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Ruling to imprison, strip nationality of 24 persons in Bahrain

Date: 2018-04-19 15:50:37 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:7359185

MANAMA, April 19 (MENA) - A Bahraini court issued a verdict on Thursday to imprison and strip nationality of 24 Bahraini citizen for forming a terrorist group. The defendants face also charges of attempts to kill Bahraini police personnel. ....

Minor quake jolts Kuwait following Iran's 5.6-magnitude tremor

Date: 2018-04-19 10:13:22 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7358288

KUWAIT CITY, April 19 (MENA) - Residents of several areas in Kuwait on Thursday morning felt a minor tremor lasting for 25 seconds. This minor earthquake came as an aftershock of an earthquake measuring 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit ....

Russian source warns about possible chemical provocations in Syria

Date: 2018-04-19 09:50:25 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7358370

MOSCOW, April 19 (MENA) - Further provocations with improvised chemical weapons are not excluded in Syria to justify a possible Jabhat al-Nusra-led offensive on government troops in the southern part of the country, a military diplomatic source ....

Arab coalition calls for moving UN office in Yemen to areas held by legitimate gov't

Date: 2018-04-19 09:41:16 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7358281

NEW YORK, April 19 (MENA) - The Arab coalition reiterated its call for the United Nations (UN) to transfer premises of its organizations in Yemen from the Houthi-held areas to sites under the legitimate Yemeni government's control. The Saudi ....

Libyan interim gov't: Suspects arrested in attempt murder of COS

Date: 2018-04-19 06:22:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7358069

AL-BAYDAA, April 19 (MENA) - Libyan interim government has announced arresting suspects of a failed assassination attempt on army's chief of staff Abdel-Razik Al-Nathouri, the Libyan News Agency announced quoting an official statement by the ....

Yemen's army shoots down Houthi drone in Hajjah

Date: 2018-04-18 22:40:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:7357966

ADEN, April 18 (MENA) – The Yemeni army announced on Wednesday that it had brought down a Houthi drone in the northern governorate of Hajjah. The aircraft was used by Houthi militants in spying on the sites of the Yemeni army in south of Midi ....

Libyan navy rescues 217 migrants from stranded boats

Date: 2018-04-18 22:13:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:7357934

TRIPOLI, April 18 (MENA) - Libya's navy says it has rescued 217 African migrants from two rubber boats that were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea, Fox News reported. A navy statement issued Wednesday says there were 85 women and 10 children ....

Libyan commander accuses terrorist groups of standing behind assassination attempt

Date: 2018-04-18 20:12:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:7357836

BENGHAZI, April 18 (MENA) - Chief of Staff of the Libyan army Abdarrazzaq al Nathuri has accused terrorist groups of standing behind the assassination attempt which he survived earlier in the day. In a phone call with a Libyan TV channel, Nathuri ....

Palestinian official urges Arab countries to prevent Guatemala from moving embassy to Jerusalem

Date: 2018-04-18 16:36:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:7357600

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - Palestinian Presidential Adviser for Foreign Affairs Nabil Shaath has called on Arab countries to intervene immediately and prevent Guatemala from moving its embassy to Jerusalem city. In statements to the Palestinian ....

Libyan army commander survives assassination attempt

Date: 2018-04-18 16:30:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:7357635

BENGHAZI, April 18 (MENA) - General Abdarrazzaq al-Nathuri, Chief of Staff of the Libyan eastern-based army, on Wednesday survived an assassination attempt in the eastern city of Benghazi, Xinhua quoted the Libyan army's information office as ....