Hungary bus fleet delivers 4,000 migrants to Austria welcome
BUDAPEST: Thousands of exhausted, elated migrants reached their dream destinations of Germany and Austria on Saturday, completing epic journeys by boat, bus, train and foot to escape war and poverty....
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates says 45 of its troops killed in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen: The UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, said the troops were killed when a rebel missile struck an ammunition depot. On his official Twitter feed, he said the...
View ArticleAl Shabaab militants seize two towns in southern Somalia
MOGADISHU: Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said on Saturday, less than a week after its...
View ArticleFrance’s Holland to inaugurate ‘Osiris, Egypt’s Sunken Mysteries’ exhibit Monday
CAIRO: Hundreds of ancient Egyptian treasures discovered underwater will make their debut in an exhibition scheduled to be inaugurated Monday at the Arab World Institute in Paris. Dubbed as “Osiris,...
View Article15 add’l trains operate in Adha Feast
CAIRO: Atotal of 15 trains will be added to the operating trains during the Adha Feast, announced the Egyptian of Railways Authority Saturday. The additional trains will begin operation on Sept. 17 and...
View ArticleTen Saudi soldiers killed Houthi strike on Yemen weapons store
KHOBAR: Ten Saudi soldiers were killed in Yemen when Houthi fighters attacked a weapons store on Friday,Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported on Saturday on its Twitter account, quoting...
View ArticleDrowned Syrian boys’ aunt wants to bring family to Canada
VANCOUVER: Dozens of white balloons drifted over Vancouver’s harbor to honor the young Syrian boys whose deaths at sea sparked worldwide outrage about the refugee crisis. The boys’ aunt, Tima Kurdi,...
View ArticleAustralia to take more Syrian refugees, wants “security response”
PERTH: Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria andIraq and “is open” to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a...
View ArticleSouth Korean fishing boat capsizes; at least 10 dead
SEOUL: At least 10 people died and about eight were missing after a South Korean fishing boat capsized, a coast guard official and media reports said on Sunday. The boat was found capsized earlier this...
View ArticleVideo: Sisi in sportswear with military academy students
Video: Sisi in sportswear with military academy students.
View ArticleEgypt does not aim to enrich Uranium: EAEA head
CAIRO : Egypt doe not aim to enrich uranium, and the establishment of nuclear power plants is for only producing electricity, said Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency Chairperson Atef Abdel Hamid Saturday....
View ArticleThe Latest: Cyprus rescues 114 people aboard fishing boat
BERLIN: The latest news as countries across Europe cope with the arrival of thousands of migrants and refugees. All times local (CET): 10:45 p.m. Authorities in Cyprus say they have rescued 114 people...
View Article35 alleged MB members referred to military court for police murder
CAIRO: Egypt’s acting Attorney General Aly Omran referred Saturday 35 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to the military prosecution for involvement in the murder of a senior police officer in April,...
View ArticleRafah border crossing to open for Palestinian pilgrims Monday: official
CAIRO: The first batch of Palestinian Hajj pilgrims will arrive to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing Monday on their way to Saudi Arabia to perform their pilgrimage, Youm7 reported. “A...
View ArticleMedivac plane with seven on board disappears west of Senegal
DAKAR: A medical evacuation plane with seven people on board, including a French patient, disappeared west of Senegal during a flight from Burkina Faso to Dakar, the Senegalese civil aviation authority...
View ArticleSisi seeks to sign friendship agreement with ASEAN
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi talked Saturday Secretary-General of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Le Luong Minh in Jakarta, discussing ways of strengthen bilateral economic...
View ArticlePope calls on every European parish to host one migrant family each
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called on Sunday on every European parish and religious community to take in one migrant family each in a gesture of solidarity he said would start in the tiny Vatican state...
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