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Yemeni army downs Houthi drone in Yemen's Hudaydah

Date: 2018-06-17 21:38:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:7448051

ADEN, June 17 (MENA) – The Yemeni army downed on Sunday an Iranian-made drone affiliated to the Houthi group in governorate of Al Hudaydah. The drone was used by Houthi militants in spying on the sites of the Yemeni army, Al-Amalaqah Brigades ....

Al-Azhar slams Nigeria terror attack

Date: 2018-06-17 21:18:34 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:60 - ID:7448136

CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Al-Azhar condemned on Sunday Nigeria terror attack that left several casualties. In a statement, Al-Azhar said such heinous terrorist acts and targeting innocents totally contradict with the correct teachings of religion, ....

Saudi Air Forces detect a ballistic missile launched by Houthi Militias towards Jazan

Date: 2018-06-17 20:58:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:7448113

RIYADH, June 17 (MENA) – Saudi Royal Air Defense Forces monitored the launch of a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militias from the Yemeni territories (Saada Province) towards the Kingdom's territories, Coalition to Restore ....

Saudi Arabia condemns suicide bombing in Afghanistan

Date: 2018-06-17 20:38:04 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:7447940

RIYADH, June 17 (MENA) – An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed the Kingdom's strong condemnation of the suicide bombing in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, SPA reported. The source offered the ....

Egypt's amb. in Moscow meets with Ibn Nufal

Date: 2018-06-17 20:20:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:57 - ID:7448109

CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Russia Ehab Talaat Nasr met with Mohamed Nufal, aka Ibn Nufal, who traveled from Cairo to Moscow by his bike to support the Egyptian national football team in its first World Cup appearance in 28 ....

Coptic Catholic Church Patriarch receives Italian delegation

Date: 2018-06-17 19:57:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:7448088

CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) – Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church Ibrahim Isaac received on Sunday an Italian delegation, as the first group to tour the stops of the Holy Family's route in Egypt. During the meeting, Isaac welcomed the delegation ....

UAE min.: 10 ships, carrying food, aid on way to Yemen's Hudaydah

Date: 2018-06-17 19:41:11 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:7448060

ABU DHABI, June 17 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said Yemen's Al-Hudaydah port is normally functioning, noting that up to 10 ships, laden with food and medicine, were on way to the port alongside with land convoys ....

Afghan president invites Egyptian diplomats, Azhar delegation to dinner banquet

Date: 2018-06-17 19:24:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:54 - ID:7448063

CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) – Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani invited Sunday Al Azhar delegation members and the Egyptian embassy staff to a dinner banquet at the presidential palace in Kabul. In its statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said ....

8 Kenyan police killed by roadside bomb in country's east

Date: 2018-06-17 18:59:08 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:53 - ID:7448026

NAIROBI, June 17 (MENA) - A Kenyan legislator said eight police officers have died in his constituency after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb planted by suspected extremists, ABC News reported on Sunday. Ahmed ....

Terrorists in Syria fire shells at al-Baath city in Quneitra - agency

Date: 2018-06-17 18:44:25 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:7448006

DAMASCUS, June 17 (MENA) - Terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra on Sunday fired shells at Syrian al-Baath city in Quneitra province, causing material damage, SANA reported. SANA’s correspondent in Quneitra said that al-Nusra terrorists located in ....