Author: Reuters ID: 1542563813957153000 Sun, 2018-11-18 17:47 CAIRO: Egyptian falconers gathered in the desert of Borg al-Arab near Alexandria to celebrate World Falconry Day, hoping to increase awareness of the sport and help preserve the ancient tradition. Under the slogan … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1542558424636756500 Sun, 2018-11-18 14:31 CAIRO: Egypt said on Sunday it would hold talks with Ethiopia in the next two weeks to iron out differences over an Ethiopian dam on the River Nile that Cairo sees as a … read more
Sat, 2018-11-17 01:08 NEW YORK: A UN committee on human rights has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop its widespread use of arbitrary detention and expressing serious concern at its “alarmingly high” use of the death penalty. The General … read more
Author: AFP, AP ID: 1542407592133141300 Sat, 2018-11-17 01:32 WASHINGTON: The US Senate has rejected a long-shot effort to block $300 million in arms sales to Bahrain, as the bill’s opponents stressed the island nation was a critical ally hosting an … read more
Sat, 2018-11-17 15:30 BEIRUT: Air strikes by the US-led coalition Saturday killed 43 people, mostly civilians, in a Daesh holdout in eastern Syria, a Britain-based monitor said. Seventeen children were among 36 Daesh family members killed in Abu Husn village of Deir Ezzor province … read more