Arab world

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  • Bahrain deplores inaccuracies in Amnesty International report

    Date: 2017-09-07 19:38:57 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6979834

    MANAMA, Sep 7 (MENA) - Bahrain has deplored the erroneous information and the inaccuracies that are not based on facts or evidence in the Amnesty International report which has steered away from the professionalism and objectivity required in such ....

  • One killed in blast in Baghdad

    Date: 2017-09-07 18:43:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:6979735

    BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (MENA) – A man was killed after an explosive devise attached to a vehicle went off in southern Baghdad on Thursday. The security forces sealed off the blast scene, a police source said. In the meantime, a security source said a car ....

  • Putin to meet with Lebanon’s PM — Kremlin

    Date: 2017-09-07 16:11:25 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6979461

    MOSCOW, Sept 7 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold a meeting with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in the coming days, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Thursday. "The meeting is planned for the coming ....

  • Tunisian defense min. says no US military base in his country

    Date: 2017-09-07 16:06:44 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6979380

    TUNIS, Sept 7 (MENA) – Tunisian Minister of Defense Farhat Horchani asserted on Thursday that there is no US military base in Tunisia. In statements after the official launching of electronic surveillance systems project at the southeastern ....

  • Daesh executes 12 civilians in Iraq

    Date: 2017-09-07 16:04:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:6979543

    BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (MENA) - Terrorist Daesh group executed Thursday 12 residents of Hawija town in southwest Kirkuk province in Iraq, a local source in Kirkuk told Iraqi Al Sumaria TV news channel. The source explained that Daesh carried out mass ....

  • Bashir to head for Kazakhstan to participate in OIC First Science and Technology Summit

    Date: 2017-09-07 15:50:07 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:6979375

    KHARTOUM, Sept 7 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on Sunday will head for the Republic of Kazakhstan leading a high-level delegation to take part in the OIC First ever Science and Technology Summit. The summit is set to be held on Sept ....

  • Egypt's higher education minister to attend OIC technology summit in Astana

    Date: 2017-09-07 15:01:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6979248

    CAIRO, Sept 7 (MENA)- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar will attend the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) two-day summit for science and technology on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sept ....

  • Haftar apologizes for participating in African Summit over Libyan crisis in Brazzaville

    Date: 2017-09-07 14:00:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:6979067

    BENGHAZI, Sept 7 (MENA) – Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar officially apologized for participating in the African Summit on the Libyan crisis on Saturday in Brazzaville, Khalifa Al Obeidi, director of the Press Office of the Libyan General ....

  • WFP provides food for 700,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon

    Date: 2017-09-07 13:32:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:6979247

    BEIRUT, Sept 7 (MENA) - Regional Communications Officer for UN's World Food Programme (WFP) Dina El Kassaby said Thursday that the WFP in cooperation with its partners in the Lebanese capital Beirut have provided aide for nearly 700,000 Syrian ....

  • Food, medical convoy arrives in Syria’s Deir Ezzor city

    Date: 2017-09-07 12:43:03 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6978966

    DAMASCUS, Sept 7 (MENA) - A 28-truck convoy carrying food and medical supplies and requirements for the educational process arrived in Deir Ezzor city on Thursday after the Syrian Arab Army broke the three-year siege imposed on the city by the ....

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