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123 insurgents killed, 76 wounded in Afghanistan- ministry
Date: 2015-08-15 11:25:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:3162297
Afghan Ministry of Defense said that 123 insurgents were killed, 76 wounded and 13 others arrested during military operations across the country in past 48 hours, the Khaama Press cited the ministry’s spokesman General Zahir Azimi as saying. In a ....
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IMF says Greece needs debt relief as further bailout agreed
Date: 2015-08-15 10:52:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:3161977
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde released a statement calling for some form of debt relief for Greece, following the eurozone announcement, Deutsche Welle reported Saturday. Several of Greece's creditors oppose such a ....
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Economic forum to be held in Beirut in Sept. to boost joint trade
Date: 2015-08-15 10:51:10 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3161961
An economic forum will be held in Beirut next month with the aim to boost trade exchange with Cairo, the Egyptian ambassador here has said. Mohamed Badr el Din Zayed revealed that Lebanese Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb and Industry Minister ....
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Egypt says Human Rights Watch report on Rabaa "politicized"
Date: 2015-08-15 09:44:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3161333
The Foreign Ministry has criticized a Human Rights Watch report on the crackdown on the protest camp in Rabaa el Adaweya two years ago, calling it "politicized" and "non-objective". Egypt strongly condemns this report, which fails to realize the ....
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Fierce clashes in Syria's Harasta- rights group
Date: 2015-08-15 09:36:36 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3161357
Fierce clashes erupted in the Harasta city, northeastern Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes occurred between the regime forces and Islamist militant factions, it said. Meantime, the army fighter ....
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Pakistan to support Egypt bid to obtain non-permanent UNSC seat - diplomat
Date: 2015-08-15 08:52:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3160977
Pakistani Ambassador in Cairo Mushtaq Ali Shah said Saturday that his country will support Egypt's bid to obtain a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council. Egypt is a strategic ally of Pakistan, Shah said in statements to MENA. Cairo has ....
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Daesh leader used American hostage as sexual slave
Date: 2015-08-15 08:10:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3160705
The leader of Daesh terrorist group personally kept a 26-year-old American woman as a hostage and raped her repeatedly, The Washington Post said Saturday quoting US officials and her family. The family of Kayla Mueller said in an interview Friday ....
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Iraqi army close to retaking Ramadi -- US Col.
Date: 2015-08-15 08:09:59 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3160701
Iraqi troops are more than halfway through an operation to encircle Daesh militants in Ramadi, after which they will launch a final offensive to retake the Iraqi city, said US Air Force Colonel Pat Ryder, the spokesman for the US Central ....
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Yemeni popular resistance controls security administration in Taiz
Date: 2015-08-15 08:08:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3160693
The popular resistance in the Yemeni province of Taiz managed to control the security administration of the province and the adjacent areas after fierce battles with Houthis. The popular resistance along with the national army managed to control ....
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Al Azhar mourns martyrs of Siwa military jet crash
Date: 2015-08-14 19:39:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3159857
Al Azhar mourned the martyrs of an Egyptian military aircraft that crashed near Siwa Oasis, leaving four army servicemen dead and two others injured. In a statement issued on Friday, Al Azhar expressed its full support to the Armed Forces as well ....
