab appointed presidential assistant for national, strategic projects

    Mahlab appointed presidential assistant for national, strategic projects

    Date: 2015-09-19 08:09:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3378389

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree Saturday appointing former prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab as his assistant for national and strategic projects. ....

  • New prosecutor general sworn in

    New prosecutor general sworn in

    Date: 2015-09-19 08:08:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3378369

    Counselor Nabil Sadeq was sworn in as Egypt's new prosecutor general. Sadeq took oath before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi earlier Saturday. ....

  • New govt takes oath

    New govt takes oath

    Date: 2015-09-19 08:05:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3378349

    The new government of Prime Minister Sherif Ismail took oath early Saturday before President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The ministries of health and population have been merged in one. The ministries of technical education and education have been ....

  • FP: Pentagon preparing new war plans for a Baltic battle against Russia

    FP: Pentagon preparing new war plans for a Baltic battle against Russia

    Date: 2015-09-19 08:01:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:3378325

    For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US Department of Defense is reviewing and updating its contingency plans for armed conflict with Russia, Foreign Policy (FP) Magazine reported on its website. The Pentagon generates ....

  • Israel strikes Hamas target; no casualties reported

    Israel strikes Hamas target; no casualties reported

    Date: 2015-09-19 07:59:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3378313

    The Israeli Air Force struck a Palestinian Hamas movement telecommunications facility in the North of Gaza early Saturday morning, JPost reported. The strike, it claimed, came in response to multiple rocket attacks from the coastal enclave the ....

  • Iraqi jets shell important Daesh site in Falloujah

    Iraqi jets shell important Daesh site in Falloujah

    Date: 2015-09-19 07:57:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3378281

    Iraqi jets shelled an important site of Daesh terrorists in Falloujah in Anbar. The shelling killed several Daesh members of Arab and foreign nationalities along with destroying a communication center and booby-trapped cars. ....

  • Aqsa Mosque red line never to be crossed- Abbas

    Aqsa Mosque red line never to be crossed- Abbas

    Date: 2015-09-18 15:02:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:3376409

    Al Aqsa Mosque is a red line the Palestinians and Arabs would never allow to be crossed whatever it takes, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday. Speaking to the Saudi newspaper Okaz, Abbas urged the world's major powers to exercise ....

  • Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to seven

    Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to seven

    Date: 2015-09-18 14:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3376385

    The number of Egyptian pilgrims who passed away in Saudi Arabia rose to seven after the death of a 53-year old man from Alexandria, head of the Egyptian Medical Mission Hisham Atta said on Friday. The deceased suffered from complications of colon ....

  • Finance Ministry approves more than EGP 16mn for journalists

    Finance Ministry approves more than EGP 16mn for journalists

    Date: 2015-09-18 14:44:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:3376293

    The Finance Ministry has approved the allocation of 16.239 million pounds as technology allowance for journalists in September. The allowance goes to journalists working at national, partisan and independent Egyptian newspapers. The Supreme ....

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