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  • Egyptian killed at Libya-Tunisia Ras Adjir crossing

    Egyptian killed at Libya-Tunisia Ras Adjir crossing

    Date: 2014-08-16 07:18:49 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:876113

    Libyan security forces shot dead an Egyptian national at Ras Adjir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia on Friday. More than 1,000 Egyptians stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border tried to storm the terminal into the Tunisian territories ....

  • Seven bombs found with Alexandria student

    Seven bombs found with Alexandria student

    Date: 2014-08-16 07:10:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:876096

    The Alexandria prosecution has started an investigation into the seizure of seven bombs that were set to go off with a college student in Dekhela's neighborhood, Alexandria. Earlier, a team of national security forces arrested the university ....

  • Petrol bombs found in Beni Suef - official

    Petrol bombs found in Beni Suef - official

    Date: 2014-08-16 07:00:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:876080

    Beni Suef Security Chief Maj. General Mohamed Sami said on Friday that security forces found petrol bombs near the train station of El Awasta in Beni Suef. Three members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Friday, Sami said. ....

  • EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq

    EU foreign ministers agree to arm Kurds in Iraq

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:52:04 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:876075

    EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to arm Kurdish fighters battling Islamist militants in northern Iraq, Sky News reported on Friday. Prior to the meeting, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands all said they ....

  • Three power pylons sabotaged Friday: ministry

    Three power pylons sabotaged Friday: ministry

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:27:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:876046

    Three electricity pylons were sabotaged on Friday in Menoufiya, Kafr el-Zayat and Hosh Essa, the Electricity Ministry said. The three towers will cost a total of 1.400 million pounds to be fixed, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry ....

  • Egypt, Algeria facing major challenges, threats: Egyptian amb.

    Egypt, Algeria facing major challenges, threats: Egyptian amb.

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:20:29 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:876038

    Egypt's outgoing ambassador to Algeria Ezzeddin Fahmy said on Friday that there were major challenges facing Egypt and Algeria. "The bilateral relations have witnessed a boost as Egyptian companies returned to work in Algeria," Fahmy told MENA on ....

  • World Health Organization says Ebola crisis ‘vastly’ underestimated

    World Health Organization says Ebola crisis ‘vastly’ underestimated

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:08:24 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:5 - ID:876026

    The magnitude of the Ebola crisis in West Africa is “vastly” underestimated, the World Health Organization warned this week, as the death toll steadily climbed. Ebola has infected at least 1,975 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone ....

  • Azhar student injured home-made bomb blast in Suez

    Azhar student injured home-made bomb blast in Suez

    Date: 2014-08-16 06:03:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:876020

    A student of Al Azhar University sustained severe injuries while he as preparing a homemade bomb in Suez to attack security forces. Abdurrahman, 18, sustained acute wounds when the bomb went off in his house in Suez, said Suez police chief Maj. ....

  • Russia, Germany find all effort needed for aid delivery to Ukraine — Russia FM

    Russia, Germany find all effort needed for aid delivery to Ukraine — Russia FM

    Date: 2014-08-16 05:59:46 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:876013

    Russian and German Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier found all effort should be taken to ensure a safe and urgent delivery of Russian humanitarian aid to Ukrainian regions ravaged in hostilities, ITAR-TASS quoted Russian ....

  • Russia, Finland pledge to seek ceasefire, dialogue in Ukraine

    Russia, Finland pledge to seek ceasefire, dialogue in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-08-16 05:57:45 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:876011

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia and Finland would exert every effort to seek the earliest end of conflict in eastern Ukraine, ITAR-TASS News Agency reported. “We are going to do everything within our power to end the ....

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