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  • Huge fire at garage near general intelligence HQ under control

    Huge fire at garage near general intelligence HQ under control

    Date: 2014-01-03 08:37:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:476602

    Firefighters contained a huge fire that erupted in a garage opposite to the general intelligence HQ in Cairo’s Hadayek el-Kobba district on Friday. Five fire engines rushed to the parking lot to extinguish the flames. No casualties were reported ....

  • Rocket fired from Gaza hits Negev

    Rocket fired from Gaza hits Negev

    Date: 2014-01-03 08:20:21 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:476575

    A rocket launched from Gaza exploded in the western Negev on Thursday evening, the “Voice of Israel” Radio reported. The rocket landed in an open area with no injuries or damage reported. The rocket launching was the latest escalation in ....

  • Shabaab claims responsibility over car bombs in Somali

    Shabaab claims responsibility over car bombs in Somali

    Date: 2014-01-03 08:06:13 GMT - Somalia - International - SN:14 - ID:476539

    Al Shabaab rebels claimed two car bombs outside an upscale hotel in Mogadishu that is often used by foreigners and government officials, FRANCE24 reported on Thursday. At least 11 people were killed and 18 were injured in the attacks. The ....

  • Alexandria ready for constitutional referendum

    Alexandria ready for constitutional referendum

    Date: 2014-01-03 08:02:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:476531

    The preparation of the lists of those who will monitor the polling stations during the upcoming constitutional referendum has been finalized in Alexandria, Governor of the province Tarek Mahdy has said. The lists were set in coordination with ....

  • Nour party in Qena campaign to support new constitution

    Nour party in Qena campaign to support new constitution

    Date: 2014-01-03 07:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:476525

    A team from the Salafi Nour Party in Qena paid a visit to executive leaders in the upper Egyptian province on Thursday in a bid to promote the new draft constitution, up for vote on January 14-15. During the visit, the delegation dedicated a ....

  • AL chief slams Lebanon terrorist attack

    AL chief slams Lebanon terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-01-03 07:57:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:476521

    Arab League chief Nabil El-Arabi has slammed a terrorist attack that rocked a residential neighborhood in Lebanon's Beirut suburb, killing four people and injuring dozens others. At least four people were killed and 65 injured when a car bomb ....

  • 10-day bonus for Imams, Awqaf employee on prophet Mohammad birthday: minister

    10-day bonus for Imams, Awqaf employee on prophet Mohammad birthday: minister

    Date: 2014-01-03 07:53:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:476507

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has approved a ten days bonus to all the ministry's Imams and employees on the occasion of Prophet Mohammad's birthday. Meantime,the ministry in North Sinai will start on Sunday a training course in the ....

  • Giza governor: Imbaba park costs EGP 80 mln

    Giza governor: Imbaba park costs EGP 80 mln

    Date: 2014-01-03 07:44:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:476496

    Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman has opened Imbaba Park that costs 80 million pounds and is expected to receive 5,000 visitors a day. During the inauguration of the Park, the governor said it was established on an area of 38 feddans in northern ....

  • Egypt condemns deadly blast in Beirut

    Egypt condemns deadly blast in Beirut

    Date: 2014-01-03 07:43:13 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:476495

    Egypt's embassy in Beirut strongly deplored the attack that rocked a residential neighborhood in Lebanon killing four persons and injuring dozens others. At least four people were killed and 65 injured when a car bomb exploded in a residential ....

  • Peace process still on track: Kerry

    Peace process still on track: Kerry

    Date: 2014-01-03 07:32:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:476467

    US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted the peace process is still on track. In a joint press conference with Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday, Kerry reiterated his plans to work intensely with both sides over the next couple of days to ....

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