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  • 8 Egyptian pilgrims die in Mena stampede -- Awqaf min.

    8 Egyptian pilgrims die in Mena stampede -- Awqaf min.

    Date: 2015-09-25 08:37:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3412497

    Eight Egyptian pilgrims have died in the Mena stampede during the Hajj rituals on Thursday, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, who leads Egypt's hajj mission, said. At least 30 Egyptian pilgrims were wounded in the incident, Gomaa said. The ....

  • Death toll of Mina stampede rises to 310 - Saudi civil defense

    Death toll of Mina stampede rises to 310 - Saudi civil defense

    Date: 2015-09-24 10:18:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3409025

    The number of pilgrims who died in a stampede in the tent city of Mina on Thursday rose to 310, according to the Saudi Civil Defense Service. Civil defense teams, grouping some 4,000 members, were now on the ground leading pilgrims to safer ....

  • Sisi heads for New York to partake in UN General Assembly meetings

    Sisi heads for New York to partake in UN General Assembly meetings

    Date: 2015-09-24 07:35:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3408177

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left Cairo Thursday heading for New York to take part in the meetings of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly. Sisi will deliver Egypt's speech, in which he reviews the political and economic developments in ....

  • Pentagon denies allegations US-trained New Syrian Forces defected

    Pentagon denies allegations US-trained New Syrian Forces defected

    Date: 2015-09-24 07:34:12 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3408161

    The Pentagon on Wednesday emphatically denied allegations that any recent graduates of its much-criticized train-and-equip program to combat the Islamic State in Syria had defected or that weaponry it supplied them had fallen into the hands of an al ....

  • Kerry extends his best wishes to Muslims on Eid al-Adha

    Kerry extends his best wishes to Muslims on Eid al-Adha

    Date: 2015-09-24 07:33:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:3408153

    US Secretary of State John Kerry extended his best wishes to Muslims around the world for a blessed Eid al-Adha, State Department official website said on Thursday. "We congratulate the nearly three million Muslims – including thousands of ....

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