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Kuwaiti Emir receives invitation to attend GCC summit

Date: 2014-11-18 13:27:04 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1357821

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 18 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received an invitation from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani to attend the 35th meeting of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), KUNA ....

Airstrikes hit Daesh position in Iraq

Date: 2014-11-18 13:19:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1357965

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (MENA)- Anti-Daesh airstrikes have destroyed a Daesh position in Mosul city, north of Baghdad, a provincial security source said on Tuesday. "The air raids targeted the police academy building in the city which was seized by Daesh ....

Algeria adds diplomacy to anti-terrorism arsenal - FT

Date: 2014-11-18 13:02:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:1357609

LONDON, Nov 18 (MENA) - The UK Financial Times on Tuesday said Mali conflict parts' talks showed an increasingly assertive Algeria's determination to use diplomatic levers, as well as warplanes, guns and tanks, to quell the rising number of threats ....

Kuwaiti FKuwaiti FM receives message from Ethiopian counterpart

Date: 2014-11-18 13:01:38 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1357949

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 18 (MENA) - Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Tuesday received a message from his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom. It dealt with boosting bilateral ties in all ....

Israel responsible for Jerusalem synagogue attack - Barghouti

Date: 2014-11-18 12:58:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1358041

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti has blamed Israel's government for an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday. "In this case, it is the Israeli government that provoked the ....

Kuwait, US discuss security situation in ME

Date: 2014-11-18 12:57:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:1357993

KUWAIT, Nov 18 (MENA) - Head of Kuwait's National Security Apparatus Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah met on Tuesday with Assistant to the US Secretary of Defense Thomas Atkin to discuss the security situation in the Middle East. The meeting tackled ways ....

Sudan to take part in CAMJ 30th session

Date: 2014-11-18 12:31:35 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:1357957

KHARTOUM, Nov 18 (MENA) - Sudan's Justice Minister Mohamed Bishara Dosa is scheduled to participate in the 30th session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice, which will be held Wednesday in the Saudi city of Jeddah. The 30th Arab ....

Maltese FM reports of Tripoli embassy closure

Date: 2014-11-18 11:54:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1357601

TRIPOLI, Nov 18 (MENA) - Malta’s foreign ministry on Tuesday has denied reports that ambassador to Libya Mannie Galea has been declared a persona non grata by the Islamist-led government of Tripoli, Malta Today reported. "Galea has been asked to ....

OAPP hails Saudi, UAE, Bahrain decision to return ambassadors to Doha

Date: 2014-11-18 11:37:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:1356497

CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Arab Peoples and Parliaments (OAPP) headed by Abdul-Aziz Abdullah has hailed the unanimous decision taken by leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)'s states to return the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, ....

5 Daesh terrorists killed in US-led airstrike in Iraq

Date: 2014-11-18 11:35:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:1357405

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (MENA) - Five militants of the terrorist Daesh group were killed in an air raid on Saladin province, north of Baghdad, a security source said on Tuesday. US-led airstrikes killed five Daesh terrorists, the source added. ....