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  • Rescue helicopter crashes in UAE's Ras Al Khaimah

    Rescue helicopter crashes in UAE's Ras Al Khaimah

    Date: 2018-12-29 23:26:25 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7735799

    The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced the crash of Agusta 139 helicopter and the death of its crew during a rescue mission next to Jais Mountain in Ras Al Khaimah, WAM reported. The crash took place at about 17:50 local time ....

  • Egypt condoles with Nigeria over death of ex-president Shagari

    Egypt condoles with Nigeria over death of ex-president Shagari

    Date: 2018-12-29 19:45:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7735724

    Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs extended its deepest condolences over the death of Nigeria's former president Shehu Shagari. In a press release, the ministry offered condolences to the Nigerian government and people. Shagari died on Friday ....

  • Two Egyptians suffocated to death in Jordan

    Two Egyptians suffocated to death in Jordan

    Date: 2018-12-29 19:15:50 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7735702

    Two Egyptians suffocated to death on Saturday at an industrial zone in the Jordanian capital Amman. The pair died after inhaling gas emissions from a heater at Abu Alandah industrial zone in Amman, Petra News Agency quoted the Civil Defense ....

  • Pope Francis prays for Egypt following Giza bus blast

    Pope Francis prays for Egypt following Giza bus blast

    Date: 2018-12-29 19:13:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7735650

    Pope Francis said on Saturday he prays for all those affected by a roadside bomb blast that killed four people in Giza. The pontiff also offered condolences in a cable sent to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, spokesman for the Catholic Church in ....

  • Russia: Merkel, Macron put forward unacceptable demands to Moscow

    Russia: Merkel, Macron put forward unacceptable demands to Moscow

    Date: 2018-12-29 19:09:46 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:7735639

    Moscow believes that demands concerning human rights in Crimea and tensions in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov, put forward by Germany and France, are unacceptable, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. TASS news agency said the Russian Foreign ....

  • Iraq blasts Giza terror attack

    Iraq blasts Giza terror attack

    Date: 2018-12-29 19:07:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7735635

    The Iraqi Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday a terror attack that left several persons dead and injured in Giza governorate on Friday evening. The ministry stressed Iraq's support for efforts exerted by Egypt to defeat terrorism and ....

  • 23 million citizens tested for HCV so far - health minister

    23 million citizens tested for HCV so far - health minister

    Date: 2018-12-29 19:05:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7735629

    Around 23 million citizens have so far been checked for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and non-communicable diseases, Minister of Health Hala Zayed said on Saturday. The minister's remarks came after screening around 10.12 million citizens till the 29th ....

  • Orthodox church mourns victims of Giza terror blast

    Orthodox church mourns victims of Giza terror blast

    Date: 2018-12-29 18:53:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7735660

    The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria led by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese Pope condemned on Saturday a terror attack that left several persons dead and wounded in Giza on Friday. The church, in a press ....

  • Israeli detained almost 6,500 Palestinians in 2018 -commission

    Israeli detained almost 6,500 Palestinians in 2018 -commission

    Date: 2018-12-29 18:08:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7735625

    Israel detained 6,489 Palestinians in 2018, including 1,063 children, 140 women, six lawmakers and 38 journalists, the Palestinian Prisoners Commission said on Saturday in a report. It said Israel also issued 988 administrative detention orders ....

  • Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss establishing joint industrial zone

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss establishing joint industrial zone

    Date: 2018-12-29 18:04:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:7735623

    Egypt and Saudi Arabia have discussed the establishment of a joint industrial zone in Egypt via the industrial-developer system, Head of the Trade Agreements and Foreign Trade Sector Amany Al-Wasl said in a statement on Saturday. The two sides ....

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