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  • 150 football fans head for Petersburg to support Egypt's national team

    150 football fans head for Petersburg to support Egypt's national team

    Date: 2018-06-19 09:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:9 - ID:7449840

    About 150 Egyptian football fans headed on Tuesday for Petersburg on board of an EgyptAir flight to support their team during today's crucial match with Russia. The Egyptian national football team will face Russia within the framework of Group A ....

  • Erekat: US wants to turn Palestine cause into humanitarian issue rather than political

    Erekat: US wants to turn Palestine cause into humanitarian issue rather than political

    Date: 2018-06-19 08:14:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7449680

    Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Tuesday that the United States is trying to turn the Palestinian cause from a political issue into a humanitarian one. Speaking to ....

  • Islamic Institutions say Israel is trying to control al-Aqsa

    Islamic Institutions say Israel is trying to control al-Aqsa

    Date: 2018-06-19 08:11:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7449676

    Israeli occupation police is trying to slowly take control of al-Aqsa Mosque, Islamic Institutions in Jerusalem said on Tuesday in a statement. The Waqf Council, the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem ....

  • Education ministry denies Thanaweya Amma physics exam leak

    Education ministry denies Thanaweya Amma physics exam leak

    Date: 2018-06-19 07:58:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7449648

    Senior official of the Ministry of Education denied on Monday social media allegations that a Thanaweya Amma physics exam has been leaked. The ministry has made clear that leaking exams is impossible thanks to unprecedented measures taken to ....

  • Forced displacement at record 68.5 million - UNCHR

    Forced displacement at record 68.5 million - UNCHR

    Date: 2018-06-19 07:55:04 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:5 - ID:7449643

    The United Nations Refugee Agency’s annual Global Trends survey found 68.5 million people had been driven from their homes across the world at the end of 2017, more people than the population of Thailand. Refugees who have fled their countries to ....

  • Knesset passes law amendment says security cabinet can declare war

    Knesset passes law amendment says security cabinet can declare war

    Date: 2018-06-19 07:53:03 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7449634

    The Knesset of Israel passed in the first reading the amendment to the proposed "Basic Law: The Government", which will cancel a recently passed clause which allowed the prime minister and defense minister to declare war. According to the ....

  • Saudi national football team land safely in Russia's Rostov

    Saudi national football team land safely in Russia's Rostov

    Date: 2018-06-19 07:37:55 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7449607

    The Saudi Football Federation announced the arrival of members of the Saudi team this evening in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, in preparation for playing against the Uruguayan team. The federation said in a statement that "The members of the ....

  • US secretary of state may return soon to North Korea

    US secretary of state may return soon to North Korea

    Date: 2018-06-19 07:26:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:7449580

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he may return to North Korea to continue nuclear discussions "before terribly long." Pompeo was speaking Monday to the Detroit Economic Club. He said there's a lot of work to do to flesh out the agreement ....

  • Yemeni troops enter main complex at Hodaida airport

    Yemeni troops enter main complex at Hodaida airport

    Date: 2018-06-19 07:24:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7449577

    Backed by the coalition supporting legitimacy in Yemen, Yemeni troops were able to enter the main complex at Hodaida airport, a military source said Tuesday. The troops stormed the airport after fierce clashes with Houthi militias early in the ....

  • 1990 World Cup players to MENA: Egypt capable of beating Russia

    1990 World Cup players to MENA: Egypt capable of beating Russia

    Date: 2018-06-18 19:30:35 GMT - Russia - Sport - SN:5 - ID:7449317

    A number of former Egyptian national football team players who participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup stressed the national team's ability to beat host Russia on Tuesday in the 2018 tournament. The players, including Ismail Youssef, Rabie Yassin ....

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