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  • Construction of 500 housing units in East Jerusalem approved

    Date: 2014-11-03 17:28:37 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:1258145

    GAZA CITY, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's District Committee for Planning and Construction in Jerusalem approved on Monday the construction of 500 new housing units in the East Jerusalem, which is located beyond the Green Line, Ynet ....

  • 3 rockets land in Lebanon's Hermel

    Date: 2014-11-03 17:27:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1258157

    BEIRUT, Nov 3 (MENA) – Three rockets landed successively on the outskirts of the Shiite dominated Hermel city in northeastern Lebanon on Monday. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for firing the missiles. ....

  • Iraqi forces bombards Daesh sites in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-11-03 16:25:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1257709

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - Iraqi air forces on Monday bombarded sites of the terrorist Daash gangs north of Tikrit, Salahuddin province, a security official said. Three Daeash sites have been completely destroyed, he added. Meanwhile, Anbar security ....

  • 2 new corona cases in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-11-03 16:23:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:1257733

    RIYADH, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Saudi health ministry said Monday two new cases of the corona virus were detected in Riyadh. According to the ministry statement, the number of infections rose to 791 people, including 338 deaths. The ministry said that ....

  • Egyptian worker in Jordan dies of electrocution

    Date: 2014-11-03 14:42:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:1256865

    AMMAN, Nov 3 (MENA) - An Egyptian worker, identified as Hatem Ahmed Mohamed, and a Jordanian national died of electrocution on Monday, while repairing an electronic fault in a suction water pump. The two were rushed to a nearby hospital but they ....

  • Saudi FM, British envoy to Yemen discuss issues of mutual interest

    Date: 2014-11-03 14:38:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:1256841

    RIYADH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Saud Al-Faisal on Monday received British Envoy to Yemen Alan Duncan and British Deputy National Security Adviser McGuinness. During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common ....

  • Isis fighters capture second Syrian gas field in a week

    Date: 2014-11-03 14:32:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1256877

    LONDON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Syria claim they have taken control of a gas field in the central province of Homs, the second it has seized in a week after battles with government forces. The hardline Sunni Islamist group ....

  • First Canadian air raids on Daesh in Iraq

    Date: 2014-11-03 14:19:53 GMT - Canada - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:1256893

    OTTAWA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Canadian fighters have executed their first air raids on Daesh in Iraq, said Canadian minister of National Defense Robert Nicholson. Canada first joined the international coalition against Daesh last month. The four-hour ....

  • Essebsi praises Egypt's role in ME

    Date: 2014-11-03 14:18:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:1256421

    TUNIS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Leader of Nidaa Tunis Party Beji Caid Essebsi has met Egypt's ambassador in Tunis Ayman Musharraffa. During the meeting held Monday, Essebsi, whose party came winner of the parliamentary elections on October 26, conveyed his ....

  • 12 killed, injured in explosive charge blast in Iraq

    Date: 2014-11-03 13:48:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1256173

    BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - At least 12 people were killed and injured when an explosive charge went off in el-Nahrawan, southeast of Baghdad, a source at the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. In statements, the source said that the explosive charge ....

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