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  • Palestinian consenus govt to be announced Monday

    Palestinian consenus govt to be announced Monday

    Date: 2014-05-31 08:00:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:752792

    The formation of the Palestinian national consensus government will be announced on Monday, according to a source with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Obstacles countered the announcement of the government in the past days were removed ....

  • Car explodes in Lebanese town

    Car explodes in Lebanese town

    Date: 2014-05-31 07:11:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:752703

    A car bombing rocked the eastern Lebanese town of Bekaa in Arsal on Saturday. The explosion only resulted in material damage. The blast was caused by a silver Kia vehicle. ....

  • Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat

    Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat

    Date: 2014-05-31 06:16:19 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:752610

    Iranian foreign minister in a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart asked for Sana’a’s more serious efforts in pursuing the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomat in Yemen, IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Mohammad Javad Zarif in his meeting ....

  • Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria

    Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria

    Date: 2014-05-31 06:12:14 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:752598

    Vatican Pope Francis issued another appeal against "the globalisation of indifference," which is growing amid the "daily victims" and "untold suffering" of the Syrian people. In his message, the Holy Father calls on international institutions, ....

  • Vatican: Abbas, Peres prayer meeting on June 8

    Vatican: Abbas, Peres prayer meeting on June 8

    Date: 2014-05-30 10:48:08 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:751630

    Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will join Pope Francis for an afternoon prayer at the Vatican on June 8, ABC quoted Vatican sources as saying. In a brief statement, the Vatican said both sides accepted the ....

  • Libya PM: Won't be involved in civil war

    Libya PM: Won't be involved in civil war

    Date: 2014-05-30 07:08:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:751264

    Interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni asserted Thursday the government would not get involvement in an action leading to a civil war in Libya. Speaking to a local satellite channel, al-Thinni highlighted efforts to combat terrorism despite ....

  • Israel nabs 3 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast

    Israel nabs 3 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast

    Date: 2014-05-28 12:18:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:748343

    Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday three Palestinian fishermen off Rafah shores in the southern Gaza strip. Nizar Ayyash, spokesperson for the Gaza fisherman's union, said Israel's naval forces detained Ibrahim Khamis Murad, Khamis Ibrahim ....

  • 10 Turkmen killed, injured in Tikrit blast

    10 Turkmen killed, injured in Tikrit blast

    Date: 2014-05-28 09:05:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:747597

    Four Turkmen citizens were killed and six others were injured Wednesday after explosive devices targeted their houses in Salahuddin province, 170 km north of Baghdad. A security source said that unidentified people exploded a number of explosive ....

  • State Department calls for all US citizens to leave Libya

    State Department calls for all US citizens to leave Libya

    Date: 2014-05-28 07:31:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:747557

    The State Department has urged all U.S. citizens to immediately leave Libya due to security concerns, Fox News reported. The evacuation warning came shortly after the USS Bataan, with about 1,000 Marines aboard, sailed into the Mediterranean Sea ....

  • House of Libya's new PM under attack: Local TV

    House of Libya's new PM under attack: Local TV

    Date: 2014-05-27 10:09:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:745993

    The house of Libya's new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq came under attack late Monday, a local television reported on Tuesday. RPG rockets were fired at the house, but no casualties were reported so far, the television reported. Libya's new ....

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