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Israeli govt should abide by signed agreements with Palestine - Abbas

Date: 2015-10-24 12:42:39 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3593905

The Israeli government should abide by the signed agreements with Palestine, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his meeting with US State Secretary John Kerry in Amman. Abbas, meanwhile, said that the Israeli side should suspend ....

AL chief meets with council of Arab ambassadors to UN

Date: 2015-10-24 08:55:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3592121

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby held a meeting with the Council of Arab Ambassadors to the United Nations in New York to discuss the outcome of the UNSC meeting, which was held yesterday to discuss the Palestinian issue. The meeting ....

US, Qatar discuss fighting Daesh, Yemeni crisis

Date: 2015-10-24 07:08:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3591493

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter held talks last night with Qatar's Minister of State for Defense Affairs Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyah on means of fighting Daesh militants along with regional developments. The meeting, held in the Pentagon, also ....

Palestinian injured in an Israeli car-ramming attack in Bethlehem

Date: 2015-10-23 08:53:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3586725

A Palestinian man was injured after an Israeli settler rammed his car into him in southern Bethlehem city, a Palestinian source said on Friday. The 24-year-old man, who was riding a bicycle on a main road leading to Tuqu town in Bethlehem, was ....

Palestinians injured during clashes with Israeli forces in al Bireh, Hebron

Date: 2015-10-21 14:18:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:3576837

A Palestinian young man was wounded by a rubber bullet during the clashes that erupted Wednesday with the Israeli forces in al Bireh city. The Israeli troops used rubber bullets during the confrontations with Palestinian youth who threw stones on ....

Putin meets Assad for talks in Moscow

Date: 2015-10-21 08:39:24 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3573689

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Assad have held talks in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said as quoted by Sputnik news agency. “Yesterday evening Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Moscow for a working ....

Palestinian leader meets German lawmakers

Date: 2015-10-21 07:20:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3573133

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Volker Bouffier, speaker of the upper house of the German parliament, and his accompanied delegation. They discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories within the context of ....

Libyan parliament rejects UN proposal to form unity government

Date: 2015-10-20 07:11:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3566525

The Libyan parliament rejected on Monday a United Nations proposal to form a unity government, lawmaker Abdel Motaleb Thabet said Monday night. The parliament has decided to hold on to the fourth draft of the Libyan Political Accord, he added in ....

Israel protests to South Africa over Hamas invite

Date: 2015-10-20 05:53:43 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3566157

Israel on Monday summoned South Africa's deputy ambassador to deliver a "strong protest" over a planned visit by Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal. Emmanuel Nahshon, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said in a statement that the ruling African ....

Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Hebron

Date: 2015-10-17 12:12:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3547617

A Palestinian girl was killed Saturday by the Israeli forces in Hebron located southern the West Bank. An Israeli conscript opened fire on the girl, 17, when she was passing through a military checkpoint, according to Palestinian local ....