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  • Lebanese FM urges US Ambassador to help Beirut to combat terrorism

    Lebanese FM urges US Ambassador to help Beirut to combat terrorism

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:23:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:897294

    Lebanese Foreign Minister,Gebran Bassil urged Friday the United States to provide the necessary assistance to Lebanon and to provide all the available information to help the country fight terrorism, in accordance with resolution 2710, the Lebanese ....

  • Sisi delegates senior officers to offer condolences

    Sisi delegates senior officers to offer condolences

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:22:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:897293

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has delegated senior officers to offer condolences over the deaths of some figures. The delegates convened the president's condolences to the families of Nabil Maarham Morcos and retired Brig. Ali Osman Ali. ....

  • Iceland reopens airspace after volcanic eruption

    Iceland reopens airspace after volcanic eruption

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:22:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:897292

    Iceland reopened airspace and lowered its aviation warning to orange, the second highest level, after the amount of airborne ash material from a volcanic eruption in the center of the country appeared to be minimal, the Ministry of Civil Protection ....

  • Clashes erupt in Arsal, over 200 families flee fire

    Clashes erupt in Arsal, over 200 families flee fire

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:21:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:897290

    Lebanese army battalion engaged on Friday in deadly clashes with a group of militants in the northeastern border region of Arsal, Lebanon. More than 200 families moved from Arsal during the past two days, an official told MENA. The army ....

  • UN chief slams Daesh brutal killings in northern Iraq

    UN chief slams Daesh brutal killings in northern Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:20:16 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:15 - ID:897288

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday slammed "brutal killings of civilians" by Daesh in northern Iraq, saying the Sunni radical group was tearing apart whole communities. Ban added his voice to the growing concerns, telling the Sixth ....

  • Haftar aircraft targeted after attacking terrorists

    Haftar aircraft targeted after attacking terrorists

    Date: 2014-08-29 18:19:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:897287

    Commander of the Libyan Tobruk air base Ibrahim Abdrabu , loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, was killed Friday after his military warplane was targeted. Before being targeted, Abdrabu launched air strikes on suspected al Qaeda splinter militants ....

  • Tehran warns UN on consequences of Israeli drones over Iran

    Tehran warns UN on consequences of Israeli drones over Iran

    Date: 2014-08-29 14:48:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:897077

    Iranian envoy to the United Nations (UN) Hossein Dehqani , has warned of consequences of Israel's violation of the Iranian its air space. Dehqani has condemned the act of violating air space of Iran by an Israeli drone, aimed at spying on Natanz ....

  • Interior minister suspends 3 policemen over mutilation charges

    Interior minister suspends 3 policemen over mutilation charges

    Date: 2014-08-29 14:43:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:897075

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim ordered Friday suspending three non-commissioned officers and referring them to a disciplinary board over mutilation charges. The three are accused of desecrating a criminal's body and took pictures with him ....

  • Plan to be enforced to evacuate Cairo's streets from peddlers- governor

    Plan to be enforced to evacuate Cairo's streets from peddlers- governor

    Date: 2014-08-29 13:07:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:896917

    The government will continue implementing its plan to evacuate Cairo's streets from all peddlers in an attempt to restore order and enforce law and establish security in streets, Cairo governor Mustafa Said said. Mustafa Said's remarks came ....

  • Turkey new PM names new Cabinet

    Turkey new PM names new Cabinet

    Date: 2014-08-29 13:04:51 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:896912

    Turkey’s new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday unveiled his Cabinet line-up, Turkush Hurriyet daily news paper reported. Accordingly, Davutoğlu introduced the list of his Cabinet to President Erdoğan before noon on Aug. 29 and announced ....

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