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  • Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram militants during air raid

    Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram militants during air raid

    Date: 2013-12-15 08:22:26 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:440556

    Nigeria's military killed scores of Boko Haram militants during an air raid on a funeral in northeast Nigeria. Spokesman Col. Muhammed Dole said the Boko Haram terrorist network has been forcefully conscripting youths and abducting women but that ....

  • Worker dies in stadium fall in Brazil

    Worker dies in stadium fall in Brazil

    Date: 2013-12-15 08:21:14 GMT - Brazil - Sport - SN:5 - ID:440554

    A worker has been killed in Brazil after falling from the roof of a stadium being built in the Amazon region for the 2014 football World Cup, the BBC reported. Marcleudo de Melo Ferreira, 22, died in hospital in Manaus after falling nearly 35m ....

  • Church denies Pope cutting short his overseas tour for security reason

    Church denies Pope cutting short his overseas tour for security reason

    Date: 2013-12-15 08:19:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:440551

    The Orthodox Church denied on Sunday reports that Pope Tawadros II has cut short his current overseas tour and returned to Cairo for security reasons. In a statement released on Sunday, Spokesman for Church Father Pauls Halim said the pontiff is ....

  • 11 bodies found in indigenous community in Mexico

    11 bodies found in indigenous community in Mexico

    Date: 2013-12-15 08:18:13 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:3 - ID:440550

    Authorities in southern Mexico have found the bodies of 11 people in an indigenous community that has been troubled by violence and land disputes, the ABC news reported. Oaxaca state prosecutor Joaquin Carrillo Ruiz says that 10 burned bodies ....

  • UN chief condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali

    UN chief condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali

    Date: 2013-12-15 08:16:47 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:440547

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the bombing attack at the Banque malienne de solidarité in Kidal, taking the lives of two United Nations peacekeepers and injuring at least seven other peacekeepers and four Malian ....

  • Seven arrested for attacking 3 police stations in Minya

    Seven arrested for attacking 3 police stations in Minya

    Date: 2013-12-15 08:15:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:440544

    Minya police arrested seven defendants involved in attacking three police stations during the riots that broke up following the dispersal of the Rabaa and Nahda sit-in camps. They are also charged with stealing police weapons and attacking a vet ....

  • Presidential decree calls Egyptians to cast their votes on constitution on 14-15 January

    Presidential decree calls Egyptians to cast their votes on constitution on 14-15 January

    Date: 2013-12-14 18:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:440140

    Egypt’s Interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree that calls Egyptians, whose names are recorded in the database of voters, for casting their votes over the draft constitutional amendments held on the 2012 constitution. The ....

  • Environment, tourism, electricity ministries sign cooperation protocol on clean energy

    Environment, tourism, electricity ministries sign cooperation protocol on clean energy

    Date: 2013-12-14 18:35:45 GMT - Egypt - Science - SN:34 - ID:440135

    The ministries of environment, tourism and electricity signed on Saturday a cooperation protocol to provide tourist cities and facilities in Egypt with clean energy. Under the protocol the Ministry of Electricity will provide clean energy to ....

  • Egyptian revolution moves towards progress- Larijani

    Egyptian revolution moves towards progress- Larijani

    Date: 2013-12-14 18:30:21 GMT - Iran - International - SN:33 - ID:440128

    Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Saturday the Egyptian revolution is moving towards progress, IRNA reported. The Egyptian revolution was a dignified event which left impressive consequences in the region, he said adding that the Islamic ....

  • Information minister praises ESC on 23rd anniversary

    Information minister praises ESC on 23rd anniversary

    Date: 2013-12-14 18:08:07 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:32 - ID:440087

    Information Minister Dorreya Sharafeddin has greeted the Egyptian Satellite Channel (ESC) staff on the channel's 23rd anniversary. In press statements, the minister said the secret behind the success of any media organization lies behind ....

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