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Petroleum min.: Building strong country reason behind establishing new economic projects
Date: 2015-08-16 11:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3166925
Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail said that Egypt's approach to build a strong country is the reason behind establishing and developing new economic projects. During a tour of a number of projects in Alexandria on Sunday, Ismail said such economic ....
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Israel reopens Karam Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2015-08-16 10:13:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3166281
Israeli authorities reopened Sunday Karam Abu Salem crossing to allow goods and aid supplies to the Gaza Strip after the weekend. The authorities allowed 650 trucks to the enclave loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors. ....
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3 Turkish soldiers, police officer killed in Kurdish attacks
Date: 2015-08-16 10:12:36 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:3166273
Three Turkish soldiers and a police officer were killed in separate incidents on Saturday, VOA News quoted security sources as saying on Sunday. This comes as violence roils the country's mainly Kurdish southeast in recent weeks following the end ....
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3 killed, 206 injured with heat exhaustion due to heatwave
Date: 2015-08-16 08:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3165737
Three persons died while 206 others suffered heat exhaustion on Saturday due to the heatwave in Egypt, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. A total of 129 persons out of the 206 were discharged from hospitals of Cairo, Sohag, Giza, ....
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2 water lines destroyed in explosion of 2 bombs in Beheira
Date: 2015-08-16 08:50:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3165729
Two bombs went off in two lines of drinking water in Damanhour in Beheira. Both lines were destroyed due to the bombing. Civil protection forces and bomb-disposal experts rushed to the scene. The explosion resulted in water cut and the lines ....
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Pakistan: Ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul dies at 79
Date: 2015-08-16 08:49:59 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:3165713
A former chief of Pakistan's powerful military intelligence, Hamid Gul, has died at the age of 79, the BBC reported. General Gul led the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 1987 to 1989. One of the most outspoken military leaders of his ....
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Indian PM to embark on two-day UAE visit
Date: 2015-08-16 08:49:16 GMT - India - International - SN:3 - ID:3165709
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Abu Dhabi on Sunday on a two-day trip, packed with a string of engagements high on substance and symbolism, including talks with the leadership of world’s second largest Arab economy and an address ....
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Iraqi PM refers military personnel accused of negligence in Ramadi battle to court-martial
Date: 2015-08-16 08:48:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3165705
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi agreed on Sunday to refer military personnel who are accused of negligence in Ramadi battle to military justice, Sky News reported. Ramadi city fall in the hands of Daesh two months ago is considered the ....
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Bombs in and around Baghdad kill 22 people, Iraqi officials say
Date: 2015-08-16 08:47:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3165697
A car bomb at a popular auto dealership Saturday killed 13 people and injured 52 in eastern Baghdad's volatile Sadr City neighborhood, where a market bombing two days earlier killed dozens, FoxNews quoted police as saying. The Habibiya car ....
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3 people suffered heat stroke discharged from hospital -- ministry
Date: 2015-08-15 12:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3162665
Three people who suffered heat stroke in Alexandria were discharged from hospital after receiving medical treatment, the health ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry dismissed reports claiming deaths due to the heat ....