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  • Tunisia polls set off everywhere except in 5 places

    Date: 2014-10-26 11:48:54 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1201953

    TUNIS, Oct 26 (MENA) - The legislative election in Tunisia has kicked off in all polling centers except in five places in Kasserine Governorate for security reasons, President of the Tunisian Independent Higher Elections Authority (ISIE) Shafik ....

  • Kuwaiti emir issues 2 decrees to appoint new ministers

    Date: 2014-10-26 11:34:02 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1201973

    KUWAIT CITY, Oct 26 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah issued two decrees to appoint new ministers. He appointed Badr Hamad al-Issa as higher education minister and Yakoub Abdel-Mohsen al-Sanea as minister of justice, ....

  • Hadi confers with UN envoy on recent developments in Yemen

    Date: 2014-10-26 11:21:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:1201865

    SANAA, Oct 26 (MENA) - Yemeni President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi conferred on Sunday with the United Nations assistant secretary general and envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, on the recent developments in Yemen. The get-together tackled the execution of ....

  • Fighting intensifies between Lebanese army, militants in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-10-26 11:12:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:1202093

    BEIRUT, Oct 26 (MENA) - Fighting intensified Sunday between the Lebanese Army and the terrorist groups in Bab al-Tabbaneh in Tripoli. Militants and soldiers clashed with machine-guns and grenades, causing heavy damage in several areas. ....

  • Afghani president arrives in Riyadh

    Date: 2014-10-26 10:37:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1201637

    RIYADH, Oct 26 (MENA) - Afghani President Ashraf Ghani arrived Sunday in Riyadh on an official visit to Saudi Arabia. During the visit, Ghani will confer with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz and other officials on issues of mutual interest. ....

  • Tunisian president cast ballot in legislative elections

    Date: 2014-10-26 09:04:13 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1201073

    TUNIS, Oct 26 (MENA) - Tunisia's interim president Mohamed Moncef Marzouki cast his ballot Sunday in the legislative elections. A number of voters protested that the president did not abide by his turn in the queue. (MENA) MHK/SR ....

  • 2 Libyan army soldiers killed, 13 wounded in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-10-26 08:06:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1200625

    TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (MENA) - Two Libyan army soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in clashes with rebel forces in Benghazi on Sunday, a military source said. Heavy losses were also reported within the rank of Benghazi Shura Council revolutionists, ....

  • International alliance aircrafts thwart Daesh attack on Baghdadi district in Anbar

    Date: 2014-10-26 07:24:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1200181

    BAGHDAD, Oct 26 (MENA) - The international alliance warplanes foiled on Sunday an attack that was carried out by Daesh terrorist group against Baghdadi district in Anbar province in Iraq, Al Arabiya Al Hadath TV channel said. Earlier on ....

  • Al-Nusra Front threatens to hang abducted soldiers if Lebanon army did not halt Tripoli campaign

    Date: 2014-10-26 07:18:39 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1200109

    BEIRUT, Oct 26 (MENA) - Al-Nusra Front threatened the Lebanese army that it would hang the abducted military members if it did not stop its military campaign in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. The front threatened that it will kill abducted soldier ....

  • Libya's parliament speaker, PM hold emergency meeting

    Date: 2014-10-25 20:26:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:1198569

    TRIPOLI, Oct 25 (MENA) - Libya's House of Representatives Speaker Aguila Saleh, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani and Chief of General Staff Major General Abdel Razek Nazawra held Saturday an emergency meeting at the government's headquarters in ....

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