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  • Turkish soldier killed, four injured in road accident in Syria

    Date: 2020-02-08 09:33:20 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8302617

    ANKARA, Feb 8 (MENA) - A Turkish soldiers was killed and four others were wounded in a traffic accident in northeastern Syria. A statement by the Turkish defense ministry was quoted by RT channel as saying that a military vehicle carrying five ....

  • Sisi takes part in AU peace council summit on Libya: Spokesman

    Date: 2020-02-08 09:31:55 GMT - Ethiopia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:17 - ID:8302643

    ADDIS ABAB, Feb 8 (MENA) - The itinerary of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's current visit to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa entails his participation at the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council summit on Libya, Presidential ....

  • President Sisi arrives in Addis Ababa to participate in AU Summit

    Date: 2020-02-08 09:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:16 - ID:8302638

    ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Saturday in Addis Ababa to participate in the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit, due to be held on February 9 -10. The two-day summit will be held under the theme ....

  • Iraqi Defense Ministry affirms fulfilling duties of securing national interests

    Date: 2020-02-08 08:51:20 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8302520

    BAGHDAD, Feb 8 (MENA) - Iraq's Defense Ministry called on all its members to assume their real and firm role towards plotters who seek destabilizing the country, especially during the current unfolding events. All forces and defense divisions ....

  • Tunisia, US sign MoU on commercial cooperation

    Date: 2020-02-08 08:49:41 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8302615

    TUNIS, Feb 8 (MENA) - Tunisia signed a memorandum of understanding with the US on commercial cooperation. This came during the third US-Tunisia Joint Economic Commission (JEC) held on Friday under Tunisian Minister of Trade Omar Béhi and US ....

  • Coronavirus kills US, Japanese citizens in China's Wuhan

    Date: 2020-02-08 08:15:53 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:8302577

    BEIJING, Feb 8 (MENA) - An American citizen has died in Wuhan from the coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll from the outbreak inching closer to the total from SARS, Bloomberg reported Saturday. The person who was around 60 years old died on ....

  • Gas leak kills, injures 6 in Pakistan

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:36:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8302519

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (MENA) - One person died and five others injured during an explosion following a gas leak at a house in Paksitan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, according to Samaa TV. Rescue teams were immediately called to pull the ....

  • Egypt boosted African unity during its AU presidency: MP

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:35:37 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:11 - ID:8302472

    CAIRO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egypt's House of Representatives, throughout the country's chairmanship of the African Union (AU), has worked on boosting the country's pioneering status across Africa as well as promoting the unity of the black continent, said ....

  • 64 coronavirus cases on cruise ship in Japan's Yokohama

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:23:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8302521

    TOKYO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Three more people on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan's Yokohama have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Japanese health ministry said Saturday, bringing the total number of people from the vessel infected to ....

  • UN refugee agency: Major rise in migrants stopped off Libya

    Date: 2020-02-08 07:12:59 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8302479

    NEW YORK, Feb 8 (MENA) - The UN refugee agency said Friday that the total number of migrants intercepted by the Libyan coast guard in the past month rose 121 perecent from the same period last year, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The ....

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