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Kuwaiti, Jordanian proposals for UNRWA deficit merged: Kuwaiti speaker

Date: 2018-10-14 10:21:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7620391

KUWAIT/GENEVA, Oct 14 (MENA) - Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim announced an agreement to merge the Kuwaiti and Jordanian proposals to treat the deficit in the budget of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees ....

Yemen army attacks Houthi sites in Saada

Date: 2018-10-14 07:56:46 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7620319

SANAA, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Yemeni national army has launched attacks on Houthi sites in Baqim district of Saada province, Al Arabiya television reported on Sunday. The offensive, backed by warplanes and artillery of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, ....

Iraq's Popular Mobilization removes Daesh military remnants

Date: 2018-10-14 07:55:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7620320

BAGHDAD, Oct 14 (MENA) - The operation command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces launched an operation on Sunday to remove military remnants left over by the terrorist Daesh group. In a statement on Sunday, the command said the operation ....

3.2-magnitude quake hits northeastern Erbil

Date: 2018-10-14 07:41:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7620325

BAGHDAD, Oct 14 (MENA) - A 3-2-magnitude quake hit northeastern Erbil on Sunday, Alsumariya news reported quoting the Iraqi Meteorological Organization And Seismology. No casualties or damage were reported. (MENA) S R E/M H E ....

Iraqi FM arrives in Damascus for talks on security conditions

Date: 2018-10-14 06:57:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7620247

BAGHDAD, Oct 14 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim el Jaafari arrived in Damascus Sunday on a two-day official visit for Syria to hold talks on the latest regional developments, Al Sumariya News reported. Iraqi Foreign Ministry Spokesman ....

Bahrain's FM meets US deputy secretary of state

Date: 2018-10-13 13:13:35 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:7619465

MANAMA, Oct 13 (MENA) - Bahrain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohamed al Khalifa met on Saturday with US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan and his accompanying delegation. The get-together took up a number of ....

Iraqi civilian killed in armed attack in northern Baghdad

Date: 2018-10-13 12:15:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7619442

BAGHDAD, Oct 13 (MENA) - An Iraqi civilian was killed in an armed attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, said a source in the Iraqi police on Saturday. Gunmen shot the civilian dead in al Shaab region in northern Baghdad, the Iraqi Al Sumaria News ....

Arab Parliament President to participate in IPU session in Geneva

Date: 2018-10-13 11:16:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7619276

CAIRO, Oct 13 (MENA) - President of the Arab Parliament Meshaal bin Fahm al Salami will participate in the 139th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), from 14 to 18 October in Geneva, Switzerland. The session will be held under the ....

Kuwait's parliament Speaker heads to Geneva for IPU conference

Date: 2018-10-13 10:57:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:7619171

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 13 (MENA) - Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali al-Ghanim headed a parliamentary delegation to the Swiss city of Geneva on Saturday to participate in the 139th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) scheduled for ....

Saudi interior minister slams ‘media lies’ on ‘orders to kill Khashoggi’

Date: 2018-10-13 10:30:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7619245

RIYADH, Oct 13 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz said on Saturday that the kingdom condemns and denounces false accusations circulated in some media over the disappearance of Saudi natioanl ....