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  • Abul Gheit, Kuwaiti emir discuss regional developments

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:29:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:7088470

    CAIRO, Nov 13 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah had a meeting on the latest regional developments. In statements on Monday, AL Chief Spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said the ....

  • Quake claims 535 casualties in Iraq

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:28:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7088532

    BAGHDAD, Nov 13 (MENA) - The 7.3-magnitude quake that struck near the border between Iran and Iraq left seven people dead and 528 others wounded in Iraqi governorates. Some 321 injury cases were reported in Kurdistan region alone. No deaths ....

  • Sudanese president heads for Uganda

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:44:54 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7088416

    KHARTOUM, Nov 13 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir left for Uganda on Monday on a two-day visit at the invitation of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Bashir was seen off at the airport by Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh and other ....

  • 7 killed, 321 injured in Iraq's earthquake - Interior ministry

    Date: 2017-11-13 09:39:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7088216

    BAGHDAD, Nov 13 (MENA) - Iraq's Interior Ministry said seven people in the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region died and 321 people were injured as a result of the the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Iraq Sunday, ABC news ....

  • Arab coalition to reopen Yemen airports, seaports

    Date: 2017-11-13 08:20:06 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7088082

    NEW YORK, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Saudi mission to the United Nations said that the Arab coalition will reopen all ports in areas that are under the control of Yemen's internationally recognized government within 24 hours, Sky News reported ....

  • Yemeni forces foil attack by Houthis in northern, eastern Taiz

    Date: 2017-11-13 06:18:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7088044

    ADEN, Nov 13 (MENA) - Yemeni army forces thwarted an attack by Houthis and pro-Saleh militias on northern and eastern Taiz province, Yemeni military sources said Monday. The army forces attacked militias' positions in Hifan directorate in ....

  • UK foreign secretary backs Lebanon sovereignty

    Date: 2017-11-12 22:34:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:7087972

    BEIRUT, Nov 12 (MENA) - Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reiterated the United Kingdom's support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence, the Daily Star reported. After speaking on the phone with Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Sunday, ....

  • Syria dismisses int’l coalition attacks as aimed at derailing army’s victories

    Date: 2017-11-12 22:29:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:7087621

    DAMASCUS, Nov 12 (MENA) - Syria expressed its strong condemnation of the war crimes committed by the international US-led coalition against innocent civilians in the country, Syria's SANA news agency reported on Sunday. In a letter to the UN ....

  • 3 bombs dismantled in Iraq

    Date: 2017-11-12 22:24:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:7087620

    BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (MENA) - Three bombs have been remotely dismantled south of Baqubah, the capital of Iraq's Diyala governorate, Commander of Tigris Operations Mazhar al-Azzawi said on Sunday. Speaking to Alsumaria TV network, Azzawi said the ....

  • Hariri says resignation 'for Lebanon sake' 2 last Riyadh

    Date: 2017-11-12 22:22:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:7087839

    The resigned Lebanese prime minister said he is free and will return to Lebanon very soon. "I have resigned. I am going to Lebanon very soon and I will resign in the constitutional manner," Hariri told Future TV from Riyadh. "My resignation ....

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