CAIRO -- At least 16 people were killed and nine others were wounded Saturday in a collision between several cars in the desert road near Assuit province in south Egypt, a top security official told Xinhua.
A truck crashed with a private car which in turn caused the collision of three others in Assuit-Red Sea road, General Gamal Shoker, chief of Assuit Security Directorate said. (Egypt-Car Accident)
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ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he would not call the United States "a civilized country" after detention warrants were issued for his bodyguards over a brawl during his visit in May.
"If America issues detention warrants for my 13 bodyguards in a country where I went upon invitation, sorry but I cannot call this country civilized," Erdogan said at a forum in Istanbul. (Turkey-U.S.-Row)
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TEHRAN -- A senior Iranian army commander on Saturday discouraged the European states from what he called "meddling" with Iran's missile program, semi-official Fars news agency reported.
"As the Islamic Republic of Iran has stated before, it does not accept to negotiate over its missile issues," Deputy Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri, said. (Iran-missile)
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CAIRO -- Egyptian Interior Ministry announced Saturday that 16 policemen were killed and another went missing in the Friday shootout with terrorists in the desert of Giza province.
The ministry said in a statement that 15 terrorists were either killed or injured in the armed clash, adding that 13 policemen and officers were also injured. (Egypt-Terror)
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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army recaptured al-Qaryatayn in the eastern countryside of Homs Province in central Syria on Saturday following battles with the Islamic State (IS), state news agency SANA reported.
The recapture of al-Qaryatayn came after the IS militants stormed the town earlier this month for the second time as part of a recent large-scale counter-offensive in the Syrian desert. (Syria-IS) Enditem
