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French minister for Europe, foreign affairs to visit Tunisia Sunday
Date: 2017-06-02 18:30:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6838547
TUNIS, June 2 (MENA) - French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected on Sunday in Tunis for a two-day visit, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui, TAP news agency reported on Friday. The visit ....
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Kuwait wins non-permanent member seat on UN Security Council
Date: 2017-06-02 18:21:21 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:6838536
KUWAIT CITY, New YORK, June 2 (MENA) - Kuwait was elected on Friday to serve as non-permanent member on the UN Security Council for two year term beginning in January 2018, KUNA News Agency reported. In one round of voting the UN General ....
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Int'l Coalition: 200,000 persons flee Syria's Raqqa city
Date: 2017-06-02 16:24:19 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:6838475
WASHINGTON, June 2 (MENA) - Nearly 200,000 civilians have fled Syria's Raqqa city as US-backed Syrian forces prepare for an assault to liberate the city from Daesh militants, Sky News reported. In statements on Friday, Spokesman for the ....
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'No proof at all'- Putin on alleged use of chemical weapons by Assad forces
Date: 2017-06-02 14:55:26 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:6838339
SAINT PETERSBURG, June 2 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said commenting on allegations of Syrian President Bashar Assad's army using chemical weapons in the Idlib province that "there is no proof at all," Sputnik reported. Asked, ....
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Jordan welcomes Trump's decision not to move embassy to Al Quds
Date: 2017-06-02 12:38:10 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:6838109
AMMAN, June 2 (MENA) - Jordan on Friday welcomed the US President Donald Trump's decision not to move the US Embassy to Al Quds and praised his commitment to working to reach a peace agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, Petra news ....
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21 killed, injured in blast in northern Yemen
Date: 2017-06-02 10:29:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6837916
ADEN, June 2 (MENA) – Six civilians were killed and 15 others injured in an explosive device blast in Yemen, Sky News reported on Friday. The homemade bomb was planted at a crowded popular market in Al Hazm city of Al Jawf governorate, Yemeni ....
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Russia, Saudi Arabia mull establishing joint fund to invest in energy sector
Date: 2017-06-02 09:03:31 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:6837746
MOSCOW, June 2 (MENA) – Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al Falih said on Friday that the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund mull establishing a joint fund to invest in energy sector. This came during a ....
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US-led airstrikes kill, injure 16 Daesh militants in Kirkuk
Date: 2017-06-02 08:58:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6837787
BAGHDAD, June 2 (MENA) - At least four Daesh terrorists were killed and 12 others injured in airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition warplanes in Kirkuk governorate, northern Iraq, an Iraqi security source said on Friday. Friday's strikes ....
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UAE delivers 50 tons of cholera medicine to Yemen
Date: 2017-06-02 08:32:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6837739
ADEN, June 2 (MENA) - A UAE cargo plane carrying 100 tons of cholera medicine is due to arrive in Yemen as part of efforts to help the country counter the spreading disease, UAE News Agency (WAM) reported. A 50 ton shipment of Cholera medicine ....
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Turkey plans to build walls along borders with Iraq, Iran
Date: 2017-06-02 06:38:15 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6837664
ANKARA, June 2 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country plans to build walls along its borders with Iraq and Iran, similar to the one currently being erected along the frontier with Syria, ABC news reported. Erdogan said ....
