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