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  • Obama cuts short India visit to offer condolences on Saudi king's death

    Obama cuts short India visit to offer condolences on Saudi king's death

    Date: 2015-01-24 10:35:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1811441

    US President Barack Obama will cut short his visit to India to travel to Saudi Arabia to offer condolences on the death of King Abdullah ben Abdel Aziz, Al Arabiya satellite channel reported on Saturday. The White House could not immediately be ....

  • Arabi meets with secretary general of IMO

    Arabi meets with secretary general of IMO

    Date: 2015-01-24 10:30:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1811393

    Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil el-Arabi met on Saturday with International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, currently visiting here. During the meeting, the two sides discussed cooperation between the IMO ....

  • Iraqi forces kill 14 Daesh members in Anbar

    Iraqi forces kill 14 Daesh members in Anbar

    Date: 2015-01-24 08:40:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1810317

    Iraqi security forces killed 14 members of Daesh group, including 12 in the bombing of their premises in Anbar province. The Iraqi army has pledged to continue its fight against the extremist group, which launched an offensive in Iraq last June ....

  • Guard killed in attack on UNDP HQs in Tripoli

    Guard killed in attack on UNDP HQs in Tripoli

    Date: 2015-01-24 08:38:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1810289

    A number of unidentified gunmen opened fire at the HQs of the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Tripoli on Friday night, killing one of the guards. The gunmen were traveling in an opaque car and started opening random fire at the premises, said ....

  • Libyan parliament mourns Saudi king

    Libyan parliament mourns Saudi king

    Date: 2015-01-24 08:37:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1810101

    The Libyan Parliament extended deepest condolences to the government and people of Saudi Arabia over the death of Saudi King Abdallah ben Abdel Aziz, who passed away yesterday at the age of 90. The late King died early on Friday and his brother ....

  • Israeli gunboats target Palestinian fishing boats at Gaza coast

    Israeli gunboats target Palestinian fishing boats at Gaza coast

    Date: 2015-01-24 08:34:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1810249

    Israeli gunboats opened fire at the fishing boats of the Palestinian fishermen on Saturday at Gaza Strip coast. No injuries or damage were reported, local sources said. ....

  • Lebanon Army finds 3 bodies of soldiers

    Lebanon Army finds 3 bodies of soldiers

    Date: 2015-01-24 07:54:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1809961

    The Lebanese Army discovered three bodies Saturday of soldiers killed during intense fighting with jihadi militants the day before, a security source said. More than 40 militants believed to be affiliated to Daesh were also discovered in the ....

  • Saleh refutes news of unwelcomed visit to Saudi Arabia

    Saleh refutes news of unwelcomed visit to Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2015-01-24 07:49:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1809897

    News that Saudi Arabia has refused to receive former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is baseless. A source at Saleh's office said on Saturday a high-ranking delegation of the General People's Congress, which Saleh leads, will head for Riyadh ....

  • UN envoy meets resigned Yemeni president, PM

    UN envoy meets resigned Yemeni president, PM

    Date: 2015-01-24 07:45:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1809861

    United Nations Special Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar met with the recently-resigned Yemeni president and prime minister as part of talks to resolve the crisis situation. Benomar met with President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Prime Minister Khaled ....

  • Signals of Aden satellite channel stolen

    Signals of Aden satellite channel stolen

    Date: 2015-01-24 07:40:10 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1809825

    Signals of Aden satellite channel on Nilesat and Arabsat have been stolen by influential powers in Yemen, authorities here say. Transmission of Aden satellite channel has been cut since Thursday, a statement by the syndicate of the channel said ....

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