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U.N. Security Council adds Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia to terror list

Date: 2014-11-20 04:23:46 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1369673

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (MENA) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday added to its terror list a Libyan Islamist group accused of involvement in the September 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador and three other ....

Libyan soldier killed, 5 injured in Benghazi clashes

Date: 2014-11-19 22:20:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:165 - ID:1369325

TRIPOLI, Nov 19 (MENA) – One Libyan soldier was killed and five others were wounded on Wednesday in clashes between the army and rebels of the so-called Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries. The causalities took place in clashes with ....

Obama receives Saudi Guard minister, discuss Middle East developments

Date: 2014-11-19 21:33:36 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:161 - ID:1369213

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday met with Saudi National Guard Minister Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, currently visiting the United States. The meeting has tackled issues of mutual concern in light of the latest ....

Jordan King says Amman shoulders most of Syrian refugees' burden

Date: 2014-11-19 19:20:21 GMT - Japan - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:1368377

TOKYO, Nov 19 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II said on Wednesday that Jordan's ability to deal with the influx of Syrian refugees is appreciated by regional and world countries, Petra News Agency reported. The King made the remarks in an ....

UK minister slams terror attack on Iraq's Erbil

Date: 2014-11-19 19:19:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:139 - ID:1368533

LONDON, Nov 19 (MENA) – UK Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood on Wednesday strongly slammed the deadly car bomb attack that hit Iraq's Erbil. "I am appalled by the news of the terrorist attack today in Erbil that killed at least four ....

Health situation in Gaza 'catastrophic' - spokesman

Date: 2014-11-19 19:04:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1368353

GAZA CITY, Nov 19 (MENA) - The health situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic due to the lack of fuel, a Palestinian health official said on Wednesday. Spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qidra blamed Israel for the ....

PFLP claims responsibility for attack on Israeli synagogue

Date: 2014-11-19 19:00:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:1368329

GAZA CITY, Nov 19 (MENA) - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a synagogue in the western Jerusalem. In a statement today, the PFLP mourned the attackers, asserting that ....

Israel imposes curfew on Huwwara village in Nablus

Date: 2014-11-19 18:44:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:1368113

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - Israeli forces imposed an overnight curfew on the village of Huwwara, near Nablus in the West Bank. Shop owners were forced to shut down their shops, a Palestinian official said. Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters ....

Libya recalls amb. to Morocco

Date: 2014-11-19 18:13:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:1368389

TRIPOLI, Nov 19 (MENA) - Libyan Ambassador to Morocco Abubakr Ali Shaklawoon was recalled on Wednesday by his country's Foreign Ministry. The move came as part of the ministry's endeavors to follow up the performance of the Libyan embassies ....

Palestine amb. meets UN media official

Date: 2014-11-19 17:43:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1368185

CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Jamal al-Shobaky met on Wednesday with Director of the United Nations Information Center in Cairo Khawla Mattar. A delegation from a Palestinian women union attended the meeting. The ....