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  • US Senate passes bill to honor former president Anwar Sadat

    US Senate passes bill to honor former president Anwar Sadat

    Date: 2018-08-23 21:35:15 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7545201

    The US Senate unanimously passed a bill to honor former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian Embassy in Washington said on Thursday. The Anwar Sadat Centennial Celebration Act S266 awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Sadat “in ....

  • Police non-commissioned officer suspended over beating child

    Police non-commissioned officer suspended over beating child

    Date: 2018-08-23 18:38:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7545133

    A police non-commissioned officer was suspended from work due to brutally beating a child in the underground Metro, an informed source said Thursday. The non-commissioned officer was referred to the Interior Ministry’s inspection department to be ....

  • Trump declares 'market would crash' if Democrats impeached him

    Trump declares 'market would crash' if Democrats impeached him

    Date: 2018-08-23 18:26:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7545129

    US President Donald Trump warned that the “market would crash” if he was ever impeached -- while questioning why Democrats would even consider that course in the future. “I don’t know how you can impeach somebody who’s done a great job,” Trump ....

  • Boat carrying gunpowder heading to Houthis in Yemen seized in Red Sea

    Boat carrying gunpowder heading to Houthis in Yemen seized in Red Sea

    Date: 2018-08-23 17:55:39 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7545110

    Yemeni Coast Guard seized a fishing boat in the Red Sea carrying 273 barrels of gunpowder and coming from Zeila port in Somalia, Al Arabiya quoted a military commander as saying on Thursday. The boat was on its route to Al Hudaydah port in Yemen ....

  • British Airways, Air France suspend flights to Tehran

    British Airways, Air France suspend flights to Tehran

    Date: 2018-08-23 16:56:27 GMT - France - International - SN:1 - ID:7545074

    Flagship airlines British Airways and Air France, have suspended flights to Tehran saying the route is no longer commercially viable, France 24 reported. Both airlines will cancel the route in September, amid increased US sanctions prohibiting ....

  • Sisi condoles death of Prince Muqrin's mother

    Sisi condoles death of Prince Muqrin's mother

    Date: 2018-08-22 21:53:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7544204

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi offered on Wednesday condolences to Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz over the death of his mother, said presidential spokesman Bassam Rady. ....

  • At least 1 killed in Belgium stabbing; mayor says not terror

    At least 1 killed in Belgium stabbing; mayor says not terror

    Date: 2018-08-22 20:00:53 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:12 - ID:7544173

    A man stabbed several people in eastern Belgium on Wednesday, killing at least one in an attack that wasn't terror-related, a mayor and media reports said. Thierry Wimmer, the mayor of Plombieres, said that there were "several victims," while ....

  • Iraqi police destroy three Daesh tunnels, dismantle explosive devices in Kirkuk

    Iraqi police destroy three Daesh tunnels, dismantle explosive devices in Kirkuk

    Date: 2018-08-22 18:34:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7544122

    Ten explosive devices were dismantled and three tunnels belonging to Daesh terrorist group destroyed in southwestern Iraqi Kirkuk province, the Iraqi federal police said on Wednesday. Iraqi security forces are combing a village on the outskirts ....

  • 4 persons arrested over robbing armored money transport van

    4 persons arrested over robbing armored money transport van

    Date: 2018-08-22 18:33:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7544120

    The Interior Ministry, in coordination with Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia security directorates, managed to arrest persons suspected of involvement in robbing an armored money transport van. Cairo security directorate was notified that a driver of a ....

  • UK replaces US in constructing re-designed Arak heavy reactor

    UK replaces US in constructing re-designed Arak heavy reactor

    Date: 2018-08-22 18:33:10 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:7544118

    The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says that the United Kingdom has taken over the share of the United States in a working group tasked with re-building Arak heavy reactor. “The United States has been ....

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