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  • Saudi King sacks deputy chief of General Intelligence

    Saudi King sacks deputy chief of General Intelligence

    Date: 2018-10-19 22:52:40 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7629583

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz issued on Friday a royal order relieving Ahmad bin Hassan Asiri of his post as deputy chief of the Saudi General Intelligence, the official news agency (SPA) reported. Earlier, the Saudi top prosecutor said an ....

  • Jamal Khashoggi dead following quarrel - Saudi prosecutor

    Jamal Khashoggi dead following quarrel - Saudi prosecutor

    Date: 2018-10-19 22:51:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7629582

    Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi has died, the kingdom's prosecutor general was quoted by the official press agency as saying on Friday. An official investigation has been started with 18 Saudi persons over the case, said the top ....

  • Yemeni army downs Houthi spy drone in Taiz

    Yemeni army downs Houthi spy drone in Taiz

    Date: 2018-10-18 20:33:12 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7628469

    A unit affiliated to the Yemeni army downed Thursday a Houthi spy drone in Taiz, southwestern Yemen, a military source said. The unit spotted the drone hovering over al Hajariya area, till downing it in Al Mawasit District. The army has ....

  • AL chief hails EU stance on two-state solution for Palestinian cause

    AL chief hails EU stance on two-state solution for Palestinian cause

    Date: 2018-10-18 16:17:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7628221

    Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit asserted on Thursday the importance of maintaining the European Union’s stances concerning reaching a solution to Palestinian cause according to the two-state solution, AL spokesman Mahmoud Afifi ....

  • Algeria’s parliament speaker position declared vacant

    Algeria’s parliament speaker position declared vacant

    Date: 2018-10-17 21:07:18 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7626955

    The speaker's position of Algeria's People’s National Assembly (the lower house) has been declared vacant. The step was taken following an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, Algeria Press Service reported, amid a crisis raised by speaker Said ....

  • US secretary of state arrives in Riyadh

    US secretary of state arrives in Riyadh

    Date: 2018-10-16 11:02:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7624138

    United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived here Tuesday on a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Pompeo was received at King Salman Air Base Airport by Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed al Jubeir, ....

  • Saudi King receives US secretary of state

    Saudi King receives US secretary of state

    Date: 2018-10-16 11:01:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7624135

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz received on Tuesday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, two sides reviewed "historic" relations between the two countries, the latest regional developments and ....

  • US designates Hezbollah, 4 other groups as top threats

    US designates Hezbollah, 4 other groups as top threats

    Date: 2018-10-16 06:46:14 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7623563

    US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday designated five groups, including the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Central American street gang MS-13, as "top transnational organized crime threats", targeting them for stepped up prosecutions by the ....

  • Saudi Royal Air Force plane crashes during training mission - SPA

    Saudi Royal Air Force plane crashes during training mission - SPA

    Date: 2018-10-16 06:42:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7623557

    A Saudi Defense Ministry source announced that a Saudi Royal Air Force plane "Hawk" crashed during a training mission on Monday in northwest of the kingdom, killing all of its crew, the state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday. The source did ....

  • Pompeo's statements on US bias to Israel reflects disrespect to int'l community - ministry

    Pompeo's statements on US bias to Israel reflects disrespect to int'l community - ministry

    Date: 2018-10-11 12:52:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7617081

    The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has lashed out at the US top diplomat whom it accused of continuing to show disrespect to the international community by echoing misleading propaganda that aims at covering up Israeli crimes in the occupied Arab ....

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