Arab world

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  • Libya supports Abbas' Abbas UNSC move to end occupation

    Date: 2014-10-22 20:46:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:160 - ID:1180729

    RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a phone call with Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni. During the phone call, the Libyan prime minister affirmed his country's support to Abbas' decision to go to the UN ....

  • Jordan labor minister discusses cooperation with Qatari Ambassador

    Date: 2014-10-22 20:30:12 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:159 - ID:1180505

    AMMAN, Oct 22 (MENA) - Jordanian Minister of Labor and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Nidal Qatamin, discussed on Wednesday with the Qatari ambassador to Amman, Zayed bin Saeed al-Khayareen, ways to improve bilateral cooperation in several ....

  • Lebanese media council chief meets Egyptian diplomat

    Date: 2014-10-22 20:17:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:1180497

    BEIRUT, Oct 22 (MENA) – Head of Lebanese National Media Council Abdul-Hadi Mahfouz met Wednesday with Egyptian media attaché Sobhi Abdul-Basir on boosting cooperation. After the meeting, Abdul-Basir said Egypt has begun the process of ....

  • Palestinian boy in Gaza killed in Israeli projectile blast

    Date: 2014-10-22 20:11:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:1180509

    GAZA CITY, Oct 22 (MENA) – A Palestinian child was killed Wednesday in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun when a projectile left behind in Gaza Strip by the Israeli military during the offensive on the enclave. The nine-year old boy was ....

  • 40 killed, injured in two car bomb attacks in Iraq

    Date: 2014-10-22 19:48:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:1180221

    BAGHDAD, Oct 22 (MENA) – At least 40 people were killed and injured in two car bomb attacks in Karrada and Sadr City in Baghdad. Al-Arabiya satellite news channel carried the news without further details. (MENA) MAA/MS ....

  • Military jet attacks airstrip in Libya's Zintan

    Date: 2014-10-22 17:47:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:1179397

    TRIPOLI, Oct 22 (MENA) – A military jet (L39) fired Tuesday two missiles which landed near the runway of Zintan Airport, Libyan military spokesman said. No casualties or damage were reported from the attack, colonel Ahmad Al-Mesmary said. Mesmary ....

  • Libyan PM meets U.N special envoy to Libya in Malta

    Date: 2014-10-22 16:54:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:1177121

    TRIPOLI, Oct 22 (MENA) – Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani held a meeting Wednesday with UN special envoy to Libya Bernadino Leon. The meeting was also attended by Malta's prime minister, Libya's deputy prime minister and a number ....

  • UAE, Oman sign agreement on establishing wind farm in Dhofar

    Date: 2014-10-22 15:41:04 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:1177573

    MUSCAT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, on Wednesday signed a joint development agreement with Oman's Rural Areas Electricity Company, RAECO, to build the first large-scale wind farm in the Gulf Cooperation Council ....

  • Sudan FM: Egypt-Sudan ties to be developed soon at all levels

    Date: 2014-10-22 15:38:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1177125

    KHARTOUM, Oct 22 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti asserted on Wednesday that the Egyptian-Sudanese relations would be developed at all levels during the coming period. The two parties agreed to form a ministerial committee for ....

  • Saudi Arabia signs agreement on transport of goods by land among Arab states

    Date: 2014-10-22 14:29:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1178277

    ALEXANDRIA, Oct 22 (MENA) – The 27th regular session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Transport, which started its work on Wednesday at the premises of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, witnessed ....

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