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350,000 worshipers mark 27th night of Ramadan at Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2018-06-12 12:15:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7441244
Some 350,000 Palestinians from the occupied Al Quds and its suburbs and West Bank districts performed Ramadan night prayers "taraweeh" at Al Aqsa Mosque on the 27th night of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, to mark Lailat al Qadr, amid tight ....
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French manager Patrice Carteron officially signs contract with Al Ahly for two seasons
Date: 2018-06-12 11:06:08 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:10 - ID:7441070
French manager Patrice Carteron has set pen-to-paper on a contract with Al Ahly Sporting Club for two seasons, Al Ahly SC's football committee said on Tuesday. Following the club board's approval, the African giant Al Ahly SC officially announced ....
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Petroleum min., Australian amb. review boosting cooperation
Date: 2018-06-12 10:45:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7441022
Petroleum Minister Tareq el Mulla had talks with Australian Ambassador Neil Hawkins on means of promoting cooperation in the fields of petroleum and natural gas. The talks tackled ways of encouraging Australian companies to invest in Egypt in ....
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Moon expresses hope for successful US-N. Korea summit
Date: 2018-06-12 09:00:56 GMT - south korea - International - SN:8 - ID:7440807
South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed hope for the success of the historic US-North Korea summit Tuesday, which he said would open a new era of a peaceful, nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, Yonhap reported. "The North Korea-US summit has now ....
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Kim says path to meeting with Trump was not easy
Date: 2018-06-12 08:47:31 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:7 - ID:7440780
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has acknowledged that it wasn't an easy path to the meeting with US President Donald Trump in Singapore, Yonhap reported Tuesday. "We have a past that is holding us down and wrong prejudices and practices that at ....
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50 Houthis killed in clashes with legitimate forces in Hodeidah
Date: 2018-06-12 08:29:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7440755
More than 50 Houthi militants were killed in confrontations with the Yemeni legitimate forces south of the strategic port city of Hodeidah, Alarabiya Alhadath TV channel reported. In a statement on Tuesday, the Yemeni legitimate forces said that ....
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UN welcomes Spain's decision to allow refugees ship to dock
Date: 2018-06-12 07:41:28 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:5 - ID:7440718
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday welcomed a decision taken by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to exceptionally allow Aquarius; a rescue boat with 629 migrants onboard, to dock in his country. Today's ....
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Russian FM: US completely ruins Minsk agreements
Date: 2018-06-12 07:38:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:7440716
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that the ministerial meeting of the Normandy Four [Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France] was very useful, although not all problems were managed to be resolved, TASS news agency reported. At ....
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OIC urges support for UN draft resolution on protecting Palestinians
Date: 2018-06-12 07:13:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7440681
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al Othaimeen on Monday urged all countries to adopt a UN resolution to protect Palestinian civilians. The Islamic and Arab groups is scheduled Wednesday to submit a draft ....
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Trump-Kim summit kicks off in Singapore
Date: 2018-06-12 07:05:12 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:2 - ID:7440665
The historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un kicked off at the Capella Hotel in Singapore earlier Tuesday. The encounter is the first ever between a sitting US president and a North Korean ....