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Iraqi artillery resumes shelling of Daesh HQ near Mosul
Date: 2017-02-21 08:19:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:6560477
BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (MENA) - Commander of the Iraqi Federal Police Raed Gawdat said the Iraqi artillery resumed on Tuesday shelling the premises of Daesh terrorist organization near Mosul. In statements carried by the BBC, Gawdat said the Iraqi ....
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Fire in Qaliobiya plastic mats factory contained
Date: 2017-02-21 08:16:41 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:17 - ID:6560445
QALIOBIYA, Feb 21 (MENA) - The civil defense forces in Qaliobiya managed to contain a fire that broke out on Tuesday in a plastic mats factory in Bahtim district in Shoubra el Kheima. No casualties were reported. Investigations are underway to ....
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5 killed, including 4 Americans, in Australian charter plane crash
Date: 2017-02-21 08:16:13 GMT - Australia - World - SN:16 - ID:6560481
CANBERRA, Feb 21 (MENA) - Australian authorities said that four Americans were among five killed when a plane crashed into a shopping center shortly after takeoff near Melbourne, ABC news reported Tuesday. The plane had taken off from Essendon ....
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Egypt's assistant FM to attend Somali president's inauguration ceremony
Date: 2017-02-21 08:05:41 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:15 - ID:6560353
CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdy Loza will attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Somali President Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo. Loza, who headed yesterday to Mogadishu, will convey a message from ....
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At least 4 killed, 12 injured in three blasts in Charsadda, Pakistan
Date: 2017-02-21 08:03:54 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:6560357
CHARSADDA, Feb 21 (MENA) - At least four people were killed while 12 others injured in three bomb blasts at a local court in Tangi bazaar of Charsadda on Tuesday, Geo News reported. Charsadda DPO Sohail Khalid confirmed three suicide bombers ....
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S.Sudan spokesman denies Salva Kiir regime responsibility for famine
Date: 2017-02-21 07:43:27 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:6560149
JUBA, Feb 21 (MENA) - South Sudan Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny denied that the regime of Salva Kiir Mayardit was responsible for the famine threatening some parts of the country. In statements to the BBC Radio on Tuesday, Ateny held the ....
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Egypt-Press-Headlines 4 last Cairo
Date: 2017-02-21 07:34:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:6560261
-- THE EGYPTIAN MAIL: - President Sisi meets visiting Bundestag VP - Cairo, Berlin for enhanced parliamentary contacts, economic ties, cooperation in countering terrorism - Sisi: Projects under way to observe highest standards, timeframes - ....
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Egypt-Press-Headlines 3 Cairo
Date: 2017-02-21 07:28:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:6560077
-- AL GOMHURIA: - Sisi: Full coordination among ministries, governorates to carry out projects on time * Roads, bridges to be finalized as per int'l standards - Finance min.: Customs dollar exchange rate to be estimated every two weeks - ....
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7 civilians killed in Barzeh in eastern Damascus
Date: 2017-02-21 07:21:40 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6559961
LONDON, Feb 21 (MENA) - Seven civilians including a woman and a child were killed when military jets targeted Barzeh neighborhood in eastern Damascus, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday. Also, 12 people were ....
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Nearly 1.4 million children at imminent risk of death as famine looms in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen – UNICEF
Date: 2017-02-21 07:20:48 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:9 - ID:6559969
NEW YORK, Feb 21 (MENA) - Almost 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death from severe acute malnutrition this year, as famine looms in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said on Tuesday. “Time is running out for more than a ....