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  • Egypt's mufti greets Sisi on Sinai Liberation Day

    Egypt's mufti greets Sisi on Sinai Liberation Day

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:24:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2451205

    Egypt's Grand Mufti Dr Shawki Allam greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi and the Egyptian nation on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day. In press statements from Paris, Allam said that the Armed Forces exerted ....

  • Syrian opposition factions control Djesr al Shoghour city

    Syrian opposition factions control Djesr al Shoghour city

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:23:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2451197

    Armed Syrian opposition factions have taken almost full control over Djesr al Shoghour city in Rif Edlib. Sky News carried the news Saturday, quoting the Syrian human rights observatory. The observatory said that the control over Djesr al ....

  • Fighting flares at İTÜ over killings of Armenians, police intervene

    Fighting flares at İTÜ over killings of Armenians, police intervene

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:18:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:11 - ID:2451157

    Clashes broke out between a group of students and private security guards from İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ), over an event to commemorate the 1915 killings in Armenia, Today's Zaman reported on its website. According to the Doğan news ....

  • Man arrested for flying drone found at Japan PM office

    Man arrested for flying drone found at Japan PM office

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:13:52 GMT - Japan - International - SN:10 - ID:2451093

    A man was arrested Saturday for allegedly flying a small drone carrying traces of radioactive material to the Japanese prime minister's office to protest against the government's policy to promote nuclear power, police said. Yasuo Yamamoto, 40, ....

  • Egypt-Indonesia trade exchange up 21%

    Egypt-Indonesia trade exchange up 21%

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:12:14 GMT - Indonesia - Economy - SN:9 - ID:2451073

    The volume of trade exchange between Egypt and Indonesia hit a 21% rise on last year reaching $258 million. Egyptian exports to the Indonesian market included 15 products and efforts are underway to improve the balance of trade in favor of Egypt, ....

  • Iran, Turkey keen on expansion of ties

    Iran, Turkey keen on expansion of ties

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:09:39 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:2451045

    The defense ministers of Iran and Turkey expressed their interest in promoting bilateral ties in the fields of defense and military and called for peaceful settlement of regional problems, according to Press TV. Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan, ....

  • Egypt FM continues meetings in New York to campaign for UNSC non-permanent seat

    Egypt FM continues meetings in New York to campaign for UNSC non-permanent seat

    Date: 2015-04-25 08:03:33 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2450969

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Saturday with the permanent delegates of Latin American and Caribbean Group ( GRULAC) in the UN to promote for Egypt’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the ....

  • UN chief praises Egypt efforts on Libya, Gaza

    UN chief praises Egypt efforts on Libya, Gaza

    Date: 2015-04-25 07:57:07 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2450905

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed as important Egypt's role in reaching a political settlement to the Libyan crisis and contributing to the Gaza reconstruction process. During a meeting with visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister ....

  • S. Korea, Brazil agree to bolster ties

    S. Korea, Brazil agree to bolster ties

    Date: 2015-04-25 07:54:39 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:2450877

    President Park Geun-hye and her Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff, have agreed to strengthen their countries' partnership by diversifying cooperation, Yonhap reported on its website. South Korea and Brazil "can become ideal partners in ....

  • Somalia's al-Shabab kills man for 'insulting prophet'

    Somalia's al-Shabab kills man for 'insulting prophet'

    Date: 2015-04-25 07:50:55 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2450849

    The Somali Islamist movement al-Shabab has for the first time publicly killed a man for "insulting the prophet Muhammed", witnesses have told the BBC. Crowds watched as the man was shot by a firing squad in the southern town of Jamame in the ....

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