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  • Iraq: 12 Daesh terrorists killed in airstrikes on Kirkuk

    Date: 2018-05-17 21:13:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:7406038

    BAGHDAD, May 17 (MENA) - The Iraqi Air Force has killed 12 elements of Daesh terrorist group, including a senior leader, in Kirkuk, a security source said on Thursday. In statements to Alsumaria news channel, the source added that the Iraqi ....

  • UAE Red Crescent offers food aid to residents of Yemen's Hadramaut

    Date: 2018-05-17 21:03:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:7406044

    ABU DHABI/ADEN, May 17 (MENA) - The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC on Thursday distributed urgent relief assistance to needy families in Adh Dhlia'ah District, Hadramaut Governorate, as part of the UAE’s ongoing support for Yemen and as per the ....

  • US Senate approves CIA nominee Gina Haspel

    Date: 2018-05-17 20:58:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:7406039

    WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - A key US Senate panel has greenlighted the nomination of veteran covert operative Gina Haspel to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency, despite her involvement in the torture of Al-Qaeda detainees in the ....

  • Walily qualified for quarter-final of Allam British Open Squash tournament

    Date: 2018-05-17 20:43:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:75 - ID:7406036

    LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Squash champion Raneem el Walily on Thursday was qualified for the quarter-final of the prestigious Allam British Open 2018 Squash tournament, held here on May 15-20, after winning over her British rival Victoria ....

  • Libyan army takes control of several regions in Derna city

    Date: 2018-05-17 20:11:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:7406006

    TRIPOLI, May 17 (MENA) - The Libyan army forces have made new advance against terrorist organizations in Derna city, where dozens of foreign terrorists have been arrested, Al Arabiya channel reported Thursday. The Libyan army announced that it ....

  • Kremlin: Putin, Assad assert importance of creating conditions for political settlement in Syria

    Date: 2018-05-17 20:08:43 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7406015

    MOSCOW, May 17 (MENA) - Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Bashar al-Assad of Syria, who held talks in Sochi on Thursday, pointed out the importance of creating further conditions for resumption of a full-fledged process of political settlement ....

  • Syria: US-led Coalition conducts landing operation to arrest Daesh elements

    Date: 2018-05-17 19:56:27 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7405977

    DAMASCUS, May 17 (MENA) - The US-led coalition has carried out a landing operation in al-Hasakah countryside in northeastern Syria, the US-based Al Hurra news channel reported Thursday. The aim of the operation is to arrest elements of Daesh ....

  • UN peacekeeper killed in ambush in CAF

    Date: 2018-05-17 19:52:05 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:71 - ID:7406002

    BANGUI, May 17 (MENA) - The United Nations said a peacekeeper from Mauritania has been killed in Central African Republic, Fox News reported. A statement released on Thursday said the peacekeeper was killed in an ambush south of Alindao town in ....

  • Egypt's Farag qualified for quarter-final of Allam British Open 2018

    Date: 2018-05-17 19:42:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:70 - ID:7405971

    LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Squash champion Ali Farag on Thursday was qualified for the quarter-final of the prestigious Allam British Open 2018 Squash tournament, held here on May 15-20, after defeating his Hong Kong rival Max Lee. The ....

  • AL chief: Arabs to demand forming committee by UNSC to probe Israeli crimes - 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2018-05-17 19:41:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:7405949

    Meanwhile, Jubeir said that Saudi Arabia considers the Palestinian cause as the main issue for the kingdom as well as for the Arab and Islamic worlds. Nobody can doubt the Saudi stance that has been totally supporting the Palestinian cause since ....

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