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Iraqi FM to summon US ambassador over airstrikes on PMF bases
Date: 2019-12-31 06:54:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8250149
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry will summon the US ambassador in Baghdad over US air strikes on the headquarters of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the ministry said Monday. In a statement carried by Alsumaria news channel, the ministry ....
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US astronaut sets women's record for longest space mission
Date: 2019-12-31 06:45:18 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:8250141
NASA astronaut Christina Koch on Saturday set a new record for a woman’s longest time in space, The Hill reported Koch has been in space for 289 days and is expected to spend 328 consecutive days in orbit before she returns to Earth. She told ....
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Sobhi honors volleyball junior squad
Date: 2019-12-31 06:29:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8250129
Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi honored on Monday the national volleyball squad who ranked 4th at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship in Tunisia. President of the Egyptian Volleyball Federation (EVF) Ahmed Abdel Dayyem ....
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Sudan's authorities send troops to West Darfur state
Date: 2019-12-31 06:08:24 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8250111
Sudanese authorities decided to send troops to control the situation in West Darfur State, in the wake of acts of violence that flared up in western Sudanese region. The decision came during a meeting held in the presidential palace co-chaired ....
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Sisi urges gov't to achieve harmony between tourism, antiquities industries -- 2 last Cairo
Date: 2019-12-31 05:55:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8250105
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government to provide a crystallized vision for achieving integration and harmony between the tourism and antiquities industries. Sisi gave the order during a meeting on Monday with Prime Minister ....
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AL council holds emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss Libya's developments
Date: 2019-12-31 05:47:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8250099
The Arab League (AL) Council will hold an extraordinary meeting Tuesday at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest developments in Libya. The meeting, set to be held under Iraq, came at a request of Egypt with the aim of taking a ....
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Sisi directs lowering public debt
Date: 2019-12-30 00:29:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:8248816
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed Sunday to pay much focus on human and social development, and efforts of lowering public debt. The economic improvement should be reflected on the public services quality, Sisi highlighted, adding that all ....
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2 Dead in shooting at Texas church
Date: 2019-12-30 00:29:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:8248814
A shooting at a church in Texas left at least two people dead and one person critically wounded, the US authorities said, the New York Times reported Sunday. An elder at the church, West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, near ....
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Truck driver remanded in custody for causing fatal accident in Port Said
Date: 2019-12-30 00:27:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8248813
Prosecutor General Hamada el Sawy ordered Sunday a truck driver, whose negligence led to a deadly crash that left 23 dead in Port Said, to be remanded in custody for four days pending investigations. On Saturday, up to 23 people were killed and ....
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Security operation in Saudi Dammam thwarts terror attack
Date: 2019-12-30 00:26:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8248812
A security operation carried out in the Saudi city of Dammam last week, which resulted in the death of two wanted criminals, prevented a planned terrorist attack, the Presidency of the country's State Security said in a statement ....