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  • N. Korea expands loudspeaker broadcasts to counter South

    N. Korea expands loudspeaker broadcasts to counter South

    Date: 2016-01-11 08:13:59 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:4089397

    SEOUL, Jan 11 (MENA) - North Korea has expanded its own loudspeaker broadcasts along the inter-Korean border as a counteraction to South Korea's retaliatory broadcasts critical of the communist nation, Yonhap news agency reported quoting sources as ....

  • Obama to shut Guantanamo before he leaves office, says White House chief of staff

    Obama to shut Guantanamo before he leaves office, says White House chief of staff

    Date: 2016-01-11 08:12:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4089389

    White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough has vowed that President Obama will close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility before his presidency ends in 11 months. “He feels an obligation to his successor to close that, and that’s why we’re going ....

  • Fire inside Azhar University cafeteria controlled

    Fire inside Azhar University cafeteria controlled

    Date: 2016-01-11 08:11:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4089373

    Civil defense troops were able to put out a fire that erupted inside a cafeteria at Al Azhar University early Monday. The fire was caused by a short circuit and resulted in the explosion of a gas cylinder inside the cafeteria. No word of ....

  • Sherif named deputy speaker of Egyptian parliament

    Sherif named deputy speaker of Egyptian parliament

    Date: 2016-01-11 08:08:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4089361

    MP el Sayyed Mahmoud el Sherif has been elected deputy speaker of parliament for five years. Aly Abdel Aal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said that a runoff vote will be held between MPs Alaa Eddin Abdel Men'em and Seliman Wahdan ....

  • 2 Iraqi killed, 10 injured in Baghdad; 10 members of al Hashd al Shaabi killed in Tikrit

    2 Iraqi killed, 10 injured in Baghdad; 10 members of al Hashd al Shaabi killed in Tikrit

    Date: 2016-01-10 13:26:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4085565

    Two Iraqi civilians were killed and seven others injured in two separate blasts in Baghdad while 10 of the People's Mobilization (al Hashd al Shaabi) members were killed in an air shelling in Tikrit. A security source said that a bomb went off ....

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