Egypt to launch building project in Sinai: Sisi
Egypt
December 24, 2017
Egypt to launch building project in Sinai: Sisi
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt will in the next two to three years embark on a $5.60…
Egypt to receive $2 billion as part of IMF loan in June or July: Deputy Finance Minister
Egypt
December 24, 2017
Egypt to receive $2 billion as part of IMF loan in June or July: Deputy Finance Minister
Egypt will receive $2 billion in the fourth disbursal from a $12 billion International Monetary Fund loan in June or…
Venezuela freeing some jailed activists, may expel diplomats
World
December 24, 2017
Venezuela freeing some jailed activists, may expel diplomats
Venezuela’s leftist government prepared to release some 80 jailed anti-government activists on Saturday, and threatened to expel envoys from Canada…
Fire in Philippine shopping mall kills 37
World
December 24, 2017
Fire in Philippine shopping mall kills 37
Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a…
Rescuers search for Philippine storm survivors as death toll rises to 200
World
December 24, 2017
Rescuers search for Philippine storm survivors as death toll rises to 200
Rescuers in the Philippines searched on Sunday for survivors of a storm that triggered floods and landslides and killed about…
Turkey dismisses more than 2,700 with emergency rule decree
Middle East
December 24, 2017
Turkey dismisses more than 2,700 with emergency rule decree
Turkey said on Sunday that 2,756 people were dismissed from their jobs in public institutions including soldiers, teachers and ministry…
Israel says arrested three Turks in Jerusalem amid unrest
Middle East
December 23, 2017
Israel says arrested three Turks in Jerusalem amid unrest
Israeli authorities have arrested three Turkish tourists in Jerusalem over an incident that followed Muslim prayers at a flashpoint holy…
Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries deploy to Syrian border
Middle East
December 23, 2017
Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries deploy to Syrian border
Iraqi Shi‘ite paramilitary groups have deployed to the frontier to back up border guard forces who came under fire from…
Russian Foreign Ministry says latest US sanctions are ‘grotesque’
World
December 21, 2017
Russian Foreign Ministry says latest US sanctions are ‘grotesque’
The latest US sanctions imposed on five Russians and Chechens are grotesque and groundless, and Moscow will hit back with…
US creating ‘sensational hype’ over China’s military modernization: ministry
World
December 21, 2017
US creating ‘sensational hype’ over China’s military modernization: ministry
The United States has created “sensational hype” over China’s military modernization, the defense ministry has said in reaction to a…