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Makeshift bomb explodes outside school in Giza
Date: 2015-04-04 08:27:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2308417
A homemade bomb went off outside Ahmed Oraby Primary School in Giza Saturday. No word of casualties has been reported, a security source told MENA. Police cordoned off the school and sappers combed the area to make sure there are no any other ....
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Arab chiefs of staff confer on Decisive Storm
Date: 2015-04-04 08:26:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2308413
Chiefs of staff of a number of countries taking part in Operation Decisive Storm against the Houthi group in Yemen have said that troops are in high spirit and insist on completing their mission. The remarks was made at a meeting which took place ....
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Saudi-led coalition continues to airdrop weapons to Yemen's southern resistance
Date: 2015-04-04 08:20:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2308389
A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis continued to airdrop weapons to Yemeni southern resistance on Saturday. In statements to Aden al-Ghad newspaper on Saturday, a source with the southern resistance in al Buraiqeh district said that ....
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Jordan condemns Kenyan university attack
Date: 2015-04-04 08:17:52 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2308381
Jordan has strongly condemned the deadly attack that took place in Garissa University in Kenya on Thursday and claimed the lives of at least 150 people and injured several others. In a statement Saturday, Jordanian Government spokesman Mohammad ....
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Boko Haram, 'Islam's worst enemy,': Niger president
Date: 2015-04-04 08:13:07 GMT - Niger - International - SN:8 - ID:2308345
Militant group Boko Haram is "the worst enemy of Islam" and will be defeated because West African Muslims reject its violent actions Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said. "There is nothing Islamic about Boko Haram," Issoufou told students ....
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Lebanon contacts Jordan over stranded truck drivers
Date: 2015-04-04 07:57:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2308285
Contacts are underway with Amman to facilitate the entry of Lebanese truck drivers, who have been stranded since Wednesday on the Syrian-Jordanian border. The Lebanese economy and trade minister had contacted his Jordanian counterpart over the ....
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Deputy US State Secretary to embark on Mideast tour Sunday
Date: 2015-04-04 07:54:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2308273
Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on a Mideast tour Sunday that will take him to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Tunisia. In press statements, State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf said that Blinken will meet ....
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Hadhramaut tribes repel Qaida elements from Al Shahar city and Riyan airport
Date: 2015-04-04 07:50:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2308261
Armed forces loyal to the coalition of Hadhramaut tribes in southeastern Yemen have managed to control the city of Al-Shahar and Riyan airport in southern Yemen. They also managed to deploy in a military camp after the Yemeni army units had ....
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Kerry posts GCC counterparts on framewark deal with Iran
Date: 2015-04-04 07:48:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2308249
US Secretary of State John Kerry has posted Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on the framework agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group. Kerry, who was speaking to his GCC counterparts via video conference, assured them that the security ....
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Jund al Khilafah threatens to carry out further atrocities in Algeria, Tunisia
Date: 2015-04-04 07:41:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2308213
A terrorist group affiliated with Daesh has threatened to carry out further atrocities in Tunisia and Algeria after terrorist Luqman Abu Shakr was killed. Algeria's "An Nahar" newspaper said Saturday that Jund al Khilafah tweeted that Abu Sakhr, ....