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  • Transport minister witnesses successful trial run between Haroun and Heliopolis metro stations

    Transport minister witnesses successful trial run between Haroun and Heliopolis metro stations

    Date: 2018-10-20 19:36:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7630798

    Transport Minister Hesham Arafat witnessed before dawn on Saturday a successful trial run between Haroun and Heliopolis stations of stage I of the fourth phase of Cairo Metro Line 3. During the trial operation, the starting point was El Ahram ....

  • Saudi King sacks deputy chief of General Intelligence

    Saudi King sacks deputy chief of General Intelligence

    Date: 2018-10-19 22:52:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7629583

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz issued on Friday a royal order relieving Ahmad bin Hassan Asiri of his post as deputy chief of the Saudi General Intelligence, the official news agency (SPA) reported. Earlier, the Saudi top prosecutor said an ....

  • Jamal Khashoggi dead following quarrel - Saudi prosecutor

    Jamal Khashoggi dead following quarrel - Saudi prosecutor

    Date: 2018-10-19 22:51:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7629582

    Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi has died, the kingdom's prosecutor general was quoted by the official press agency as saying on Friday. An official investigation has been started with 18 Saudi persons over the case, said the top ....

  • Sisi, Saudi King discuss over phone ties, regional issues

    Sisi, Saudi King discuss over phone ties, regional issues

    Date: 2018-10-19 22:49:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7629580

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi phoned on Friday Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz, said Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi. They mulled means of fostering cooperation in various fields in line with the historic and strategic ties between the two ....

  • 2 dead in Germany as police respond to domestic incident

    2 dead in Germany as police respond to domestic incident

    Date: 2018-10-19 19:56:20 GMT - Germany - International - SN:7 - ID:7629500

    Two people were killed and two police officers were critically injured after police responded to a domestic incident in Kirchheim in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Deutsche Welle quoted the German police as saying on Friday. A ....

  • At least 50 killed in train wreck in India

    At least 50 killed in train wreck in India

    Date: 2018-10-19 18:21:05 GMT - India - International - SN:6 - ID:7629432

    A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 50 people, a Congress party leader said. The victims crowded the rail track on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in ....

  • Social Solidarity's film wins best creative idea award

    Social Solidarity's film wins best creative idea award

    Date: 2018-10-19 16:58:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7629367

    The Egyptian Social Solidarity Ministry's movie "Another Chance" won the best creative idea award at the 7th Delhi International Film Festival 2018. For her part, Social Solidarity Minister Ghadi Wali said she is proud to win the prize, adding ....

  • Lebanon's mufti praises roles of Azhar, Dar al Iftaa

    Lebanon's mufti praises roles of Azhar, Dar al Iftaa

    Date: 2018-10-19 12:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7629093

    Lebanon’s Mufti Abdel Latif Derian lauded the role played by Al-Azhar for peace throughout the world and spreading Islam’s moderate thoughts and tolerant teachings. In statements to MENA, Derian also commended the efforts exerted by Egypt’s Dar ....

  • Putin to discuss conditions in Syria, Libya with Italian PM next week

    Putin to discuss conditions in Syria, Libya with Italian PM next week

    Date: 2018-10-19 12:36:29 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:7629079

    President Vladimir Putin will discuss with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte conditions in Syria and Libya on October 24 in Moscow, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday. On October 24, the Russian president will hold talks with the ....

  • Putin to discuss Syrian issue at Summit in Istanbul

    Putin to discuss Syrian issue at Summit in Istanbul

    Date: 2018-10-19 12:17:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:7629051

    The Kremlin has confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey on October 27 to attend the four-party Russia-Turkey-Germany-France summit on Syria. The summit will discuss the promotion of a political settlement in Syria, steps to ....

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