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  • Stun grenade goes off near Fayyoum Stadium

    Stun grenade goes off near Fayyoum Stadium

    Date: 2015-06-20 09:10:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2830429

    A stun grenade went off near the Fayyoum Stadium early Saturday causing damage to a power kiosk and leading to a blackout in a number of neighborhoods in the Upper Egyptian city for a few minutes. No word of human casualties was ....

  • US govt dismisses request by Osama bin Laden’s son for his father’s death certificate

    US govt dismisses request by Osama bin Laden’s son for his father’s death certificate

    Date: 2015-06-20 09:09:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:2830417

    According to a recently leaked document, the son of al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, Abdullah bin Laden, sent a letter to the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia to ask for his father's death certificate. In response, the embassy wrote to Abdullah to ....

  • 7 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    7 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-06-20 09:06:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2830381

    Joint Iraqi forces killed seven Daesh terrorists in an airstrike launched in Fallujah, in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69 kilometers west of Baghdad. Three children were killed, when a mortar shell fell on southern Fallujah. ....

  • Turkish President Erdoğan to give mandate to Davutoğlu on June 24

    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 ....

  • EU referendum to be held in October 2016, sources say

    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 ....

  • Syrian government forces make big gains in Quneitra, Reef Aleppo

    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 ....

  • 4 MB members held in custody in Suez over violence charges

    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 ....

  • 114 arrested on Egypt-Libya border over illegal infiltration

    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. ....

  • Sisi to meet French FM today

    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 ....

  • Coalition jets hit Daesh site near Baiji refinery in Iraq

    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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