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Libyan soldier killed, 4 injured in Benghazi

Date: 2014-11-07 22:45:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:1287573

TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (MENA) - A Libyan soldier was killed on Friday while four others were injured in clashes between the army and Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in Benghazi. According to a military source, the Shura council forces suffered ....

Moroccan authorities blocking human rights activities 'right and left' - HRW

Date: 2014-11-07 22:11:57 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:1287565

NEW YORK, Nov 7 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Moroccan authorities Friday to stop blocking the efforts of advocacy groups, a practice that has recently become commonplace in the country, RIA Novosti news agency reported. "Morocco was ....

Chinese ambassador in Amman hails Jordan role in Mideast

Date: 2014-11-07 22:07:56 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1287577

AMMAN, Nov 7 (MENA) – Chinese Ambassador in Amman Gao Yusheng said that Jordan's role in Middle East is essential because it is marked with wisdom and rationality towards all issues. He told Petra News Agency that the head of national committee of ....

Libya's premier receives Iranian envoy

Date: 2014-11-07 22:06:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:1287537

TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (MENA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani held a meeting on Friday with Iranian envoy to Libya Hossein Akbari. The meeting took up bilateral relations and cooperation in the ....

No power can force me to leave Yemen - Saleh

Date: 2014-11-07 21:50:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1287545

SANAA, Nov 7 (MENA) - Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday said he will die in Yemen as no power can force him to leave homeland. Saleh, who chairs the General People's Congress (GPC) party received supporters who marched to his ....

US delivers night vision goggles worth $1 million to Tunisia

Date: 2014-11-07 21:48:55 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:1287541

TUNIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - The National Defence Ministry received, Friday, a delivery of military equipment from the United States of America, consisting in a cargo of night vision goggles. US Ambassador to Tunisia Jacob Walles said the cargo was ....

Dozens of Palestinians injured in Quds clashes

Date: 2014-11-07 20:51:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:1287321

RAMALLAH, Nov 7 (MENA) - Dozens of residents were injured in clashes erupted on Friday with occupation forces in different parts of occupied Al Quds. Some 37 Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated bullets, while 150 others suffocated by ....

Obama sends 1,500 troops to Iraq

Date: 2014-11-07 20:41:41 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:1287445

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama is sending up 1,500 more soldiers to Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces to fight Daesh, bringing the total number of American troops there to 2,900, CNN reported on Friday. The White House ....

Kuwaiti Emir back home after visiting UAE, Qatar, Bahrain

Date: 2014-11-07 20:34:48 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:1287429

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 7 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and an official delegation accompanying him returned home on Friday following brotherly visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Bahrain, KUNA ....

Tunisia urges nationals not to travel to Burkina Faso

Date: 2014-11-07 20:08:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:1287209

TUNIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - The Tunisian Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday called on citizens not to travel to Burkina Faso until the security situation stabilizes there. In a statement, the ministry also called on all Tunisians living there to ....