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AL chief arrives in Kuwait

Date: 2014-10-18 22:06:30 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:1151893

KUWIAT CITY, Oct 18 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi arrived in Kuwait Saturday to join the Arab ministerial delegation heading on Sunday for Baghdad to hold talks on the current situation in Iraq. The delegation, which ....

2 die of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2014-10-18 21:27:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:1151809

RIYADH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Saudi health ministry said Saturday two died of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) or coronavirus. The number of infections rose to 766 people, including 326 deaths. The deaths were reported in Taif, ....

Tutankhamun exhibition held in Morocco

Date: 2014-10-18 21:02:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1151733

RABAT, Oct 18 (MENA) – The Egyptian Embassy and Culture Center in Morocco inaugurated on Saturday the archaeological exhibition of Tutankhamun in the Moroccan city of Guercif. The exhibition is organized in partnership with the Moroccan Culture ....

East Darfur authorities free 4 kidnapped citizens

Date: 2014-10-18 20:54:57 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:1151697

KHARTOUM, Oct 18 (MENA) - East Darfur authorities said Saturday they managed to liberate 4 citizens who were kidnapped by armed gangs. Province spokesman Ibrahim Eissa Albequaoui said Sudanese armed forces were able to restore four abducted ....

32 killed in Yemen clashes

Date: 2014-10-18 20:16:38 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:1151585

SANAA, Oct 18 (MENA) – As many as 32 people were killed in clashes that erupted as of Friday between Houthi militants and the peoples' committees at the Yemeni southwestern province of Ibb. Some 44 others were injured in the clashes, said ....

Abbas says to move internationally on Aqsa Mosque attack

Date: 2014-10-18 19:24:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:1151577

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) – President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that the Palestinian leadership will take necessary measures at the international level concerning the storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers. Abbas was speaking at the ....

Yemen's president, Qatari emir discuss ties over phone

Date: 2014-10-18 17:47:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1150981

SANAA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hady had a telephone conversation with Qatari Amir Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Saturday. They discussed ways to promote bilateral relations as well as the latest developments in ....

Lebanon minister vows truth about senior officer assassination

Date: 2014-10-18 17:19:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:1150777

BEIRUT, Oct 18 (MENA) - Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Saturday said authorities are about to unveil the truth in the case of the 2012 assassination of commander of the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau Wissam al-Hassan, ....

Firefighters put in fire at hotel in Mecca

Date: 2014-10-18 15:54:49 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1149833

MECCA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Saudi civil defense teams contained a huge fire that erupted Saturday at a hotel in El Azizya neighborhood in the holy city of Mecca. According to a civil defense spokesman, the blaze broke out in the kitchen of the hotel, ....

Fattah backs UN Security Council bid on occupation

Date: 2014-10-18 15:53:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1149821

RAMALLAH, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Fattah Movement Central Committee held a meeting on Saturday under Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the premises of the Palestinian presidency in Ramallah. The meeting took up the latest political conditions as ....