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Death toll in Nepal earthquake rises to 3,700, official says
Date: 2015-04-27 12:09:25 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:25 - ID:2465037
The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake soared past 3,700 Monday, and how much higher it would rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster, ....
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Israel's secret cooperation with Hamas
Date: 2015-04-27 12:08:17 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2466117
For several weeks now, official representatives of the Israeli government and defense establishment have been holding a real dialogue with the Islamic terrorist group in a bid to reach a long-term calm on the Gaza border. The rocket fired at the ....
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Freak storm kills 45 in Pakistan
Date: 2015-04-27 12:06:22 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:38 - ID:2466081
A freak “mini-cyclone” tore roofs of buildings and brought down trees and power poles in Pakistan, killing 45 people and injuring more than 200, officials said. Army teams were on their way to the area of Peshawar city to help with the rescue, a ....
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7th round of Arab committee on human rights starts at AL
Date: 2015-04-27 12:01:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2466025
The 7th round of the Arab committee for human rights started Monday at the Arab League premises to discuss the first report presented from Lebanon on the humanitarian situation there. Permanent Lebanese representative at the Arab League and ....
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Two ancient tombs open to public in Pyramid plateau
Date: 2015-04-27 11:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2466001
Two ancient tombs belonging to the priest of King Khufu and his son were opened to the public in Giza Pyramid Plateau on Monday after the end of maintenance works. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty opened the two tombs located in the western ....
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ICRC launches initative aiming at gathering families trapped in violent actions in S. Sudan
Date: 2015-04-27 11:56:46 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2464985
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva launched a new initiative that aims at gathering families besieged in the violent actions in South Sudan. In a statement Monday, the ICRC said that the family reunions will happen via an ....
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Mercedes-Benz Egypt to exit local car assembly in May
Date: 2015-04-27 11:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2465977
Mercedes-Benz Egypt, German luxury cars, said its assembler in Egypt, the Egyptian German Automotive Company (EGA), has changed its activity model to become an independent supplier to assemble cars and car parts for other sides. EGA will continue ....
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Retrial of Akhbar El Yom officials adjourned until July 28
Date: 2015-04-27 11:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2465677
Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until July 28 the retrial of board chairman of Akhbar El Yom Mohamed Ahdi Fadli and Hany Kamel Amin, the acting director general of the ads sector at the same press institution, on graft charges. Fadli and Amin ....
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87 Egyptians return from Libya via Salloum crossing
Date: 2015-04-27 11:22:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2465649
As many as 87 Egyptians have returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing along the border between Egypt and Libya over the past 24 hours, Matrouh security chief Anani Hamouda said Monday. Seven of the returnees had traveled illegally to ....
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Iraqi forces impose curfew Monday in Falloujah, kill 12 Daesh members
Date: 2015-04-27 11:13:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2464433
Iraqi forces imposed a curfew Monday in a residential compound in Falloujah and killed 12 Daesh members in Boghdadi in Anbar. The curfew was imposed upon intelligence news on the infiltration of Daesh members to the compound and that the group ....