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AL chief arrives in Beirut
Date: 2017-05-15 22:44:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:6812839
BEIRUT, May 15 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday arrived here to take part in a conference of the Lebanese Army’s Strategic Studies Center. During the conference, Abul Gheit is expected to deliver a ....
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Time ripe for crucial decisions in Libya -- UN envoy
Date: 2017-05-15 22:37:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:6812803
TRIPOLI, May 15 (MENA) - UN Libya Envoy Martin Kobler said time is ripe for taking decisive crucial decisions to resolve the Libyan crisis. Addressing a meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui in Tunis, Kobler warned that the ....
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Cholera death toll in Yemen reaches at least 180, Red Cross says
Date: 2017-05-15 22:21:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:6812814
ADEN, May 15 (MENA) - Cholera has killed at least 180 people in Yemen in recent weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday. Dominik Stillhart of the ICRC told reporters in the port city of Aden that at least 180 ....
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Two blasts hit camp on Syria-Jordan border; casualties reported
Date: 2017-05-15 22:13:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:6812823
AMMAN, May 15 (MENA) - Two explosions hit a camp in Syria and a crossing on the border with Jordan, local media in Jordan reported on Monday. One of the blasts, caused by car bombs, occurred at Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp, said ....
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Saudi monarch hopes Arab-Islami-US summit'd establish a new partnership in confronting extremism, terrorism
Date: 2017-05-15 18:10:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:6812512
JEDDAH, May 15 (MENA) – Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud voiced hope the Arab-Islamic-US summit would “establish a new partnership in confronting extremism and terrorism, disseminating the values of tolerance and coexistence, and enhancing ....
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Sudanese FM to start official visit to Switzerland on Wednesday
Date: 2017-05-15 16:02:27 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:6812228
KHARTOUM, May 15 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour will start an official visit to Switzerland on Wednesday upon an invitation from his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter. In press statements on Monday, Ghandour said that he ....
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Tripoli University undersecretary released
Date: 2017-05-15 14:10:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6812232
TRIPOLI, May 15 (MENA) - Dr Saeed Maayuf, the undersecretary of Tripoli University who was kidnapped a couple of days ago, has been released, according to statements Monday by Hind Shubar, the adviser of services at the presidency council of the ....
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Bashir receives invitation to attend Riyadh's Arab-American summit
Date: 2017-05-15 13:50:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:6812100
KHARTOUM, May 15 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al Bashir received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to take part in the Arab-Islamic-American Summit, scheduled to be held in Riyadh on Sunday. US President Donald Trump is set ....
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Arab human rights committee convenes to discuss report of Qatar
Date: 2017-05-15 11:03:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:6811793
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Arab Human Rights Committee convened its 13th session on Monday at the Arab League's general secretariat to discuss its first periodical report submitted by Qatar to implement the provisions of Article 48 of the Arab Human ....
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Iraqi forces kill 173 Daesh elements in Mosul
Date: 2017-05-15 10:18:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:6811538
BAGHDAD, May 15 (MENA) - As many as 173 elements of Daesh were killed during incursions of the police forces in Mosul neighborhoods, Head of Iraqi police Raed Gawdat said. The police also detonated 40 booby-trapped cars, Alarabiya news channel ....