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  • Knesset member: Lieberman wants to get rid of Arab parties,

    Date: 2014-12-03 16:54:49 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:1465653

    GAZA CITY, Dec 3 (MENA) - Member of the Israeli Knesset Ahmed Tibi said on Wednesday that "Lieberman, who raised the electoral threshold, wants to force the Arab parties out of the Knesset, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. This challenges us all to ....

  • UN panel probes Israeli attacks on Gaza institutions

    Date: 2014-12-03 16:34:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:1464833

    GAZA CITY, Dec 3 (MENA) - A UN inquiry committee started Wednesday probing the Israeli attacks on the world body's institutions during the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip last summer, a senior official said. Robert Turner, the UN ....

  • Iranian parl't speaker due in Pakistan Thursday

    Date: 2014-12-03 16:29:22 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1465345

    TEHRAN, Dec 3 (MENA) - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani is slated to pay a visit to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Thursday, Tasnim News Agency reported on Wednesday. He will hold talks with the country’s high-ranking officials on a ....

  • Egypt, Jordan trade volume hits USD900 m in 2014

    Date: 2014-12-03 15:20:10 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:1464237

    AMMAN, Dec 3 (MENA) - The total trade volume between Egypt and Jordan has recorded USD900 million in 2014 against USD850 million last year, said head of Egypt's trade office in Amman Mohamed Abdallah. Abdallah said that Egypt and Jordan share ....

  • Libya's Zuwarah port under air strikes for 2nd time in one day

    Date: 2014-12-03 14:17:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:1464049

    TRIPOLI, Dec 3 (MENA) – A warplane launched Wednesday the second air strike in a day on the western Libyan port of Zuwara leaving no damage. "No casualties were reported in the attack," said spokesman for the security operation room in the port ....

  • Yemeni president meets GCC official

    Date: 2014-12-03 13:04:04 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:1462861

    SANAA, Dec 3 (MENA) - Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi met on Wednesday with Envoy of the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to Yemen Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Qunaieer. They discussed ways of bolstering bilateral ....

  • Conference on Middle East weapons-free zone may be convened soon — Lavrov

    Date: 2014-12-03 13:00:40 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1463729

    KHARTOUM, Dec 3 (MENA) - A conference on creating the Middle East nuclear weapon free zone could be convened in the near future as signs of compromise are emerging, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the second session of Arab-Russian ....

  • Iraq denies woman detained in Lebanon is Daesh leader's wife

    Date: 2014-12-03 12:57:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1463105

    BAGHDAD, Dec 3 (MENA) - Iraq said a woman detained in Lebanon is not the wife of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Lebanese officials said on Tuesday that the army had picked up a woman named Saja al-Dulaimi after she tried to enter from Syria ....

  • Palestinian presidency hails French parl't recognition of Palestine

    Date: 2014-12-03 12:56:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:1458609

    RAMALLAH, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency hailed on Wednesday a vote by the French National Assembly to recognize the Palestinian state. In its statement, the presidency said this move will speed up the implementation of a two-state ....

  • Egyptian FM addresses Arab-Russian forum in Khartoum

    Date: 2014-12-03 12:37:01 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:1463309

    KHARTOUM, Dec 3 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday underlined the importance of the role that Russia could undertake in supporting fair causes within the framework of the principles and rule of international law and the ....

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