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  • Kuwaiti defense min. meets UK official

    Date: 2014-10-23 16:57:11 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:1185833

    KUWAIT CITY, Oct 23 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled al-Jarrah al-Sabah met Sunday with Richard Paniguian, Head of the UK Trade and Investment's Defense and Security Organization (UKTIDSO). The meeting ....

  • Daesh earns $1 million from oil sales

    Date: 2014-10-23 16:46:05 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1185757

    WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (MENA) - David Cohen, the Treasury Department's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said Daesh earns about $1 million each day in oil sales. "The group has netted approximately $20 million in ransom ....

  • Algeria pres. meets Egypt FM

    Date: 2014-10-23 15:30:00 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1185453

    ALGIERS, Oct 23 (MENA) - Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has met visiting Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri. The minister handed over a letter form President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Shokri has also met his Algerian counterpart ....

  • 18 terrorists killed in Iraq air strike

    Date: 2014-10-23 15:14:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:1185033

    BAGHDAD, Oct 23 (MENA) - As many as 18 terrorists, who belong to Daesh, were killed in an air strike launched by the Iraqi army in Beji district, Salah Eldin province. The Iraqi aircraft bombarded the hotbeds of Daesh in Beji located northern ....

  • Wafd party leader underlines close ties bet. Egypt, Sudan

    Date: 2014-10-23 14:23:50 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1184697

    KHARTOUM, Oct 23 (MENA) - El-Wafd party leader el-Sayed el-Badawi has affirmed the close ties binding Egypt and Sudan. He also said that the recent visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to Egypt was successful. In statements on the ....

  • Sisi greets expats in Saudi Arabia on new Hijri year

    Date: 2014-10-23 14:17:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1184741

    RIYADH, Oct 23 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has greeted the Egyptian expatriates in Saudi Arabia on the New Hijri year. In his cable, the president wished the Egyptians around the world happiness and more prosperity. (MENA) AF/AI ....

  • Egypt, Algeria FMs in talks

    Date: 2014-10-23 14:09:56 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:1184961

    ِALGIERS, Oct 23 (MENA) - Algeria's Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has met his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukri who is currently visiting Algiers. The two ministers will hold a press conference after the talks while Shoukri will head to the ....

  • Kabaa key keeper dies

    Date: 2014-10-23 14:02:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1184505

    MECCA, Oct 23 (MENA) – The keeper of the Holy Kaaba’s key Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Shaibi has passed away at the age of 74 after a five-month battle with liver cancer, Saudi "Al-Eqtisadiah" newspaper reported. Sheikh Abdul Qadir has been the key ....

  • MWL chief meets Chinese Hajj mission

    Date: 2014-10-23 13:59:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:1184705

    MECCA, Oct 23 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Muslim World League Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen al-Turki met Thursday with vice-president of the China Islamic Association and head of the Chinese Hajj mission Mustafa Yang Zhibo to discuss means to ....

  • Yemen denies reports on putting minister under house arrest

    Date: 2014-10-23 13:29:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1184049

    SANAA, Oct 23 (MENA) - Yemeni Interior Ministry dismissed reports that Houthis put Interior Minister Abdo Hussein under house arrest. The ministry called on the media outlets to be more precise and objective in dealing with the news. ....

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