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  • US condemns new military offensives in South Sudan

    US condemns new military offensives in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-05-06 06:45:21 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:705568

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has condemned new military offensives in South Sudan. "Three years ago, I was in Juba to witness the birth of the world’s newest nation, and last week as I returned to South Sudan I saw how fragile the future ....

  • Security Council decries terrorist attack in Yemeni capital

    Security Council decries terrorist attack in Yemeni capital

    Date: 2014-05-06 06:44:17 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:705567

    The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned today’s deadly terrorist attack in Sana’a, as well as other recent terrorist attacks in Yemen, and stressed its support for President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi and his Government to combat ....

  • Abbas, Meshaal meet in Doha

    Abbas, Meshaal meet in Doha

    Date: 2014-05-05 17:32:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:705159

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting Monday with Hamas political office chairman Khaled Meshaal in Doha, Qatar. The two sides discussed the latest developments in Palestine, including reconciliation deal that was sealed between ....

  • Hamas slams detention of members in West Bank

    Hamas slams detention of members in West Bank

    Date: 2014-05-05 12:48:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:704536

    Hamas deplored on Monday more detentions of its members in the West Bank despite a recently-signed agreement with its rival Fatah. "The reconciliation agreement does not absolutely mean that silence when Jihadists and resistance members are ....

  • 4 Iraqis killed in armed attack in Salahuddin Province

    4 Iraqis killed in armed attack in Salahuddin Province

    Date: 2014-05-05 11:56:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:700964

    Three Iraqi soldiers and a driver were killed Saturday in an armed attack in the Salahuddin Province, 170 km north of the capital, Baghdad, a security source said. The four were shot dead after a group of unidentified gunmen ambushed their car ....

  • 17 people killed, injured in car bombing in Tikrit

    17 people killed, injured in car bombing in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-05-05 09:14:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:703895

    At least 17 people were killed and injured in a car bomb blast in eastern Tikrit, Salahuddine governorate, situated some 17 kilometers north of Baghdad, according to a security source. The source said a car, that was parked in front of a ....

  • Israel closes Karm Abu Salem, Erez crossings for two days

    Israel closes Karm Abu Salem, Erez crossings for two days

    Date: 2014-05-05 08:39:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:703779

    The Israeli occupation forces decided on Monday to close Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing for two days on the occasion of Israel's celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut which is a modern holiday celebrating the so-called Israel's ....

  • Palestinian Foreign Ministry undersecretary asserts importance of historical ties with Egypt

    Palestinian Foreign Ministry undersecretary asserts importance of historical ties with Egypt

    Date: 2014-05-05 08:22:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:703724

    Palestinian Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Tayseer Jaradat asserted the importance of historical Egyptian-Palestinian relations. Jaradat will head his country's delegation to the preparatory meetings of the higher Palestinian-Egyptian ....

  • Wildfire engulfs forests in Lebanon

    Wildfire engulfs forests in Lebanon

    Date: 2014-05-05 08:11:50 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:703707

    A huge fire ravaged Wadi Al-Sit forests on the outskirts of Betchay in Lebanon, local media reported. Tens of meters of billowing smoke covered the skies of the region, a thing which made the fire-fighting brigade's mission to extinguish the fire ....

  • Humanitarian situation in Gaza

    Humanitarian situation in Gaza "difficult": Red Cross director to MENA

    Date: 2014-05-05 08:08:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:703692

    Director of the Red Cross Mission in Gaza Christian Cardon asserted that the humanitarian situation in the besieged enclave is "difficult" and more aid supplies are needed. The problems of unemployment, poverty, chronic shortage of fuel, lack of ....

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