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  • Saudi Arabia: 339 MERS cases, 102 deaths

    Saudi Arabia: 339 MERS cases, 102 deaths

    Date: 2014-04-28 07:35:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:691390

    The Saudi Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus, or MERS-CoV has hit 102 and 339 infection cases were confirmed. The 16 further cases confirmed on Sunday included two in Riyadh, eight ....

  • Iraqi civilian killed, 4 injured in Baghdad market blast

    Iraqi civilian killed, 4 injured in Baghdad market blast

    Date: 2014-04-27 15:54:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:690730

    An Iraqi civilian was killed and four others injured when a bomb hit a popular market in western Baghdad on Sunday. An explosive charge went off at the market located in the western district of Ghazaliya, leaving behind the casualties, a security ....

  • Salva Kiir asserts keenness on building special relations with Sudan

    Salva Kiir asserts keenness on building special relations with Sudan

    Date: 2014-04-27 14:37:46 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:690594

    South Sudan's President Salva Kiir stressed keenness on creating highly distinguished relations with Sudan. Speaking at a meeting of the third Tana high-level forum on security in Africa, hosted by Ethiopia, he said the peoples of Sudan and South ....

  • Qaeda leader killed in ambush south of Baghdad

    Qaeda leader killed in ambush south of Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-27 13:29:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:690425

    Iraqi security forces killed Sunday a leader of al-Qaeda in an ambush south of Baghdad, a security source said. A force from Brigade 23, 17th Infantry Division managed to kill one of al-Qaeda terrorist leaders named Ismail Hamid al-Obeidi in ....

  • 7 Iraqi army members killed, injured in suicide bombing in Ramadi

    7 Iraqi army members killed, injured in suicide bombing in Ramadi

    Date: 2014-04-27 12:15:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:690244

    Two army members were killed and five others injured in a blast of a booby-trapped car targeting a military checkpoint in Ramadi in Anbar governorate, a security source said Sunday. A security force sealed off the area and ambulances rushed to ....

  • 2 gunmen killed in booby-trapped car when attempting to enter Babel

    2 gunmen killed in booby-trapped car when attempting to enter Babel

    Date: 2014-04-27 09:59:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:689965

    A security force killed two gunmen in a booby-trapped car while trying to enter into Babel governorate, according to an Iraqi security force Sunday. The booby-trapped car was defused, the source added. ....

  • At least 88 dead in two days of clashes in Syria's Daraa

    At least 88 dead in two days of clashes in Syria's Daraa

    Date: 2014-04-27 09:22:37 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:689704

    At least 88 rebel and regime forces have been killed in two days of clashes for control of strategic sites in Syria's southern Daraa province, Al-Arabiya all-news network reported, quoting a monitoring group as having said Sunday. The Syrian ....

  • JEM condemns Sudanese PM with killing Sudanese

    JEM condemns Sudanese PM with killing Sudanese

    Date: 2014-04-27 09:20:56 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:689862

    Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) condemned again Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti for inciting the killing of Sudanese civilians in South Sudan instead of defending them Karti intentionally distributes random charges to harm civilians, said ....

  • Karam Abu Salem crossing re-opened after 9-day closure

    Karam Abu Salem crossing re-opened after 9-day closure

    Date: 2014-04-27 09:19:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:689861

    Israeli authorities re-opened Karam Abu Salem crossing Sunday after a nine-day closure due to Jewish feasts. As many as 420 trucks loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors were allowed via the crossing. ....

  • Iran strongly condemns deadly blasts in Baghdad

    Iran strongly condemns deadly blasts in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-27 08:29:13 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:689692

    Iran has strongly condemned the latest spate of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad which left at least 31 people dead and many more injured, Press TV reported. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Saturday denounced the ....

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