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3 killed as protests turn violent in Haiti
Date: 2018-07-07 18:58:48 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:53 - ID:7477954
PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 7 (MENA) - Major protests erupted Friday in Haiti as the government announced a sharp increase in gasoline prices, with demonstrators using burning tires and barricades to block major streets across the capital and in the ....
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Patients evacuated from fire-hit Hussein hospital -- ministry
Date: 2018-07-07 17:58:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:7477940
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - Patients were moved from El-Hussein University Hospital in Cairo after a huge fire engulfed it earlier in the day, a Health Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. Speaking to MENA, Khaled Megahed said the patients were ....
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Six killed, injured in accident in Beheira
Date: 2018-07-07 17:46:51 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:51 - ID:7477922
DAMANHOUR, Egypt, July 7 (MENA) - A child was killed while five other people were injured when a micro-bus and a car collided at a highway in Beheira governorate on Saturday. The injured people were moved to Damanhour Public Hospital to receive ....
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Pompeo didn't give Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’ CD -- Washington
Date: 2018-07-07 17:44:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:7477927
WASHINGTON, July 7 (MENA) - Despite rumors to the contrary, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not give North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a CD containing the Elton John song "Rocket Man” during his time in Pyongyang this weekend, US State ....
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Kuwaiti emir arrives in China
Date: 2018-07-07 17:41:20 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:7477895
KUWAIT CITY/BEIJING, June 7 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in China on Sunday, embarking a three-day official visit, the state news agency KUNA reported. The visit came at an invitation from Chinese ....
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Arab coalition: Houthis release vessel detained at Hodeidah port
Date: 2018-07-07 17:13:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:7477889
SANAA, July 7 (MENA) - The Saudi-led Arab coalition backing the Yemeni legitimate government said on Saturday that the Houthi militias have released G Muse vessel after holding it up for 62 days at Hodeidah port, Al Arabiya TV channel ....
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Romanian MiG-21 fighter jet crashes during airshow, kills pilot
Date: 2018-07-07 17:12:19 GMT - Romania - World - SN:47 - ID:7477893
BUCHAREST, July 7 (MENA) - A Romanian air force MiG-21 Lancer fighter jet crashed during an airshow in eastern Romania on Saturday, killing its pilot, the defence ministry said, Euro News reported. Eyewitnesses at the airshow, attended by about ....
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England reach 1st World Cup semi-final in 28 years
Date: 2018-07-07 17:07:27 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:46 - ID:7477886
SAMARA, Russia, July 7 (MENA) - A 2-0 victory over Sweden was enough for England to book a place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final for the first time in 28 years. Headers from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli secured the win in Saturday's ....
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SCMR says gag order in 57357 hospital case not violating law
Date: 2018-07-07 16:54:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:7477858
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - A gagging order issued by Head of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) Makram Mohamed Ahmed in the case of the 57357 hospital came in line with the Egyptian constitution and law no 92 of 2016, the council argued in ....
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Trial of former Monufia governor adjourned
Date: 2018-07-07 16:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:44 - ID:7477871
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - Giza criminal court on Saturday adjourned till August 11 the trial of former Monufia governor Hisham Abdel Baset and two others over bribery charges. Earlier, Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadek ordered referring Abdel ....