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  • Navigation movement 'normal' at Red Sea ports

    Navigation movement 'normal' at Red Sea ports

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:41:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:1862433

    The navigation movement is going on normally on Saturday, said Spokesman of Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rehim Mostafa. About 1,200 pilgrims left Safaga Port Saturday to Saudi Port of Yanbu to perform lesser pilgrimage (Umra). In a statement ....

  • Israeli troops fire at Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shore

    Israeli troops fire at Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza shore

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:31:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1862353

    Israeli troops fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza shore. The fishermen fled the scene and no injuries were reported. Also, Israeli forces in eastern Khan Younis heavily fired at the agricultural lands and no injuries were ....

  • Situation in South Lebanon 'calm' - UNIFIL

    Situation in South Lebanon 'calm' - UNIFIL

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:30:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1862345

    The situation is calm in South Lebanon, said a spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). He also added that they increased forces in coordination with the Lebanese Army. He further said that it continues ....

  • Explosion kills dozens at Shiite mosque in Pakistan

    Explosion kills dozens at Shiite mosque in Pakistan

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:13:51 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:13 - ID:1862213

    An explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in southern Pakistan during Friday Prayer, killing at least 55 people and wounding at least 59 in an apparent suicide bombing, The New York Times quoted the police as saying. The bombing in Shikarpur, ....

  • Sudanese defense minister condemns Arish attack

    Sudanese defense minister condemns Arish attack

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:12:42 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:1862197

    Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Rehim Mohamed Hussein has condemned the terrorist attack in Arish that killed dozens of troops on Thursday. Hussein telephoned his Egyptian counterpart Sedqi Sobhi and condemned the attack, spokesman for the ....

  • PM, Cairo governor open Tahrir underground car park

    PM, Cairo governor open Tahrir underground car park

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:11:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:1862181

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Cairo Governor Galal el Saeed opened Saturday the underground car park in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The car park is considered a turning point in changing the area of Downtown and Tahrir Square, Mahlab said during ....

  • Awqaf Ministry to hold rally in support of army, police

    Awqaf Ministry to hold rally in support of army, police

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:11:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:1862173

    The Awqaf Ministry plans to hold a rally on Tuesday to show solidarity with the army and police against terrorism in the aftermath of an attack in North Sinai that left many army men killed and injured, a ministry official said. Awqaf imams and ....

  • Iranian chief of staff slams terrorist attacks on Sinai as direct service to Israel

    Iranian chief of staff slams terrorist attacks on Sinai as direct service to Israel

    Date: 2015-01-31 09:09:56 GMT - Iran - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:1862149

    Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces General Hassan Firouzabadi blasted the Thursday militant attacks on Sinai desert that killed tens of Egyptians, saying the perpetrators of the attacks are collaborating with Israel. "Those who attack the ....

  • Asnar al Sharia says established Islamic police, court in Benghazi

    Asnar al Sharia says established Islamic police, court in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-01-31 07:39:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1861417

    Libya's Ansar al Sharia jihadist group said that it has published an Islamic police and court in Benghazi city. Vehicles affiliated to the group roamed the streets and banners were held bearing phrases of "Islamic police". The group also ....

  • Military funeral held for Port Said army martyr

    Military funeral held for Port Said army martyr

    Date: 2015-01-31 07:38:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1861569

    A military funeral was held on Friday night for an army officer who was killed in the terror attack that struck North Sinai on Thursday. Port Said Governor Samah Qandil, security chief Ismail Ezzeddin and army leaders led the funeral procession ....

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