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  • Kenya police kill 2 suspects in church killings

    Kenya police kill 2 suspects in church killings

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:40:17 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:20 - ID:636732

    A Kenyan official says police have killed two men suspected of being terrorists who fatally shot six people in a church. Mombasa County police chief Robert Kitur said the gunmen were killed by officers after a gunfight in the Likoni area of the ....

  • Unidentified persons set fire to car of policeman

    Unidentified persons set fire to car of policeman

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:38:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:636731

    A number of unidentified persons set fire to a private car that belongs to a national security element in Menya. The car was parked outside the policeman's house. A search is on for the perpetrators. ....

  • Sabahi mourns slain reporter, holds state responsible for journalists' safety

    Sabahi mourns slain reporter, holds state responsible for journalists' safety

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:36:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:636714

    Presidential aspirant Hamdeen Sabahi mourned Friday Al Dostour daily reporter Mayada Ashraf who was shot dead during clashes between terrorist Muslim Brotherhood loyalists and security forces in eastern Cairo. On Twitter late Friday, Sabahi held ....

  • UN rights council renews war crimes investigation in Syria for another year

    UN rights council renews war crimes investigation in Syria for another year

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:35:32 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:18 - ID:636730

    The UN's top human rights body has renewed its war crimes investigation in Syria for another year as diplomatic efforts to revive negotiations between the government and opposition are deadlocked, Fox News reported. By a vote of 32-4, with 11 ....

  • 6 MB members held over violence at Cairo University

    6 MB members held over violence at Cairo University

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:34:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:636674

    The prosecution ordered Friday to hold six members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood into custody over violence at Cairo University. Five other MB members were released. The university witnessed clashes over the past few days as students of ....

  • 66 killed in Damascus clashes

    66 killed in Damascus clashes

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:33:49 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:636725

    Sixty-six persons were killed in clashes between Syrian regime forces and the opposition, mostly in Damascus and Rif Dimashq. Head of the Syrian military security department in Idlib Ahmad al-Awad was killed after his convoy was targeted on the ....

  • Clampdown on unlicensed motorbikes

    Clampdown on unlicensed motorbikes

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:33:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:636723

    Security forces continued a campaign to restore traffic order to the Egyptian street. In 24 hours, 423 unlicensed motorbikes were seized in five governorates. The campaign was carried out in Giza, Dakahlia, Suez, Ismailia and Aswan. ....

  • Pope Tawadros congratulates new defense minister

    Pope Tawadros congratulates new defense minister

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:31:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:636721

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese sent on Friday a congratulatory cable to Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi on the new post. Pope Tawadros wished success for Sobhi in his new post in order to serve the army ....

  • No intention of new Russia army moves: Ban Ki Moon

    No intention of new Russia army moves: Ban Ki Moon

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:30:09 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:14 - ID:636720

    The UN secretary general says Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured him he had no intention of orchestrating further incursions into Ukrainian territory. Ban Ki-moon told reporters that Putin told him "he had no intention to make any ....

  • Egypt stresses neutrality on Ukraine crisis

    Egypt stresses neutrality on Ukraine crisis

    Date: 2014-03-29 07:28:58 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:636717

    Egyptian permanent envoy to the United Nations Ambassador Moataz Ahmdeen Khalil stressed on Friday that Egypt is not biased to any sides of the Ukraine crisis. "Egypt's abstain to vote on a UN General Assembly's resolution affirming the Ukraine's ....

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