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Pope Tawadros attends prayer for Middle East peace in Italy
Date: 2018-07-07 09:32:06 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:7477141
BARI, Italy, July 7 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese attended on Saturday ecumenical prayer for peace in the Middle East, at an invitation by Pope Francis of the Vatican. The pontiff's several-day visit to ....
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450 Syrian refugees leave Lebanon back home
Date: 2018-07-07 09:17:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7477069
BEIRUT, July 7 (MENA) - A new group of 450 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, have started their journey early Saturday to return to Syria. The displaced Syrians left the Lebanese town of Arsal, heading for Wadi Hameed area on the Syrian-Lebanese ....
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Iraqi forces purge east of Diyala, Salahuddin of Daesh elements: commander
Date: 2018-07-07 09:16:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7477050
BAGHDAD, July 7 (MENA) – The Iraqi forces have completed an operation to purge the eastern parts of Diyala and Salahuddin provinces of Daesh elements, spokesman for the Iraqi Security Media Center Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said on ....
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More than 2 million displaced Iraqis return home in Nineveh - ministry
Date: 2018-07-07 08:57:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7477048
BAGHDAD, July 7 (MENA) – More than two million displaced persons have returned home in Nineveh province, the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement said in a statement Saturday. According to an official at the ministry, some 2,259 displaced ....
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Agricultural min., Dutch amb. mull cooperation
Date: 2018-07-07 08:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:7477044
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Ezzel Din Abu Steet discussed with Dutch Ambassador in Cairo Laurens Westhoff means of intensifying agricultural cooperation between the two countries. At a meeting held at the Agriculture Ministry ....
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Thai cave rescue: 100 shafts drilled into mountain
Date: 2018-07-07 08:40:09 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:7477046
BANGKOK, July 7 (MENA) - More than 100 shafts are being drilled into a mountainside in northern Thailand in a frantic bid to reach a group of young footballers and their coach trapped in a cave complex below, the head of the rescue operation said on ....
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Yemen: More than 45 Houthi elements killed in clashes
Date: 2018-07-07 08:28:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7477043
ADEN, July 7 (MENA) - At least 45 elements of Houthi militias were killed in clashes with resistance forces and airstrikes conducted by the Saudi-led Arab coalition over the past 24 hours, Yemeni military and medical sources said on Saturday. In ....
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Death toll in Canadian heat wave hits 54
Date: 2018-07-07 07:31:01 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:7476949
OTTAWA, July 7 (MENA) - The death toll in a week-long eastern Canadian heat wave has reached 54, said Canadian health officials on Saturday. Most of the victims linked to the “overwhelming heat” were in the Montreal area, which recorded 28 ....
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Taliban, Daesh militants killed, injured in fighting in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-07-07 07:21:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7476951
KABUL, July 7 (MENA) - More than 10 militants were killed and wounded as infighting between the Taliban and Daesh terrorist groups continued in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. Clashes broke out in Chapara Dara district between the two ....
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At least 16 dead, 50 missing as heavy rains continue to lash western Japan
Date: 2018-07-07 07:07:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:7476950
TOKYO, July 7 (MENA) - The death toll from heavy rains across a wide swath of western Japan rose to at least 16 by Saturday morning, after three more victims killed in mudslides were found in Ehime Prefecture. At least 50 people remained ....
