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Nearly 100,000 displaced by fighting in northwest Syria: UN
Date: 2018-01-11 09:11:00 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7185073
Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced since early December by fighting in northwestern Syria, where the regime is waging an offensive against jihadists, the United Nations said on Wednesday, according to the Daily Mail. Russian-backed regime ....
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UN says USD 1.7 bn raised to help people in Syria
Date: 2018-01-11 09:02:02 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7185023
UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA) Mark Lowcock announced on Wednesday that a sum of 1.7 billion dollars was raised to help meet the needs of people all over Syria. On his three-day visit ....
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4.7 magnitude quake jolts western Iran
Date: 2018-01-11 09:00:22 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:7185013
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has hit a town in the province of Kermanshah in western Iran, Sky News Arabia reported on Wednesday. The quake, which jolted Kuzaran, was 10 km deep. It's also felt by residents in other provinces. No casualties were ....
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Greece seizes ship carrying explosive materials to Libya
Date: 2018-01-11 08:59:17 GMT - Greece - International - SN:7 - ID:7185051
Greece's coastguard Wednesday said it had seized a freighter carrying explosive materials from Turkey to Libya, The Daily Star reported. The ship was found to be carrying 29 crates containing detonators and explosive materials including ammonium ....
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Syrian army regains control over areas in Idlib countryside
Date: 2018-01-11 08:40:01 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7185002
Syrian army units on Wednesday regained control over 23 villages and towns in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib. A military source told SANA that the army went on in its military operations against Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in the ....
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Palestinian child injured in Israeli military training
Date: 2018-01-11 08:38:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7184950
A Palestinian child was hit by a stray bullet in an Israeli military training in Tubas in the occupied West Bank, said the health ministry in a press release. The kid sustained a live bullet wound in the head, said the ministry said, adding that ....
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Airlifts begin moving 13,000 tourists trapped in Swiss ski resort
Date: 2018-01-11 08:35:29 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:4 - ID:7184932
Helicopters have begun airlifts from Zermatt, the exclusive Swiss ski resort, where about 13,000 tourists were stranded by heavy snowfall, as fears grew for a British snowboarder missing in the French Alps, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. An ....
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White House blasts judge blocking end of DACA, calling it ‘outrageous’
Date: 2018-01-11 08:32:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7184901
The White House called a judge's decision to temporarily block US President Donald Trump's ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program "outrageous" on Wednesday, hours after the move introduced a new complication to talks on ....
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Parl't committee urges Sudan to reconsider recent stances against Egypt
Date: 2018-01-11 08:03:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7184886
The parliament's Arab affairs committee urged on Wednesday Sudan to reconsider its recent attitudes against Egypt. In a statement, the committee cited recent unfriendly remarks by Sudanese officials about Egypt and a complaint lodged by Sudan ....
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Russia to stand up for viability of Iran nuclear deal — Lavrov
Date: 2018-01-11 07:16:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7184867
Russia will stand up for viability of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at his meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday, TASS ....
