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WHO: Yemen 'worst Cholera outbreak in the world'
Date: 2017-07-21 20:20:09 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:6909326
NEW YORK, July 21 (MENA) – The ongoing cholera crisis in Yemen is one of the worst outbreaks in the world and is expected to get far worse, with the World Health Organization warning that the rainy season will increase the pace of transmission, the ....
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UN official: 'Less fighting' in Darfur led to troops cut
Date: 2017-07-21 19:12:15 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6909298
KHARTOUM, July 21 (MENA) - UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said a reduction in fighting in Sudan's Darfur, where a brutal conflict has killed thousands, prompted the UN to downsize the number of ....
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Russia's top diplomat urges US to focus on UN-approved missions for Syria
Date: 2017-07-21 18:37:37 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:6909238
MOSCOW, July 21 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow is urging Washington and other foreign players to concentrate on missions for Syria approved by the UN Security Council, TASS news agency reported. "CIA Director ....
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Over 20 militants killed in Lebanon's Arsal clashes
Date: 2017-07-21 17:41:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6909122
BEIRUT, July 21 (MENA) - More than 20 Al Nusra Front terrorists were killed and others injured in fierce clashes with Syrian forces and Hizbollah elements in Lebanon's Jaroud Arsal mountainous border area, the Lebanese official news agency reported ....
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WHO: 368,000 suspected cholera cases in Yemen
Date: 2017-07-21 15:40:35 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:6908957
GENEVA, July 21 (MENA) - The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen have reached 368,000 with 1,828 deaths during the period from April 27 to July 19 2017, World Health Organization (WHO) spokeswoman Fadila al-Shayeb said in a press conference ....
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Palestinian killed by Israeli settler in Al-Quds
Date: 2017-07-21 12:44:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:6908760
RAMALLAH, July 21 (MENA) - A Palestinian was shot to death by an Israeli settler at Ras al Amud district near Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday. Meantime, dozens of Palestinians were wounded in different places in the West Bank and Al Quds after ....
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Iraqi vice president to visit Moscow Sunday
Date: 2017-07-21 11:58:40 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6908663
MOSCOW, July 21 (MENA) - An Iraqi delegation headed by Vice President Nouri al Maliki will visit Moscow on Sunday, said the Press Office of Russian Federation Council on Friday. Chairperson of the council Valentina Matviyenko will meet on Monday ....
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Lebanese army launches offensive against Nusra in Arsal
Date: 2017-07-21 10:54:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6908590
BEIRUT, July 21 (MENA) - The Lebanese army on Friday launched an offensive against al Nusra Front militants in the Lebanese town of Arsal. The offensive was launched through two axes and in many directions toward areas near the Syrian town of ....
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Yemeni forces kill dozens of Houthis in Hajjah, Taiz
Date: 2017-07-21 10:09:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:6908588
SANAA, July 21 (MENA) - Scores of Houthi militants and their allies were killed in the governorates of Hajjah and Taiz, northeastern Sanaa, a Yemeni source said on Friday. The Yemeni forces took control of new areas in western Taiz and managed to ....
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Jordanian, UAE FMs discuss tension at Al Aqsa
Date: 2017-07-21 08:35:42 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6908422
AMMAN, July 21 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Ayman al Safadi has discussed with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nuhayyan efforts made to end tension at Al Aqsa Mosque. In a phone conversation, the two ministers took up means of ....
