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  • Security presence stepped up at Kafr el Sheikh's churches

    Security presence stepped up at Kafr el Sheikh's churches

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:17:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2310277

    Kafr el Sheikh security forces intensified presence outside the governorate's churches as Christians will celebrate Palm Sunday today evening. All the churches will start prayers in the presence of Anba Bishoy, Bishop of Damietta, Kafr El-Sheikh ....

  • PNC calls for excluding refugee camp from Syria war

    PNC calls for excluding refugee camp from Syria war

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:11:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2308233

    The Amman-based Palestinian National Council called for excluding the refugee camp of Yarmouk, located in Damascus, from the ongoing conflict in Syria. In a statement, the council condemned a bid by Daesh militants to raid the Palestinian refugee ....

  • Houthis free 500 prisoners from Yemen's Ad Dali

    Houthis free 500 prisoners from Yemen's Ad Dali

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:07:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:2310217

    The Houthi militants freed on Saturday around 500 prisoners from a main prison in Yemen's southern Ad Dali city. According to witnesses, forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh had handed over the prison to the Houthis, who later set ....

  • FM closely following up coordination efforts to evacuate Egyptians in Yemen

    FM closely following up coordination efforts to evacuate Egyptians in Yemen

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:06:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2310169

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is closely following up coordination efforts with a number of sisterly and friendly countries to help evacuate Egyptians from Sanaa. Authorities concerned are acting in coordination with EgyptAir to obtain licenses ....

  • 23 MB middle-ranking leaders arrested over past 24 hours

    23 MB middle-ranking leaders arrested over past 24 hours

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:04:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2310101

    Twenty-three Muslim Brotherhood members have been arrested as part of a security campaign targeting middle-ranking leaders of the group implicated in hostilities and acts of violence across Egypt. Legal measures have been taken against them and ....

  • Fajr Libya declares curfew in Sirte

    Fajr Libya declares curfew in Sirte

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:04:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2310069

    A battalion affiliated with "Fajr Libya" operation declared a curfew in Sirte city on Saturday. The curfew will be enforced from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., spokesman for Battalion 166 Khaled Abu Jazia said. The curfew was imposed after armed clashes ....

  • Syrian army kill militants in Homs, Idleb, Daraa

    Syrian army kill militants in Homs, Idleb, Daraa

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:02:54 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2310117

    The Syrian army carried out on Saturday a number of operations in Homs, Idleb, and Daraa leaving scores of terrorists dead and many of their hideouts, weaponry and munitions destroyed, the Syrian news agency SANA reported. Units of the army and ....

  • Israel detains 800 Palestinian children annually

    Israel detains 800 Palestinian children annually

    Date: 2015-04-04 12:02:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2310113

    Israel detains about 800 Palestinian children annually, said the global movement for the defense of children in Palestine. In a press release Saturday on the occasion of the Palestinian Children's Day, commemorated on April 5 each year, the ....

  • Trial of 213 Ansar Beit Maqdis defendants delayed to April 18

    Trial of 213 Ansar Beit Maqdis defendants delayed to April 18

    Date: 2015-04-04 11:59:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2310093

    The Cairo Criminal Court delayed the trial of 213 defendants of Ansar Beit al Maqdis militant group charged with carrying out 54 terrorist crimes against police forces to April 18. The crimes include a failed assassination attempt on former ....

  • Sudan coordinates with Saudi-led coalition to evacuate nationals from Yemen

    Sudan coordinates with Saudi-led coalition to evacuate nationals from Yemen

    Date: 2015-04-04 11:54:42 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2310037

    Sudan is coordinating with the Saudi-led coalition to evacuate Sudanese nationals from strife-torn Yemen. In press statements on Saturday, Secretary General of the Sudanese Expatriates Bureau Haj Magid Siwar said that the number of Sudanese in ....

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