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Turkish President Erdoğan to give mandate to Davutoğlu on June 24
Date: 2015-06-20 08:49:00 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:15 - ID:2830285
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to give the mandate to form a government to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on June 24, officials told the Hürriyet Daily News. Political parties will then have 45 days to form a government ....
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EU referendum to be held in October 2016, sources say
Date: 2015-06-20 08:47:33 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:14 - ID:2830273
The in-out referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union will take place in October next year, says The Daily Telegraph. Officials in Downing Street and the Foreign Office are understood to be exploring the possibility of holding the ....
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Syrian government forces make big gains in Quneitra, Reef Aleppo
Date: 2015-06-20 08:29:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2830181
Syrian government forces made big advances in Quneitra and Reef Aleppo amid fierce clashes with opposition factions, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Saturday. Clashes are going on between the Syrian army and the ....
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4 MB members held in custody in Suez over violence charges
Date: 2015-06-20 08:18:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2830157
The Suez prosecution renewed the detention of four Muslim Brotherhood members for 15 days pending a probe over violence charges. The detainees are accused of attacking police and army forces and plotting attacks against industrial facilities in ....
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114 arrested on Egypt-Libya border over illegal infiltration
Date: 2015-06-20 08:06:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2830089
Border guards in Salloum, west of Egypt, foiled an infiltration bid by 114 persons, including four Sudanese, into Libya. They were arrested before illegally sneaking into Libya. ....
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Sisi to meet French FM today
Date: 2015-06-20 08:05:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2830077
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet Saturday with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis. Following the meeting, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold a press conference with his French ....
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Coalition jets hit Daesh site near Baiji refinery in Iraq
Date: 2015-06-20 08:02:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2830045
International coalition jets raided a Daesh site near the Baiji refinery in Salahuddin province, northern Iraq, Friday. The Iraqi Defense Ministry did not comment on the strikes. An Iraqi security source had earlier said that Iraqi military ....
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Angelina Jolie arrives in Turkish border province to visit refugee camps
Date: 2015-06-20 07:58:56 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:8 - ID:2830021
Hollywood actress and UN Refugee Agency special envoy Angelina Jolie has arrived in the Turkish border province of Mardin where she will visit refugees from Syria and Iraq on Saturday. Jolie arrived in Mardin with a private jet on Friday night. ....
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Bloomberg TV’s Peter Cook named new Pentagon press secretary
Date: 2015-06-20 07:56:23 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:2829997
Veteran Bloomberg Television correspondent Peter C. Cook will become the Pentagon’s new press secretary, according to The Washington Post. Cook will take the job in July. He will be a key figure in explaining the Obama administration’s position ....
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South Korea reports no new cases in MERS outbreak
Date: 2015-06-20 07:53:28 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:2829977
South Korea has reported no new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for the first time in more than a fortnight, Yonhap News Agency reported Saturday. South Korea's Health Ministry announced on Saturday that for the first time in 16 ....
