At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said. In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on a protest march by Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras... Some threw stones at security forces ... ArmyGen ... ....
Torrential rains that have swept through China have killed at least 154 people and left 124 missing, officials said on Saturday. Most of the casualties reported are from a northern province where villagers complained about lack of warning before a deadly flash flood. The rains, which began on Monday, have flooded streams, triggered landslides and destroyed homes across the country ...Flash flood ... Agencies. . . ....
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Americans increasingly favor tougher gun laws by margins that have grown wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent months, but they also are pessimistic that change will happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll ... High-profile shootings also appear to have taken a toll on Americans' sense of safety ... "You could be on the street somewhere ... You can't not think about it." ... "I'm looking for exits ... population ... ....
LiverpoolArab Arts FestivalFamily Day 2016 on Sun 24th July 2016 ... muralist, a boundary-breaking electronic, hip hop, Dabke band and a group whose singer fled from the Iraqi war are just some of the exciting acts to have been announced for this year’s Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF)....
PAYFORT, the Arab world’s major online payment service provider, has announced that it is now a Shopify payment partner. PAYFORT will be working with the leading cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), to help startups and SMBs in the Arab region create online stores using PAYFORT’s online payment solutions....
The minister made the remark following participation in the work of the second Gulf-British Economic Forum, organized by the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, in London. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA, he lauded the bilateral commercial ties and pointed out that the official Arab and British attendance at the forum indicates the ......
An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Cairo for Abu Dhabi early Sunday on the last leg of its globe-circling voyage, mission organizers said ... The around-the-world voyage began in March 2015 in Abu Dhabi in the UnitedArab Emirates ... The plane runs on stored energy at night ... ----. Online.....
Piccard and the project's co-founder, Andre Borschberg, have taken turns flying Solar Impulse 2 since departing from the UnitedArab Emirates in March 2015 to begin their 35,000-kilometer journey around Earth. The plane can carry only one pilot. Piccard says circling the world in the pioneering aircraft is both an adventure and a project that can lead to a better world ... ....
government’s handling of the ArabSpring—particularly in Egypt—during Clinton’s tenure was, in hindsight, a total mess ... “The administration believed it was supporting democracy when it engaged elected Islamists after the Arab Spring but when those Islamists behaved like tyrants and governed Egypt into the ground, many Egyptian resented what they saw as U.S....
AttachedFiles. . ID. . 1469290741076772800. Publication Date. . Saturday, July 23, 2016. ADEN ... Two air strikes targeted Al-Qaeda militants gathered on the outskirts of Jaar town in Abyan province, killing and wounding several militants, military officials said ... Government forces backed by the Arab coalition had launched an all-out offensive in March against the extremists in south Yemen, recapturing main cities ... Middle-East. ....
--> Sun, 24 Jul 2016-08.58am , Cairo , Reuters. Solar Impulse 2 is to become the first solar-powered plane to circumnavigate the globe. An aircraft powered by solar energy left Egypt on Sunday on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the globe ... ALSO READ ... The flight's takeoff from Egypt to the UnitedArab Emirates was delayed due to a heatwave in Saudi Arabia ... ....
MISGAV AM, Israel — When Israeli army commanders describe how the next war against Hezbollah could unfold, they often search for words not used in military manuals. The future conflict, they warn, will be "ferocious" and "terrible." ...Gen ...Going toSyria might have turned Nasrallah from "a hero to a zero" for many in the Arab world, said Sami Nader, director of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs ... ....