Arab world

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  • Shourki wraps up visit to Tunisia

    Date: 2017-12-18 13:20:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:7146672

    TUNIS, Dec 18 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here on Monday wrapping up a one-day visit to Tunisia where he participated in a tripartite ministerial meeting on the Libyan crisis comprising Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria. Shoukri ....

  • British ambassador in Cairo saddened by killing of Diplomat in Beirut

    Date: 2017-12-18 12:17:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:7146488

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - British ambassador in Cairo John Casson has expressed deep sorrow over the killing of a diplomat at the British embassy in Beirut. In a Tweet Monday, he said "So so shocked and sad at the loss of our colleague Becky Dykes ....

  • Saudi king in talks with CIA director over regional developments

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:50:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:7146414

    RIYADH, Dec 18 (MENA) - King Salman ben Abdel Aziz met on Monday with director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mike Pompeo for talks on regional developments. Talks also covered boosting bilateral cooperation, according to the Saudi ....

  • Iraq urges int'l community to render successful Kuwait conference for reconstruction of Iraq

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:49:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7146413

    BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (MENA) - The general secretariat of the Iraqi cabinet held Monday an expanded meeting with the representatives of embassies and international organizations working in Iraq to urge their countries to render successful the Kuwait ....

  • Armed attack on security forces in Kirkuk

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:18:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:7146276

    BAGHDAD, Dec 18 (MENA) - An armed group attacked on Monday security forces in central Kirkuk and threw hand grenades at them. Unidentified gunmen riding a cab threw hand grenades at a police patrol in Kirkuk, Iraqi News Agency quoted a military ....

  • OIC condemns terror attack on Quetta church

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:03:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7146312

    RIYADH, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) on Monday condemned a suicide bombing at a church in the Pakistani southwestern city of Quetta. In a statement released on Monday by the Saudi Press Agency, OIC Secretary General ....

  • AL: Arabic language expresses identity of nation, its development national duty

    Date: 2017-12-18 10:32:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:7146110

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - Assistant Arab League Secretary General and Head of the Social Affairs Sector at the Arab League Ambassador Badr el Dine Alali asserted that the development of the Arabic language is a national duty as a tool expressing the ....

  • Third Arabic Language Forum kicks off at Arab League premises

    Date: 2017-12-18 08:53:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7146027

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Third Arabic Language Forum kicked off here on Monday with the participation of relevant regional and international organizations, non-governmental organizations as well as Azhar and the Arab Parliament. The agenda of ....

  • UAE decries Pakistan church attack

    Date: 2017-12-18 08:50:51 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7145973

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates condemned on Monday a terrorist attack that targeted on Sunday a church in Pakistan's Quetta, leaving several persons dead and injured, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. In a statement on ....

  • Saudi Arabia strongly condemns suicide bombing in church in Pakistan

    Date: 2017-12-18 08:27:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7145988

    RIYADH, Dec 18 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned a suicide bombing at a church in the Pakistani southwestern city of Quetta. An official source at the Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed on Monday condolences to the families of the ....

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