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  • Sudan denies any special UNSC session on Darfur

    Sudan denies any special UNSC session on Darfur

    Date: 2014-04-14 10:08:30 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:667064

    Sudan's permanent representative to the UN denied any plans to hold a special Security Council session on the situation in Darfur region. Rahmatallah Mohammed Osman told Sudani newspaper that the previous UNSC session tackled the developments in ....

  • Israel closes all Gaza crossings over Jewish holidays

    Israel closes all Gaza crossings over Jewish holidays

    Date: 2014-04-14 09:26:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:666952

    Israeli forces closed on Monday Karm Abu Salem and Beit Hanoun terminals over Jewish holidays. Karm Abu Salem crossing will be fully closed today and tomorrow then re-opened on Wednesday, said Raad Fatouh, chairman of the committee for the entry ....

  • 3 rockets fired at eastern Lebanon

    3 rockets fired at eastern Lebanon

    Date: 2014-04-14 09:14:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:666923

    Three rockets fell on Al Labwah town in eastern Lebanon on Monday. The militant Liwa Ahrar al-Sunna Baalbek group claimed responsibility for the attack. Al Labweh is a Shiite town whose residents are supporters of Hezbullah, which is fighting ....

  • Bouteflika receives UN envoy Brahimi

    Bouteflika receives UN envoy Brahimi

    Date: 2014-04-14 08:59:46 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:666879

    Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika received Sunday UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi. During his meeting with Brahimi, Bouteflika talked about the upcoming presidential elections in Algeria and said that it was marred by calls for sedition,foreign ....

  • Libyan authorities trying to identify attackers of PM's house

    Libyan authorities trying to identify attackers of PM's house

    Date: 2014-04-14 08:53:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:666863

    A spokesman of the interim Libyan government said an investigation is ongoing to identify gunmen who attacked of the house of outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni. "No one was hurt in the attack but a car of Thinni was stolen," the ....

  • UAE President receives letter from Chinese leader

    UAE President receives letter from Chinese leader

    Date: 2014-04-14 08:51:50 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:666858

    UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan received Sunday a letter from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Abdu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan met Sunday with ....

  • Libya interim PM quits, saying victim of attack

    Libya interim PM quits, saying victim of attack

    Date: 2014-04-13 16:42:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:666156

    Libyan interim prime minister Abdullah al Thinni stepped down on Sunday, saying he and his family had been the victims of a “traitorous” armed attack the previous day, according to the BBC. Al-Thinni quit less than a week after parliament tasked ....

  • Palestinian presidency condemns Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Palestinian presidency condemns Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-04-13 11:18:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:665417

    The Palestinian Presidency condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday morning by the Israeli occupation forces and the attacking of worshipers with stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets. In statements Sunday, Presidency ....

  • Barghouti to MENA: Palestine admission to Geneva agreements provides legal bases for holding Israel accountable for its crimes

    Barghouti to MENA: Palestine admission to Geneva agreements provides legal bases for holding Israel accountable for its crimes

    Date: 2014-04-12 15:02:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:664364

    Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement Mostafa Al-Barghouti asserted that Palestine's joining the Geneva agreements provides the legal basis for holding Israel accountable for its crimes in the occupied Palestinian ....

  • Countries violating international law should be punished - Palestinian FM

    Countries violating international law should be punished - Palestinian FM

    Date: 2014-04-12 13:25:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:664057

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki underlined that countries that violate the international law should be punished not the nations that abide by law. "The Israeli forces try to punish us which is considered a violation to the ....

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