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Yemeni national army retakes new sites in Saada province
Date: 2018-02-03 09:47:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7224926
The Yemeni national army, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, has recaptured new sites near al Buqa town in Saada province, local sources said on Saturday. In statements to al Hadath channel, the sources added that the army forces have fully ....
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Nine Daesh militants killed in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-02-03 09:42:55 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7224913
At least nine elements affiliated to Daesh terrorist group were killed in military operations carried out by security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, Afghan officials said. Officials noted that the militants were killed over the past 24 ....
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Israeli troops surround house in WB, arrest 2 Palestinians
Date: 2018-02-03 09:41:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7224908
Israeli troops surrounded the house of Walid Arshid, a Palestinian citizen, in Kafir village in the northern West Bank early Saturday. The troops also arrested two Palestinians. They declared the village a closed military zone and stopped ....
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Trump meets North Korean defectors
Date: 2018-02-03 08:44:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7224799
US President Donald Trump met with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office on Friday, a provocative action meant to highlight human rights violations and one that could raise alarms in Pyongyang, The Washington Post reported. Trump welcomed ....
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Parl't speaker urges expats to show true image of Egypt
Date: 2018-02-03 08:42:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7224793
Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal hailed on Friday the role of Egyptian expatriates abroad as "ambassadors for their homeland". Addressing a meeting with members of the Egyptian community in Geneva, Abdel Aaal said that ....
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Death toll from Turkey's Afrin operation rises to 115
Date: 2018-02-03 08:41:42 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7224792
The death toll from the Turkish military operation in Syria's Afrin city has risen to 115; of them 11 Turkish soldiers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday. Kurdish militants have countered two attacks by Turkish troops ....
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France opens rape inquiry of Tariq Ramadan
Date: 2018-02-02 16:54:39 GMT - France - International - SN:16 - ID:7224292
French authorities said the grandson of Hassan al-Banna, Tariq Ramadan, is being investigated for allegedly raping two women and could be detained in long-term custody pending further investigation, ABC News reported. A judicial official said the ....
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Sisi inspects Galala mountain project, hails efforts exerted to finalize mega projects
Date: 2018-02-02 15:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7224156
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected early Friday El Galala mountain project, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement on Friday. During his tour, President Sisi was briefed on progress made to implement this development ....
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Russia to resume flights to Egypt in second half of February - transport min.
Date: 2018-02-02 15:27:34 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7224147
Russia will resume direct flights to Cairo in the second half of February, said Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov. Sputnik news agency quoted the minister as saying in statements on Friday that Egyptian-Russian talks on resuming flights ....
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Military spokesman: Cross-border tunnel, 12 explosive charges destroyed in N. Sinai
Date: 2018-02-02 15:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7224076
The law enforcement forces of the Second Field Army, in cooperation with the Air Forces, managed to arrest a large number of persons suspected of backing takfiri elements and destroy the entrance to a cross-border tunnel in North Sinai. In a ....