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  • 4 killed, injured; 2 bodies found in Baghdad

    4 killed, injured; 2 bodies found in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-05-11 11:58:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:715102

    One person was killed and three were injured when an explosive device went off in northern Baghdad Sunday, a security source said. Bodies of two unknown men with bullets in the head and the chest were found here. The bomb was planted on the ....

  • Palestinian FM meets delegation from national campaign for the return of Al-Mahd deportees

    Palestinian FM meets delegation from national campaign for the return of Al-Mahd deportees

    Date: 2014-05-11 11:21:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:714974

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki met Sunday with a delegation of the National Campaign for the Return of Al-Mahd (Church of Nativity) Deportees “Ahya”, under Kefah Harb, and in the presence of the family of the deportees. During the ....

  • Libya court resumes trial of 37 Qaddafi-regime officials

    Libya court resumes trial of 37 Qaddafi-regime officials

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:56:33 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:714623

    South Tripoli court resumed on Sunday the trial of 37 Gaddafi-era officials, including his son Saif al-Islam, ex-intelligence chief Abdullah Sanoussi and former premier al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi. They face charges of killing protesters, committing ....

  • Iraqi parliament defense committee accuses Israel of arming Daash group

    Iraqi parliament defense committee accuses Israel of arming Daash group

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:53:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:714611

    The Iraqi parliament security and defense committee has accused Israel of providing the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant or better known as Daash with arms to fight the Iraqi army in the ongoing battles in Anbar governorate, in western ....

  • 22 soldiers killed, wounded in armed attack in Mosul

    22 soldiers killed, wounded in armed attack in Mosul

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:40:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:714502

    Twenty two people were killed and wounded in an armed attack on a military barrack in southern Mosul on Sunday, a security source said. The source, who declined to be identified, said gunmen driving a four-by-four vehicle attacked the military ....

  • 350 trucks allowed into GS via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    350 trucks allowed into GS via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-05-11 08:09:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:714519

    Israeli forces re-opened Karm Abu Salem crossing Sunday after the weekend allowing 350 commodity trucks into Gaza. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, said Raed Fattouh, Chairman ....

  • South Sudan govt committed to ceasefire deal - spokesman

    South Sudan govt committed to ceasefire deal - spokesman

    Date: 2014-05-11 07:48:14 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:714479

    South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's spokesman, Ateny Wek Ateny, told the BBC that the government is committed to the ceasefire deal brokered with rebel leader Riek Machar on Friday. "It was up to Machar to rebuild the trust lost during the ....

  • 1 killed, 3 wounded in Iraq’s Babel bomb blast

    1 killed, 3 wounded in Iraq’s Babel bomb blast

    Date: 2014-05-10 16:32:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:713937

    One police officer was killed and three others wounded when a bomb went off in northern Babel province, located about 85 km south of Baghdad, a provincial security source said. A roadside bomb targeted a police vehicle left one officer dead and ....

  • Syria: Car bomb explodes in Hama

    Syria: Car bomb explodes in Hama

    Date: 2014-05-10 15:45:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:713885

    Dozens were killed and wounded when a car bomb went off in Syria's central province of Hama, the Sky News Network reported. No details of casualties were reported. ....

  • Ethiopian PM hails ceasefire deal inked by S. Sudan's rivals

    Ethiopian PM hails ceasefire deal inked by S. Sudan's rivals

    Date: 2014-05-10 15:09:44 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:713840

    Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn welcomed Saturday a ceasefire deal signed by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar. The Ethiopian radio aired the remarks quoting Desalegn as saying he feels cautious ....

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