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Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Date: 2017-09-14 22:08:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:6991570
TRIPOLI, Sept 14 (MENA) - The Security Council decided unanimously Thursday to extend the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 September 2018 as an integrated special political mission, the UN said on its ....
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10 killed in attack on village southwestern Sudan
Date: 2017-09-14 18:57:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6991421
KHARTOUM, Sept 14 (MENA) - At least 10 people were killed and 11 others wounded on Thursday in an attack by armed group on Tempasi village 100 km south the capital of state of south Darfur Nyala, in southwest of Sudan. An armed group attacked the ....
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UAE offers $10mn emergency assistance to Hurricane Irma victims in Caribbean states
Date: 2017-09-14 18:29:03 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6991424
ABU DHABI, Sept 14 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has provided an emergency assistance worth AED36.7 million (US$10 million) to aid those affected by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean states. Ordered by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin ....
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Fierce clashes erupt between Syrian forces, Daesh militants in Deir ez-Zor: SOHR
Date: 2017-09-14 17:40:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:6991264
LONDON, Sept 14 (MENA) - Fierce clashes broke out between the Syrian forces and elements of Daesh terrorist group in Deir ez-Zor city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday. The clashes were concentrated in the ....
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Tunisian court annuls ruling on imprisoning former minister
Date: 2017-09-14 16:47:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:6991265
TUNIS, Sept 14 (MENA) - A Tunisian court of first instance accepted the challenge on the ruling issued against resigned Tunisian minister of investment, development and international cooperation Mohammed Fadel Abdel Kafi, spokesman for the court ....
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Iraq Airways resumes flights to Moscow
Date: 2017-09-14 15:40:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:6991069
BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (MENA)- The Russian Embassy in Iraq announced that Iraq Airways will recommence regular flights between Baghdad and Moscow after being suspended for 13 years. The first Iraqi Airlines flight will leave for Moscow on Sunday, ....
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Kazakhstan may send peacekeepers to Syria if such decision made by UN
Date: 2017-09-14 15:23:14 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:6991080
MOSCOW, Sept 14 (MENA) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Thursday that Kazakhstan may send peacekeepers to Syria if such decision would be made by the United Nations, Sputnik news agency reported. "If the UN decides to send such forces ....
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Tunisia annuls laws prohibiting marriage to non-Muslim men
Date: 2017-09-14 15:22:16 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:6990949
TUNISIA, Sept 14 (MENA)- Tunisian Presidency Spokeswoman Saida Guarrach said that the laws governing the marriage of Tunisian women to non-Muslims have been annulled. The 1973 decree and laws prohibiting the marriage of Tunisian women to a ....
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12 Daesh militants killed in western Mosul
Date: 2017-09-14 15:05:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:6991079
BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (MENA) - As many as 12 suicide bombers affiliated to Daesh terrorist group were killed during an armed clash in Al Qayrawan in western Mosul in Iraq, the Iraqi mobilization forces said in a statement, Iraqi news agency reported ....
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Death toll of twin terrorist attacks in Iraq reaches 60 people
Date: 2017-09-14 14:45:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:6991071
BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi authorities announced Thursday that the death toll of twin terrorist attacks reached 60 people, while 80 others were wounded, Saudi-funded Al Arabiya TV news channel reported. The twin attacks which took place ....