Arab world

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  • Royal Court: Saudi King undergoes medical chekups in Riyadh

    Date: 2014-12-31 10:03:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1647769

    RIYADH, Dec 31 (MENA) – Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz carried out some medical check-ups at King Abdulaziz Medical City of National Guard here on Wednesday. A statement to this effect was released by the Saudi Royal Court. (MENA) MR/RG ....

  • Blast hits Ain Helwa camp in South Lebanon

    Date: 2014-12-31 05:50:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1646177

    BEIRUT, Dec 3 (MENA) - A blast took place at Ain Helwa camp of Palestinian refugees in South Lebanon late on Tuesday but no casualties were reported. The blast took place when a dynamite was thrown near a Fatah barricade. (MENA) SR/MH ....

  • EU warns sanctions against violence inciters in Libya

    Date: 2014-12-30 20:37:00 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:1645181

    TRIPOLI, Dec 30 (MENA) - High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini warned on Tuesday that the EU was ready to impose sanctions on parties inciting violence in Libya. In a statement, the EU ....

  • Car bomb wounds 19 in Libya's Tobruk

    Date: 2014-12-30 19:24:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1645145

    TRIPOLI, Dec 30 (MENA) - A car bombing wounded on Tuesday more than 19 people in the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk. The blast took place near Dar Es Salam hotel which hosts the Libyan House of Representatives in central Tobruk. Medics said that ....

  • Jewish extremist vandalizes Quds church

    Date: 2014-12-30 15:22:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1643921

    RAMALLAH, Dec 30 (MENA) - A Jewish extremist on Tuesday vandalized a cross at the Dormition Abbey church in East Jerusalem (al Quds), where Christian tradition says the Virgin Mary died, ABC News reported. The 21-year-old jumped over a fence into ....

  • Egypt condemns terror blast in Libya's Tobruk

    Date: 2014-12-30 14:34:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:1643513

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned a terror blast that targeted Libya's House of Representatives HQs in Tobruk. The ministry said, in a statement, the criminal incident reflected extremist groups' desire to ....

  • 9 Yazidi mass graves found in Iraq

    Date: 2014-12-30 14:30:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:1643273

    BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (MENA) - Nine mass graves of Kurds Yazidis were found in Sinjar city, northern Iraq. The graves contain the remains of hundreds of Yazidis killed by Daesh militants, according to General Manager of the Yazidi Endowment Affairs in ....

  • Libyan official points to violations targeting cultural heritage

    Date: 2014-12-30 14:03:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1642953

    TRIPOLI, Dec 30 (MENA) - Ahmed Ali Abdel Jalil, the chairman of the Libyan archaeological authority, has pointed to numerous security violations that targeted the country's cultural heritage. A ministry of antiquities is yet to be established in ....

  • Lebanese clergyman probes with Egyptian amb. co-existence between Muslims, Christians

    Date: 2014-12-30 13:59:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1642945

    BEIRUT, Dec 30 (MENA) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Raei received on Tuesday Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohamed Bad el Din Zayed who greeted the clergyman on the Christmas. The two sides stressed the importance of Islamic-Christian ....

  • Foreign ministry urges Egyptians in Libyan to stay away from hot spots

    Date: 2014-12-30 13:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:1642309

    CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati has urged Egyptian expats in Libya to stay away from hot spots. Egyptians living in the homeland were advised not to travel to Libya under the current circumstances, Abdel Aati ....

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