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Israeli occupation blocks entrance to Lubban village
Date: 2017-12-23 08:54:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7154761
Israeli forces on Saturday installed sand barriers to block the entrance to al Lubban village, northern West Bank. According to Palestinian sources, an Israeli bulldozer and military vehicles totally closed the main entrance to the ....
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Houthis abducted 16,000 people since 2014: Rights group
Date: 2017-12-23 08:48:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7154750
Houthi militants have kidnapped nearly 16,000 people in Yemen between September 2014-July 2017, the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations announced on Saturday. "The number of reported abduction cases by Houthi militants reached ....
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Tunisian interior ministry warns of terrorist plots ahead of new year celebrations
Date: 2017-12-22 19:17:17 GMT - Tunisia - International - SN:28 - ID:7154379
Spokesman for the Tunisian Interior Ministry Khalifa al Shebani warned Friday from terrorist plots that threaten the new year celebrations. The spokesman stressed that the ministry took all necessary security measures to secure the ....
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Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax bill into law
Date: 2017-12-22 19:11:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:27 - ID:7154347
US President Donald Trump has signed into law the GOP's sweeping, $1.5 trillion tax reform bill that will slash taxes for corporations while giving most Americans some temporary relief, The Independent reported on Friday. Trump emphasized the ....
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Kosovo's president urges approval of Montenegro's border deal
Date: 2017-12-22 19:11:07 GMT - Kosovo - International - SN:26 - ID:7154343
Kosovo's president has urged political parties to intensify efforts to ratify a border demarcation deal with Montenegro which is set as a precondition by the European Union for a visa-free regime for the country's citizens, ABC News reported. In ....
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Trump: U.S 'foolishly' spent $ 7 trillion in the Middle East
Date: 2017-12-22 19:10:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:25 - ID:7154319
U.S President Donald Trump said on Friday, it was time to focus funds on the U.S rather than foreign spending, tweeting: "After having foolishly spent $ 7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country" The tweet came a ....
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Egypt's Mufti says Al Quds 'holy legacy'
Date: 2017-12-22 19:10:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7154315
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday described Al Quds and Al Aqsa Mosque as a holy legacy that has to be gamely defended. In a televised speech, Allam said that Islam's Isra (a journey made by Prophet Muḥammad in a single night from the ....
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Syrian army advances in southwestern part of Damascus countryside
Date: 2017-12-22 17:42:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7154266
Units of the Syrian army, in cooperation with popular defense groups, continued their operations against gatherings and positions of Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in the area surrounding Beit Jinn town and Beit Jinn farm in the southwestern of Damascus ....
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Four Houthi militants killed in Yemen’s Taiz
Date: 2017-12-22 17:17:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7154235
Four Houthi militants were killed in an ambush set up by members of the Yemeni Popular Resistance Committees (PRCs) in eastern Taiz province, a local source said on Friday. For more than two years, Yemen has been locked in a devastating civil war ....
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UK adds Hasm, Liwa al Thawra to terrorist organizations list
Date: 2017-12-22 16:14:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7154185
The United Kingdom has added Hasm and Liwa Al Thawra to its terrorist organizations list, the British Embassy in Cairo said on Friday. "After reviewing evidence of attacks carried out by Hasm and Liwa ....