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  • Daesh redeploys fighters from Aleppo to battle Kurds near Turkey

    Daesh redeploys fighters from Aleppo to battle Kurds near Turkey

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:49:13 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1959597

    Daesh group has been redeploying fighters for the war in northern Syria, according to World Tribune. Opposition sources said Daesh has withdrawn hundreds of fighters from strongholds to battle Kurdish militias along the Syrian border with Turkey. ....

  • Wreckage of missing Japanese chopper found, 3 crew dead

    Wreckage of missing Japanese chopper found, 3 crew dead

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:44:29 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:1959581

    The wreckage of a missing Japanese military helicopter was found and its three-member crew were killed in the crash, Kyodo News Agency quoted the Defense Ministry as saying. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (SDF) helicopter lost contact ....

  • Italy calls on nationals to leave Libya due to security deterioration

    Italy calls on nationals to leave Libya due to security deterioration

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:41:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1959553

    The Italian embassy here called on Italian nationals living in Libya to temporarily leave the country due to security deterioration. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said that his country is ready to join the UN troops to combat real terror in ....

  • Bomb defused on rail tracks in Menoufia

    Bomb defused on rail tracks in Menoufia

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:36:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1959521

    Security forces dismantled a homemade bomb planted on the rail tracks on the Cairo-Alexandria line in Menoufia on Saturday. The suspicious object in Berket El Sabaa village was reported to the authorities, forcing them to halt an arriving ....

  • UAE evacuates embassy staff from Yemen capital

    UAE evacuates embassy staff from Yemen capital

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:33:19 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1959485

    The UAE Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that it has suspended operations at its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and evacuated all diplomatic staff. In a statement, carried by WAM News Agency, the ministry said it made this decision due to ....

  • Canada Halifax: Police say they foiled shooting plotشوائى فى منطقة

    Canada Halifax: Police say they foiled shooting plotشوائى فى منطقة "هاليفاكس"

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:22:24 GMT - Canada - International - SN:4 - ID:1959381

    Canadian police say they have foiled a plot to carry out a mass shooting in the Halifax area on Saturday. Three suspects were arrested and a fourth reportedly shot himself dead after police surrounded his home, the BBC reported. At least two ....

  • Official: At least 16 dead in Mexico bus-train crash

    Official: At least 16 dead in Mexico bus-train crash

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:11:49 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:3 - ID:1959313

    A passenger bus and a freight train collided at a grade crossing in northern Mexico on Friday, killing at least 16 people and injuring 22, ABC News quoted a Mexican official as saying. The official said the accident occurred in the town of ....

  • Iran not invited until now to attend Egypt-hosted economic conf. - official

    Iran not invited until now to attend Egypt-hosted economic conf. - official

    Date: 2015-02-14 08:01:21 GMT - Iran - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1959185

    Iran has not been invited until now to attend an economic conference due in Sharm el Sheikh in March, said Head of the Egyptian Interests Delegation in Tehran Khaled Omara. During his meeting with a delegation of Egyptian journalists, currently ....

  • ISESCO calls for siding with Egypt

    ISESCO calls for siding with Egypt

    Date: 2015-02-14 07:38:52 GMT - Morocco - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1958981

    Secretary General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Abdul Aziz al Tuwaijri has called for siding with Egypt and protecting it so that it can protect the Arab and Islamic region. Egypt is a pioneer and has a ....

  • Sudan refuses second probe on Darfur’s mass rape allegations

    Sudan refuses second probe on Darfur’s mass rape allegations

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:37:30 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1957641

    Sudan's foreign ministry on Friday refused to authorize a second investigation on allegations of a mass rape incident in North Darfur’s village of Tabit . In statements today, Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdullah ....

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