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  • Drone with radiation sign lands on roof of Japanese prime minister's office

    Drone with radiation sign lands on roof of Japanese prime minister's office

    Date: 2015-04-22 08:02:14 GMT - Japan - International - SN:4 - ID:2431305

    A drone carrying a small camera, a water bottle and a flare and marked with a radioactive sign was found on the rooftop of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office on Wednesday, Kyodo reported. Televised aerial footage from the scene showed ....

  • Houthis free kidnapped Yemeni defense minister

    Houthis free kidnapped Yemeni defense minister

    Date: 2015-04-22 07:58:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2431265

    Houthis released on Wednesday Yemeni Defense Minister Mahmoud al Subaihi who was kidnapped one month ago, Al Hadath channel reported. Al Subaihi was abducted by Houthi gunmen with the help of forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah ....

  • Obama warns Iran of arms shipments to Yemen

    Obama warns Iran of arms shipments to Yemen

    Date: 2015-04-22 07:56:23 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2431249

    US President Barack Obama has sent a clear signal to the Iranian government that further arms deliveries to Houthi rebels in Yemen would be unacceptable. “[The crisis will] not be solved by having another proxy war fought inside Yemen and we’ve ....

  • Indonesian president inaugurates Afro-Asian Summit 2015

    Indonesian president inaugurates Afro-Asian Summit 2015

    Date: 2015-04-22 07:53:32 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:1 - ID:2431245

    Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated on Wednesday the Afro-Asian Summit 2015 with the participation of 34 presidents and heads of state from Africa and Asia. Egypt's delegationt to the summit is chaired by Prime Minister Ibrahim ....

  • Abnudi's death big loss for Arab culture: former min.

    Abnudi's death big loss for Arab culture: former min.

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:58:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:2429653

    Former culture minister Emad Abu Ghazi said Tuesday that the death of famous poet Abdel Rahman el Abnudi is a big loss in the Arab cultural circle. The late poet is one of the most creative poets, he said. Abnudi contributed a lot to the ....

  • FM back home from Saudi Arabia

    FM back home from Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:37:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:2429541

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday returned home from Saudi Arabia after a one-day visit to the kingdom. During his visit, the top diplomat had talks with a number of senior officials on issues of common concern, especially the situation ....

  • Saudi Arabia: Airstrikes removed threats posed on kingdom, neighbors

    Saudi Arabia: Airstrikes removed threats posed on kingdom, neighbors

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:35:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:2429525

    Saudi Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday that the coalition airstrikes launched on Houthis in Yemen have "removed" all threats posed to the kingdom and neighboring countries. In a statement, the ministry said the coalition sorties on Yemen ....

  • Ahram ex-official released on bail over corruption

    Ahram ex-official released on bail over corruption

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:33:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:2429513

    An investigating judge on Tuesday ordered the release of a former official of Al Ahram Press Institution over corruption charges. Hoda Awadallah, ex-head of the central management of Ahram's advertisement accountancy, was released on bail of ....

  • Water in Qena not affected by sunken phosphate tanker - local official

    Water in Qena not affected by sunken phosphate tanker - local official

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:31:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:2429509

    Chairman of Qena's drinking water and sanitation company Hani Mahmoud Hamdi on Tuesday said water was not affected by a phosphate tanker that sank earlier in the day in the Nile within the governorate. Hamdi added that all potable water plants ....

  • Tanta University, Shandong University agree on academic cooperation

    Tanta University, Shandong University agree on academic cooperation

    Date: 2015-04-21 18:18:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:2429469

    President of Tanta University Dr Abdel Hakim Abdel Khaleq met Tuesday with a delegation of China's Shandong University. Talks took up possible cooperation between the two universities in the field of Arabic language studies, Abdel Khaleq ....

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