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  • 1 migrant killed, 1 wounded in Mexico

    1 migrant killed, 1 wounded in Mexico

    Date: 2015-03-18 07:25:43 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:1 - ID:2188589

    One Honduran youth was shot to death and another migrant was wounded when assailants attacked Central American migrants riding a freight train in the central Mexico state of Puebla, Fox News reported. The shootings in Puebla may indicate gangs ....

  • Sisi reviews outcome of Nile water discussions with ministers

    Sisi reviews outcome of Nile water discussions with ministers

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:59:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:2187349

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting on Tuesday with the ministers of foreign affairs, irrigation and water resources and international cooperation, as well as the General intelligence chief and representatives of the Ministry of ....

  • Sisi meets president of UN general assembly

    Sisi meets president of UN general assembly

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2186461

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received Tuesday President of the United Nations General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa in the presence of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. During the meeting, Sisi expressed Egypt’s support for Kuesta's peace efforts, ....

  • Lebanese army helicopter shells gunmen in Beqaa

    Lebanese army helicopter shells gunmen in Beqaa

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:39:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:2187193

    A Lebanese army helicopter shelled gunmen in Beqaa in northeastern Lebanon. Al Nusra Front and Daesh gunmen are stationed in mountains between Lebanon and Syria. ....

  • 2,118 encroachments on Nile removed so far, says ministry

    2,118 encroachments on Nile removed so far, says ministry

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:34:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:2187161

    The Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry said on Tuesday that 2,118 encroachments on the Nile River were removed since launching a national campaign to protect the river. The campaign, which was launched by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and ....

  • 5 sentenced to death, 3 to life in prison in Sohag

    5 sentenced to death, 3 to life in prison in Sohag

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:32:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:2187141

    Sohag Criminal Court sentenced on Tuesday five defendants to death and three others to life in prison over the killing of five people in vendetta. Five of the defendants were tried in absentia. The incident took place in September of last year ....

  • Iraqi forces develop military plan to complete liberating Tikrit

    Iraqi forces develop military plan to complete liberating Tikrit

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:31:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:2187129

    Iraqi forces are drawing up a strategy to flush out the few remaining Daesh militants from central Tikrit, the Security Committee of Salahuddin province council said. More than 20,000 Iraqi troops and militiamen have surrounded the Sunni city of ....

  • Sisi invites Italy's PM to visit Cairo -- spokesman

    Sisi invites Italy's PM to visit Cairo -- spokesman

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:2187073

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday invited Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to visit Egypt soon, presidency spokesman Alaa Yusuf said. During a phone call conversation, Sisi thanked Renzi over participation in the Egypt Economic ....

  • Tourism minister inspects hotels, tourism facilities

    Tourism minister inspects hotels, tourism facilities

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:2186965

    Tourism Minister Khalid Ramy paid on Tuesday an inspection visit to a number of hotels and tourism facilities. It is the first visit to be paid by the new minister since he assumed office earlier this month. He stressed the importance of ....

  • PM: Sending police officer to trial proves law enforced on all

    PM: Sending police officer to trial proves law enforced on all

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:06:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:2186953

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Tuesday that referring a police officer accused of killing a leftist activist in January to trial proves that the law is enforced on all people without discrimination. "We will not allow anybody to escape ....

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