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  • 6 wounded as mortars land in Baqubah

    Date: 2018-05-12 09:17:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7396243

    BAGHDAD, May 12 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group shelled with mortars towns of Qarah Tabbah and Gebarah, northeast of Baqubah city, wounding six persons, according to an Iraqi security source. The source told the National Iraqi News ....

  • 8 Iraqi policemen killed, injured in Daesh attack

    Date: 2018-05-12 09:15:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7396270

    BAGHDAD, May 12 (MENA) - At least eight policemen alongside members of the Popular Mobilization Forces were killed and wounded in a Daesh terrorist attack in southwestern Kirkuk, a security source said on Saturday. "Daesh militants attacked a ....

  • Gomaa to attend Awqaf ministers meeting in Mecca

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:59:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:19 - ID:7396219

    JEDDAH, May 12 (MENA) - Egyptian Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will participate in a meeting of the Executive Council of the Ministers of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Muslim countries, due in Mecca on Sunday. Gomaa said in a statement on ....

  • Iran, Norway discuss nuclear deal

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:53:32 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7396241

    TEHRAN, May 12 (MENA) - The foreign minister of Norway held phone conversation with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian news agency Mehr reported on Saturday. During the talks, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide ....

  • Car bomb explodes in Syria's Raqqa

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:52:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7396238

    DAMASCUS, May 12 (MENA) - A booby-trapped car exploded in central Raqqa city, northern Syria, according to Syrian local sources. No casualties were reported, Russia Today channel reported on Saturday, citing local media. (MENA) K A E/A S E ....

  • All parties to Astana peace talks on Syria confirm participation in coming meeting

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:49:12 GMT - Kazakhstan - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7396198

    ASTANA, May 12 (MENA) - All sides of the Astana process on Syria have confirmed their participation in the upcoming talks, which will take place on May 14-15 in the Kazakh capital. Delegations from Russia, Turkey and Iran, as well as the Syrian ....

  • Defeated Malaysian leader resigns from his party

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:46:32 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:15 - ID:7396216

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (MENA) - Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said that he is resigning as head of his Malay party to take responsibility for the electoral defeat that ended his coalition's 60-year grip on power. A scandal-plagued ....

  • Palestinian ministry condemns blocking EU statement on Trump's Jerusalem decision

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:43:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7396174

    RAMALLAH, May 12 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned a move by Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania, in coordination with Israel, to block a joint EU statement Friday opposing US President ....

  • Mortar shells injure 2 security men in Baqubah

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:41:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7396197

    BAGHDAD, May 12 (MENA) - Two security men were injured on Saturday when mortar shells hit Baqubah city, central Diyala governorate, Diyala Operations Commander Lt. General Mazhar el Ezzawy said. The two security men were among forces securing ....

  • Japan trying to arrange Abe-Trump talks prior to US-N. Korea summit

    Date: 2018-05-12 08:21:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:7396178

    TOKYO, May 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government is making arrangements for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of a landmark U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12, the Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted ....

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