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  • Two explosive charges, howitzer shell defused in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-06-12 15:56:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:2784013

    TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) – Sappers in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday defused two explosive charges and a howitzer shell on al Hawari road. Acting on a tip-off, sappers rushed to the scene and managed to defuse the explosives, said a ....

  • 3 army soldiers killed in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-06-12 14:43:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:2783545

    TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) – Three soldiers of the Libyan army have been killed and 10 others injured in Benghazi amid fierce clashes with the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries. Medical sources in Benghazi's Galaa Hospital told MENA Friday ....

  • UN envoy to meet Yemen's warring sides separately at peace talks

    Date: 2015-06-12 14:25:04 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:2783541

    GENEVA, June 12 (MENA) – The United Nations special envoy to Yemen will hold separate "proximity" peace talks with both sides in Geneva on Sunday with the hope of bringing the warring parties to the same table eventually, a UN spokesman said on ....

  • 14 Iraqis killed, injured in two blasts in Baghdad

    Date: 2015-06-12 12:09:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:2782441

    BAGHDAD, June 12 (MENA) - Three Iraqis, including one soldier, were killed and 11 others injured in two separate incidents in southern Baghdad. Two roadside bombs went off in al Mada'en area, leaving a solider dead and six others, including ....

  • Essebsi, Moroccan PM probe joint coop.

    Date: 2015-06-12 12:01:15 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:2782433

    TUNIS, June 12 (MENA) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi discussed Friday with Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, who is currently visiting Tunisia, means of promoting joint cooperation. Essebsi underlined that Tunisian-Moroccan ....

  • Social demands of Tunisians legitimate but untimely - Essebsi

    Date: 2015-06-12 11:46:07 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:2782317

    TUNIS, June 12 (MENA) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has underlined that social demands of his people are legitimate but not timely. Those demands are emerging in such a critical time of Tunisia's history, Essebsi said. The president was ....

  • Preparatory meetings of AP session kick off in Cairo

    Date: 2015-06-12 11:34:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2781761

    CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – The preparatory meetings of the sixth session of the Arab parliament (AP) kicked off here at the headquarters of the Arab League (AL) general secretariat on Friday. The AP's foreign and political affairs committee will ....

  • Arab coalition jets hit sites in Sanaa

    Date: 2015-06-12 11:25:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2782333

    SANAA, June 12 (MENA) - Arab coalition warplanes shelled early on Friday several sites that are controlled by the Houthi group and forces loyal to ousted president Ali Saleh in the Yemeni capital Sanaa after two days of hiatus. The sound of ....

  • Foreign direct investments in Tunisia up by 83% in April - PM

    Date: 2015-06-12 11:11:47 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:2782217

    TUNIS, June 12 (MENA) - The foreign direct investments in Tunisia went up by 83% to reach 771 million dinars in late April, if compared to the same period last year, said Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid. In his speech during the fifth ....

  • Egypt urges responding to legitimate government in Libya

    Date: 2015-06-12 10:10:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2781821

    JOHANNESBURG, June 12 (MENA) – Egypt has called on the international community to respond to the demands of the legitimate government in Libya, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who led Egypt's delegation to the fourth meeting of the ....

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