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Taliban rocket kill a woman and her 3 children in Kunar province
Date: 2015-09-06 08:25:47 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:2 - ID:3295265
A woman was killed along with her three children after a rocket fired by Taliban militants landed in a residential house in eastern Kunar province, Khaama Press reported. According to local government officials, the incident took place in Chapa ....
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Obama offers condolences to UAE over army deaths in Yemen
Date: 2015-09-06 08:24:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3295253
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed his “deep condolences” in a phone call to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme UAE Armed Forces Commander Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahyan over the deaths of 45 UAE soldiers killed in Yemen ....
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5,645 lottery pilgrims arrived in holy lands so far - official
Date: 2015-09-05 18:09:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:3293801
As many as 5,645 Egyptian lottery pilgrims arrived in the holy lands to perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) so far, Chief Executive of the Egyptian Hajj mission Sayed Maher said Saturday. Maher, who also serves as the assistant interior minister for ....
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Armed Forces mourn UAE, Bahraini soldiers killed in Yemen
Date: 2015-09-05 18:05:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:3293781
The Armed Forces mourned on Saturday the death of UAE and Bahraini forces while fighting Houthi rebels as part of a Saudi-led coalition. Forty-five soldiers from the United Arab Emirates have been killed in Yemen while fighting Houthi rebels as ....
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Sisi returns home concluding successful Asian tour
Date: 2015-09-05 18:03:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3293777
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi returned home on Saturday coming from Jakarta winding up a week-long successful Asian tour that took him to Singapore, China and Indonesia. Sisi held talks with presidents and senior officials in the three countries ....
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Merkel: Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes
Date: 2015-09-05 12:08:07 GMT - Germany - International - SN:10 - ID:3291249
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Berlin can cope with a record-breaking influx of refugees and migrants this year without raising taxes and without jeopardizing its goal of a balanced budget, the Guardian reported. "We won't raise ....
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Afghan president opens meeting of donor countries with positive progress report
Date: 2015-09-05 12:06:54 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:3291241
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has opened a conference of donors to his country's reconstruction after almost 40 years of war, telling them he has made progress on a range of major challengers including security and corruption, the Fox News ....
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Panetta : Arms control agreements are controversial
Date: 2015-09-05 09:41:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:3290129
Arms control agreements are by their very nature controversial, Los Angeles Times quoted former US defense secretary Leon Panetta as saying. They often fall short of achieving everything that was hoped for. Potential gaps in enforcement can make ....
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Queen Elizabeth to make rare public speech on day she overtakes Victoria as longest-reigning monarch
Date: 2015-09-05 09:39:01 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:3290081
Queen Elizabeth is expected to make a rare public speech thanking her British and Commonwealth subjects for 63 years of support when she becomes longest-reigning monarch on Wednesday, The Telegraph reported. Her Majesty, who had originally wanted ....
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Hillary Clinton: Syrian refugee crisis is global
Date: 2015-09-05 08:36:14 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:3289645
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said that the United States should help to address the Syrian refugee crisis, but added that a much larger global response was needed to resolve the issue. In an interview with the MSNBC TV network, she ....
