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US targets Daesh in northern Somalia
Date: 2017-11-03 17:40:44 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7073211
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - A US airstrike had targeted Daesh in northern Somalia, defense officials were quoted by The Voice of America (VOA) on Friday. The strike resulted in at least one casualty, a US defense official said, without elaborating ....
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SDF cut strategic road used by Daesh to move between Iraq, Syria
Date: 2017-11-03 17:27:26 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:7073133
DAMASCUS, Nov 3 (MENA) -The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday cutting a strategic road used by Daesh terrorist group to move between Iraq and Syria. In statements, the SDF said severe clashes have erupted between Daesh terrorists ....
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German engineer, 3 Turkish technicians kidnapped in Libya
Date: 2017-11-03 16:51:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:7073126
TRIPOLI, Nov 3 (MENA) – Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a German engineer and three Turkish technicians in southern Libya, Sky News quoted Libyan sources as saying on Friday. The four German and Turkish nationals were abducted while they were ....
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China’s education min. to visit Confucius Institute at Cairo univ. Saturday
Date: 2017-11-03 16:16:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:7073057
CAIRO, Nov 3 (MENA) – Chinese Education Minister Chen Baosheng will visit on Saturday Confucius Institute at Cairo University, where he will be received by the university’s Vice President for Community Service and Environment Development Affairs ....
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SOHR: 6 killed in airstrike over Syria's Douma
Date: 2017-11-03 16:12:30 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:7073064
LONDON, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced Friday that at least six people were killed and others were wounded in an airstrike over Douma city in Damascus countryside. Douma is considered as a stronghold for Jaysh ....
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Lockdown on White House lifted
Date: 2017-11-03 15:58:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7073069
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Lockdown on the White House has been lifted and one person is in custody, the US Secret Service said on Twitter on Friday. Earlier on Friday, euronews reported that a lockdown was imposed “due to suspicious activity.” ....
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Global (2): 2017 BPT Champion won a 1.27 million HKD prize
Date: 2017-11-03 15:51:34 GMT - China - Economy - SN:58 - ID:7073059
MACAU, Nov. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Lin Hong Chang, from Taiwan, became the champion of the BPT Main Event on November 1, putting an end to the five day poker tournament organized by Boyaa in Babylon Casino in Macau. The final table of 2017 BPT ....
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FM to participate in Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi
Date: 2017-11-03 15:50:02 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:57 - ID:7072970
CAIRO, Nov 3 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is to head Friday for Abu Dhabi to participate in the eighth annual session of Sir Bani Yas Forum, organized by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Washington-based ....
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IOM: 4,000 Rohingya refugees crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar in 48 hrs.
Date: 2017-11-03 15:27:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:7072981
GENEVA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Over the last 48 hours some 4,000 Rohingya refugees crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar at the Anjumanpara border crossing point, the International Migration Organization (IOM) said. Traumatized, hungry and fearing for ....
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Russia: Six Tupolev-22M3 planes, Kolpino submarine attack Daesh militants in Syria
Date: 2017-11-03 15:19:16 GMT - Russia - Military - SN:55 - ID:7073001
MOSCOW, Nov 3 (MENA) - Six Russian Tupolev-22M3 bombers and the Kolpino submarine had carried out a massive strike against militants of Daesh in Syria, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on ....