Arab world

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  • British envoy to Libya renews support to elected parliament

    Date: 2014-11-01 08:28:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1240517

    TRIPOLI, Nov 1 (MENA) - First Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Muhammad Shoaib received British envoy to Libya Jonathan Martin. In press statements on Saturday, Shoaib said that the British envoy affirmed his country's keenness to ....

  • Nida Tunis party chief says not to withdraw from presidential race

    Date: 2014-11-01 08:12:45 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1240313

    TUNIS, Nov 1 (MENA) - Presidential runner and leader of Nida Tunis Party, which won landmark parliamentary elections, Al-Baji Gayed el-Sabsi affirmed that he will not withdraw from the presidential race, which will be held on November 23. The ....

  • 13 killed in armed clashes in Libyan town

    Date: 2014-11-01 07:35:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1240149

    TRIPOLI, Nov 1 (MENA) – Thirteen people were killed in Kikla town, southwest of Tripoli, during armed clashes between the Libyan army and Libya Dawn, a movement led by rebels from Misrata. Doctors are facing difficulties in transferring the ....

  • Special envoys to Libya welcome UN mediatory efforts

    Date: 2014-11-01 07:18:00 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1239925

    PARIS, Nov 1 (MENA) - Special envoys to Libya expressed their full support for the mediation led by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Libya Bernardino León aimed at resuming a dialogue to allow the ....

  • Booby trapped rocket, 5 explosives found in Lebanon's Tripoli

    Date: 2014-10-31 18:42:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:1239109

    BEIRUT, Oct 31 (MENA) - A Lebanese army unit on Friday afternoon discovered 107 mm booby-trapped rocket and five explosive devices during its inspection patrol in the locality of the vegetable market in the city of Tripoli, the state's NNA reported. ....

  • Campaigning for Tunisia’s presidential polls to kick off Saturday

    Date: 2014-10-31 17:49:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1238789

    TUNIS, Oct 31 (MENA) - Campaigning for Tunisia’s presidential election slated for Nov. 23 will kick off on Saturday. Some 27 candidates are running in the polls, including Interim President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, Nidaa Tunis- the parliamentary ....

  • Yemen's Shiite rebels give president ultimatum

    Date: 2014-10-31 16:54:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:1238685

    SANAA, Oct 31 (MENA) - Yemen's Shiite rebels, who are in control of the capital, gave the president 10 days starting Friday to form a government, hinting at a takeover attempt if their demands are not met, The Daily Star reported. The Shiite ....

  • Five Libyans injured in missile attack

    Date: 2014-10-31 16:33:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:1238621

    TRIPOLI, Oct 31 (MENA) - Five Libyan people were injured Friday after a missile fell on their car in the Libyan city of Benghazi. They were transferred to hospital for treatment. They are in a good health condition, a Libyan medical source told ....

  • Libyan soldier killed in suicide attack

    Date: 2014-10-31 15:56:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:1238325

    TRIPOLI, Oct 31 (MENA) – A Libyan soldier was killed Friday in a suicide bombing in the restive eastern town of al-Bayda. A suicide bomber attacked a Libyan army outpost, leaving the soldier, who was guarding the gate, dead, said a security ....

  • Sudan movement calls for reviewing UNAMID mandate after UN report on Darfur

    Date: 2014-10-31 15:30:26 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1238169

    KHARTOUM, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) called Friday for reviewing the UNAMID mandate after a "disappointing" UN fact-finding report on allegations that the UN mission had covered up crimes committed by regime troops against ....

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