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Arab League conference honors Sisi for support of sustainable development

Date: 2017-10-02 11:58:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7019777

The Arab League conference on sustainable development, which kicked off early Monday, honored President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for his support of overall sustainable development and Arab-African cooperation. Investment and International ....

Palestinian PM heads for Gaza Strip

Date: 2017-10-02 11:41:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7019752

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, accompanied by a group of ministers, headed for Gaza Strip on Monday, on a visit, his first since 2015, Palestinian sources said. Hamdallah will take over government responsibilities from Fatah after the ....

Arab League hosts conference on sustainable development

Date: 2017-10-02 11:37:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7019648

A conference tackling sustainable development, economic blocs and international cooperation kicked off at the Arab League headquarters on Monday. The conference is organized in coordination with the Arab Women Investors Union and the National ....

Saudi defense minister receives letter from Singapore's PM on relations

Date: 2017-10-02 10:56:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7019367

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud received Sunday a letter from Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the bilateral relations between both countries. This came in a ....

Saudi Arabia king to visit Russia on October 5

Date: 2017-10-02 10:42:44 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7019201

The visit of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Moscow will take place on October 5, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Monday. "We are waiting for the King’s visit on October 5," TASS quoted Ushakov as saying. Last ....

Arab League chief meets UN deputy envoy to Syria

Date: 2017-10-02 09:10:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7019193

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met on Monday with UN deputy envoy to Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy for talks on the latest developments of the Syrian crisis. Ramzy briefed Abul Gheit on efforts exerted by the United Nations to resume ....

Four Daesh suicide bombers killed by army in Iraq's Anbar

Date: 2017-10-01 12:30:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7018146

Four Daesh members have been killed by Iraqi troops in Heet city in Anbar, west of Baghdad, according a senior official . The four terrorists managed to infiltrate into the city where they were spotted and killed by the forces, Heet's mayor ....

Arab League urges unified rule on original nationalities of refugee children

Date: 2017-10-01 12:01:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7018028

The Arab League called anew on Sunday for a unified Arab regulation to grant children of refugees and displaced people their original nationality at birth . The importance of such a rule was stressed by the pan-Arab body's assistant secretary ....

Israeli forces stop teaching staff bus heading for southern Hebron

Date: 2017-10-01 11:34:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7017978

Israeli forces stopped a bus for transporting teaching staff heading for Yatta in southern Hebron . The forces inspected the bus riders and checked their IDs, an official in southern Hebron said . The Israeli forces set military checkpoints at ....

Air raids target areas in Deir ez Zor countryside

Date: 2017-10-01 10:35:24 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7017805

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Syrian military planes raided a number of axes in al Bukamal city in Deir ez Zor countryside, killing four civilians and severely injuring two others . Clashes took place between ....