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3 police personnel killed in confrontation with criminals in Minya
Date: 2015-02-07 09:48:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:1911901
Three police personnel were killed and two others injured during a fire exchange with criminals during a security campaign in Minya. A security campaign carried out in the city targeted a criminal hideout in Damshu village. The criminals opened ....
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Calm at Azhar faculties with start of second term
Date: 2015-02-07 09:29:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1911733
Calm settled over Al Azhar University faculties nationwide with the start of the second term on Saturday. Students flocked to the university branches across the country amid precautionary security measures. The university is doing its best to ....
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Bomb explodes at presidential palace entrance in Sanaa
Date: 2015-02-07 08:55:26 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1911497
A bomb exploded at the southern entrance of the presidential palace in Sanaa on Saturday. The explosion occurred a day after Houthi rebels announced taking over the government and dissolving the parliament, "Al Arabiya Al Hadath" TV channel ....
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20 terrorists killed in N. Sinai
Date: 2015-02-07 08:53:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1911485
Twenty Takfiri elements were killed and a number of others injured during a wide scale security campaign in the North Sinai city of Sheikh Zuweid. During the clampdown, a number of terror HQs and hideouts were raided and destroyed in south of ....
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Dozens killed, injured in Syria clashes
Date: 2015-02-07 07:38:42 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1911129
Dozens of Syrian people were killed, including 29 soldiers, in clashes between the Syrian Army and the armed opposition. At least four people were killed when a barrel bomb fell on Idleb, activists at the Syrian opposition said, according to Sky ....
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US condemns terrorist activities by Boko Haram in Cameroon, Niger
Date: 2015-02-07 07:37:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:1911125
The United States condemns "in the strongest terms" the recent terrorist acts by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon and Niger, the State Department has said, ABC News reported. "Boko Haram has perpetrated countless unprovoked attacks on men, women, ....
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Turkish intelligence chief resigns
Date: 2015-02-07 07:35:50 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:5 - ID:1911121
Head of Turkish National Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan resigned from his post in order to run in the Turkish parliamentary elections, which will be held on June 7. Hakan submitted his resignation to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet ....
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Sisi to meet new governors
Date: 2015-02-07 07:29:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:1911061
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet on Saturday with the new governors and their deputies after they take the constitutional oath. The president will also meet today with the head of the Administrative Control Authority and will be giving an ....
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Team from NHK World in Luxor to make documentary on ancient Egyptian history
Date: 2015-02-07 07:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1910997
A delegation from Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) arrived in Luxor on Friday to make a documentary about Pharaonic Egypt. The documentary is expected to review astronomy in Pharaonic Egypt. It will explain how precise astronomical ....
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Girl killed, 4 men injured in bomb blast in Alexandria
Date: 2015-02-07 06:30:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1910785
A girl was killed and four men were injured when a homemade bomb exploded on Friday in eastern Alexandria. Civil defense teams and bomb disposal sappers rushed to the area while security forces closed and combed the area in bid to find any other ....