Arab world

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  • Iraqi PM heads for Kuwait

    Date: 2014-12-21 09:01:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1579757

    BAGHDAD, Dec 21 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi left for Kuwait on Sunday for talks on boosting bilateral cooperation. He is accompanied by a number of ministers. (MENA) SR/DA ....

  • Qatar welcomes Saudi initiative to mend ties with Egypt

    Date: 2014-12-20 23:05:48 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:1578713

    DOHA, Dec 20 (MENA) - Qatar on Saturday welcomed the initiative of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to consolidate the relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt "The State of Qatar, which attaches great importance to the leading role of Egypt in ....

  • El-Araby discusses with Erekat to Palestinian updates

    Date: 2014-12-20 22:20:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:1578529

    CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el-Araby met Saturday evening Member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Saeb Erekat. The meeting dealt with the Palestinian latest developments ....

  • Palestinian officials warns of Israeli plot to give access to settlers into Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2014-12-20 20:53:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:1578333

    RAMALLAH, Dec 20 (MENA) - Deputy Head of Al-Quds Guards Authority Khaled Al-Husseini on Saturday warned of Israeli scheme to systematically allow Israeli settlers into Al-Aqsa mosque on daily basis. Israel tries to ease measures imposed on ....

  • Saudi Arabia says keen on restoring Egypt-Qatar relations

    Date: 2014-12-20 19:36:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:1578165

    RIYADH, Dec 20 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia stressed Saturday its keenness that Egypt and Qatar would open a new chapter of bilateral relations. In a statement issued by the Saudi royal court today, the kingdom said that King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz was ....

  • Lebanon PM lauds UN resolution on oil spill damages

    Date: 2014-12-20 19:17:11 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:1578177

    BEIRUT, Dec 20 (MENA) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Tamam Salam congratulated the Lebanese on a UN adopted resolution to compel Israel to compensate Lebanon for an oil spill's damages during its attack in July 2006. "It as a political and diplomatic ....

  • Hanniyeh asks Egypt to interfere with Israel to abide by ceasefire

    Date: 2014-12-20 16:54:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1577381

    GAZA CITY, Dec 20 (MENA) - Deputy Chairman of Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has asked Egypt to interfere with Israel to abide by the ceasefire agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis under Egyptian sponsorship. In press statements ....

  • Gunmen storm Swiss amb. house in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-12-20 14:43:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1576437

    TRIPOLI, Dec 20 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen have stormed the residence of the Switzerland ambassador in the Libyan capital Tripoli. "A number of gunmen stormed the residence of Swiss Ambassador to Libya Irvine Hoover in Tripoli," a security ....

  • Arab Gymnastics Championship nixed for 2014

    Date: 2014-12-20 14:39:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1576077

    CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Egypt Gymnastics Federation has decided to cancel the Arab Gymnastics Championship, which was scheduled to be held in Sharm el Sheikh City Dec 24-28 after the withdrawal of Morocco and Tunisia. Head of the federation Abdel ....

  • Daesh cuts off water supply to 150, 000 Iraqi people

    Date: 2014-12-20 13:29:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:1575793

    BAGHDAD, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Daesh militant group has cut off the flow of a major river in eastern Baqubah province, Iraq. Daesh has blocked a river that provides water supply to more than 150,000 people for the forth day in a row, MP representing ....

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