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  • 580 trucks allowed into Gaza via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    580 trucks allowed into Gaza via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2015-05-11 08:24:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2561309

    Israeli authorities decided on Monday to allow 580 trucks loaded with commodities into the Gaza Strip through Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are carrying goods for the commercial, agricultural and transportation sectors along with aid ....

  • Gaza public servants to renew protest over unpaid salaries

    Gaza public servants to renew protest over unpaid salaries

    Date: 2015-05-11 08:16:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2561241

    Gaza public servants will stage on Monday a general strike in protest against the government's continued failure to pay salaries to tens of thousands of employees of former Hamas government. In a press statement, the committee in charge of ....

  • White House says Saudi king decision to skip summit not sign of disagreement

    White House says Saudi king decision to skip summit not sign of disagreement

    Date: 2015-05-11 07:55:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2561117

    Saudi Arabia's King Salman will not attend a Camp David summit of US and allied Arab leaders, his foreign minister, Adel al Jubeir, said Sunday. US President Barack Obama had planned to meet Salman one-on-one a day before the gathering of leaders ....

  • Saudi king meets Niger president

    Saudi king meets Niger president

    Date: 2015-05-10 17:31:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:2558953

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud held at his palace here a session of official talks with Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou. At the outset of the session, the Nigerien President decorated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques with the ....

  • Palestine's PM, UN envoy discuss recent developments

    Palestine's PM, UN envoy discuss recent developments

    Date: 2015-05-10 17:30:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:2558941

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah discussed on Sunday with United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov the latest political and economic developments and the issue of the Gaza Strip's ....

  • Jordan receives 153 Syrian refugees over past 72 hours

    Jordan receives 153 Syrian refugees over past 72 hours

    Date: 2015-05-10 14:07:01 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2557497

    The Jordanian border guards received 153 Syrian refugees of various age groups over the past 72 hours. A statement released by the Jordanian Armed Forces on Sunday said the border guards provided the refugees with their basic needs and moved them ....

  • Abadi dismisses reports on resignation

    Abadi dismisses reports on resignation

    Date: 2015-05-10 13:15:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:2557037

    A source close to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi denied reports that the prime minister had decided to resign. In press statements Sunday, the source described the reports as groundless, adding the prime minister is going ahead with efforts to ....

  • 5 killed, injured in suicide attack in Baghdad

    5 killed, injured in suicide attack in Baghdad

    Date: 2015-05-10 13:13:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2554257

    A person was killed while four others injured on Sunday when a suicide bomber riding a car blew himself up near a government building in Al Tarmia town of Baghdad. The suicide bomber was targeting a police and a joint army and police force ....

  • New Arab Labor Organization director sworn in

    New Arab Labor Organization director sworn in

    Date: 2015-05-10 12:16:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2556509

    New Arab Labor Organization Director General Fayez al Moteiri was sworn in before the Arab League Secretary General on Sunday for a four-year term (2015-2019). Arab League Chief Nabil el Araby stressed the importance of the role played by the ....

  • Hamas: Daesh has no actual presence in Gaza

    Hamas: Daesh has no actual presence in Gaza

    Date: 2015-05-10 12:14:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2556497

    Khalil al Haya, member of Hamas political bureau, denied reports on the presence of Daesh militant group in Gaza Strip. Interviewed by "Palestine" newspaper out on Sunday, Haya said Hamas movement would not allow any disturbance of security in ....

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