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Oman denounces London terror attack
Date: 2017-09-16 10:40:36 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6993360
MUSCAT, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a Tube train in south-west London during Friday's morning rush hour, injuring 29 people. In a Saturday statement reported by the ....
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AL chief heads for NY to attend UN General Assembly meetings
Date: 2017-09-16 09:48:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6993313
CAIRO, Sept 16 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit headed for New York Saturday to attend the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. In New York, Abul Gheit is scheduled to meet with leaders and foreign ministers of major ....
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3 wounded in a bomb blast in northern Baghdad
Date: 2017-09-16 09:25:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6993220
BAGHDAD, Sept 16 (MENA) - Three people were wounded when a bomb blast hit an area in northern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said on Saturday. The explosive device was placed on the side of a road near a popular market in Taji district, northern ....
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Iraqi army launches operation to liberate Okashat area from Daesh
Date: 2017-09-16 07:25:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6993093
BAGHDAD, Sept 16 (MENA) - An Iraqi military source said Saturday that an operation has been launched to liberate Okashat district of Anbar from Daesh militants. The operation started early Saturday with the participation of Anbar police and ....
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4 children killed in attack by Houthi militias in Taiz
Date: 2017-09-16 06:55:24 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6993063
SANAA, Sept 16 (MENA) - At least four children have been killed and 10 others wounded in a missile attack by Houthi militias in Hawd al Ashraf district of Taiz. The injured children were moved to hospital, Al Arabiya channel quoted medical ....
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Saudi king condemns London terror blast
Date: 2017-09-15 22:48:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:6993010
RIYADH, Sept 15 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud sent a cable to UK Prime Minister Theresa May, following Friday's terrorist attack in London. In his cable, the King said: "We have learned the news of the terrorist act that took ....
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Lebanon says arrested 19 Daesh cell members
Date: 2017-09-15 22:00:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:6993008
BEIRUT, Sept 15 (MENA) - Lebanon’s army said on Friday it had arrested 19 Islamist militants who were planning attacks in the country. The army intelligence "carried out several raids arresting 19 people linked to a cell" belonging to Daesh, the ....
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Lebanese security agency says expelled terrorists left overland
Date: 2017-09-15 21:47:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:6993004
BEIRUT, Sept 15 (MENA) - Lebanon's General Security said in a statement on Friday that all the terrorists who left Lebanon to Syria did so by land. "None of them took a plane through Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut," the agency was ....
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Kuwaiti Amir condemns London terror attack
Date: 2017-09-15 18:44:49 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:6992834
KUWAIT, Sept 15 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday expressed his condemnation of a terrorist attack on an underground train in southwest London, Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) reported. The denunciation was ....
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OPCW hails Iraq's efforts to clear, destroy chemical sites
Date: 2017-09-15 18:07:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6992737
BAGHDAD, Sept 15 (MENA) - The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hailed measures taken by Iraqi experts to clear chemical sites and destroy the remaining ones; in order to preserve the safety of the environment. A ....