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UNITAD adviser says Daesh crimes in Iraq amount to genocide
Date: 2019-06-12 16:38:45 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7977854
UNITAD Special Adviser Karim Khan has said that ISIS crimes in Iraq amount to war crimes and genocide, as well as crimes against humanity. An investigative team for the accountability of ISIS crimes, UNITAD is still probing crimes of the ....
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Syria repels 'Israeli missile strike' – state TV
Date: 2019-06-12 16:36:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7977850
Syria's Air defense systems have been activated around Tel al-Harah in southern Syria, close to the border with Israel, to repel an incoming missile attack allegedly launched by the Israeli forces, state news agency SANA reports. Amid the strike ....
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UfM official lauds Egypt investment program
Date: 2019-06-11 09:44:08 GMT - Spain - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7975452
Rachid Maaninou, Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), has praised an investment program launched by Egypt. Talking figures, the program has helped achieve big growth in Egypt, Maaninou said in statements to MENA ....
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Palestinian security guard injured by Israeli fire in Nablus
Date: 2019-06-11 09:05:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7975369
A Palestinian security personnel was injured by Israeli fire in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning. Israeli forces surrounded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service as they were conducting ....
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Immediate steps taken to prevent sale of King Tut's bust in London
Date: 2019-06-11 08:09:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7975305
The Foreign Ministry said Monday it has taken immediate steps in coordination with the Ministry of Antiquities in response to an advertisement to sell an Egyptian piece of antiquity in London next month. A statue of Tutankhamun's head is ....
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PM follows up equipping industrial parks with facilities
Date: 2019-06-11 07:49:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7975281
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli stressed that industry promotion tops the agenda of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi who tasked the government with developing an online industrial map encompassing all industrial lands nationwide. The government ....
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Saudi air defense downs two Houthi drones
Date: 2019-06-11 07:28:07 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7975265
Saudi air defense forces intercepted two drones launched by Houthi militias from neighboring Yemen, the Arab Coalition’s spokesman Colonel Turki al Maliki announced. The drones targeted the city of Khamis Mushait in the Kingdom's south on Monday ....
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Abdel Gawad to 2nd round of CIB PSA World Tour Finals
Date: 2019-06-11 07:24:48 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:1 - ID:7975258
Egyptian squash player Karim Abdel Gawad got his World Tour Finals campaign off to a winning start as he overcame New Zealand's Paul Coll in Cairo Monday. The Egyptian former World No.1 was in dominant form in the opening stages as he settled ....
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Parl't approves gov't-proposed bill on funding science, technology
Date: 2019-06-10 16:40:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7974807
The House of Representatives under Speaker Ali Abdel Aal on Monday approved a government-proposed bill on the establishment of an authority for financing science, technology, and innovation. However, the final approval of the parliament on the ....
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Parliamentary panel probes Awqaf Ministry's religious tolerance initiative in Africa
Date: 2019-06-10 16:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7974801
The House of Representatives' African affairs committee discussed on Monday the Awqaf (Endowments) Ministry's plan to enhance Egyptian-African cooperation ties as well as the religious tolerance initiative. During the get-together attended by ....