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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....