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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....