Arab world

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  • Egypt, Jordan signs coop memo in peaceful use of nuclear energy

    Date: 2014-12-09 15:08:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:1504033

    AMMAN, Dec 9 (MENA) - Egypt and Jordan on Tuesday signed a cooperation memorandum in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy. Egypt's undersecretary of electricity ministry Dr Hassan Hassanin and his Jordanian counterpart Khaled Touqan inked ....

  • 5 Yemeni army men killed, 4 injured in terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-12-09 15:01:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:1503693

    SANAA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Five Yemeni soldiers and officers were killed and four others injured when two car bombings went off in the first military zone in the city of Hadramout on Tuesday, a well-placed security source said. The terrorist attack ....

  • AL chief calls for solutions for Arab, Palestinian water security challenges

    Date: 2014-12-09 14:55:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:1503645

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi has called for putting forward urgent solutions for Arab and Palestinian water security challenges. The remarks were made by Ambassador Shahira Wahbi in a keynote speech delivered on behalf of ....

  • Algeria, US have identical views on Libyan crisis - Minister

    Date: 2014-12-09 14:54:18 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:1503665

    ALGIERS, Dec 9 (MENA) - Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel said on Tuesday that there are identical views between Algeria and the United States on the Libyan crisis. The two states agree that the crisis can be ....

  • Prince Talal warns of climate change in Arab region

    Date: 2014-12-09 14:53:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1503633

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Chairman of the UN Advisory Board on Water Prince el-Hassan bin Talal has said that the Arab region would be most affected by the climate change. The Arab region is located in a semi-arid zone which is characterized by high ....

  • Arab parl't urges Libyans to start dialogue to preserve Libya's unity

    Date: 2014-12-09 14:05:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:1503365

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament called on the Libyan people to engage in a serious dialogue to reach a solution saving the unity of the country. In a statement at the end of a session under its president Ahmed el-Jarawan at the Arab ....

  • Arab parliament stresses support to Palestinian action in UNSC

    Date: 2014-12-09 14:03:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:1502961

    CAIRO, Dec 9 (MENA) - The Arab parliament on Tuesday has voiced support for the Palestinian decision to submit to the UNSC a draft to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent state. In the third annual session's final statement on ....

  • Reports over releasing ex-wife of Daesh leader denied

    Date: 2014-12-09 14:00:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:1503157

    BEIRUT, Dec 9 (MENA) - A well-placed Lebanese source denied reports alleging that the Lebanese military court released an ex-wife of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and a wife of Al-Nusra Front leader. The pair were in custody over charges of ....

  • Lamamra calls for banning ransom payment to terrorists

    Date: 2014-12-09 13:57:41 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1503301

    ALGIERS, Dec 9 (MENA) - Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has called for banning the payment of ransoms to terrorist groups. In his speech at the opening session of the 2nd high-level seminar on peace and security in Africa, Lamamra urged ....

  • 69 illegal immigrant Egyptians deported from Libya

    Date: 2014-12-09 13:54:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1503313

    TRIPOLI, Dec 9 (MENA) - Sixty-nine illegal immigrant Egyptians were deported on Tuesday from Libya to Egypt. They were arrested in the Jebel Akhdar area in northeastern Libya earlier. (MENA) MI/AS ....

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