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Video shows french hostage beheaded in Algeria

Date: 2014-09-24 17:02:50 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:161 - ID:1006249

ALGIERS, Sept 24 (MENA) - An Algerian jihadist group released a footage, in which a kidnapped french tourist, Herve Gourde, was beheaded The video, in which Gourdel apparently being killed, was dubbed "Message of blood for the French ....

Human Rights Watch decries Benghazi assassination spree

Date: 2014-09-24 16:47:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:1005969

TRIPOLI, Sept 24 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch has raised the alarm over an assassination spree that left 14 people dead over the weekend in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, saying the perpetrators appeared to enjoy total impunity. Describing the ....

Israel issues 15 administrative arrest warrants for Palestinian prisoners

Date: 2014-09-24 16:42:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:1005973

GAZA CITY, Sept 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces issued new administrative arrest warrants for 15 Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. It said with these warrants, the Palestinians will be jailed ....

Egypt to participate in therapeutic tourism conf. in Dubai

Date: 2014-09-24 15:55:14 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1004953

DUBAI, UAE, Sept 24 (MENA) - Egypt will take part in a conference on therapeutic tourism due in Dubai on October 18-20 at Mohammed bin Rashid Academic Medical Center. The event is held under the auspices of Dubai Department of Tourism and ....

Egypt, Bahrain sign MoU to unify listing rules, trading in bourses

Date: 2014-09-24 15:54:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:139 - ID:1003413

CAIRO, Sept 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority and the Central Bank of Bahrain signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday to unify the rules of listing, trading and double trading in the stock exchanges of the two ....

Yemeni president appoints 2 advisers from Houthis, Southern Hirak

Date: 2014-09-24 15:40:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:1005609

SANA'A, Sept 24 (MENA) – Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi issued a presidential decree Wednesday to appoint Saleh Al-Sammad of Houthis and Yassin Mekkawy of Southern Hirak as his advisers. A Peace and National Partnership Agreement was ....

Bahrain renews support to Palestinian cause

Date: 2014-09-24 14:50:31 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:1004873

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa reasserted on Wednesday his country's support towards the Palestinians in all fields. The minister made the remarks during a ....

Saudi King receives message from Gambian president

Date: 2014-09-24 14:45:32 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1005297

RIYADH, Sept 24 (MENA) – King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday received a message from Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, said the Saudi news agency. Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdel Aziz bin Abdullah received the message at ....

Jordanian military source denies clashes on Jordanian-Syrian borders

Date: 2014-09-24 13:28:05 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:1004121

AMMAN, Sept 24 (MENA) - A Jordanian military source denied rumors on clashes at dawn Wednesday at the Jordanian Syrian borders. Anadolu Agency has quoted a security source saying that clashes took place between the Jordanian army and unidentified ....

Efforts underway to resume Bahraini-Egyptian panel meetings

Date: 2014-09-24 13:23:34 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:1003657

MANAMA, Sept 24 (MENA) - Efforts are underway to resume the meetings of the Bahraini-Egyptian Joint Committee before the end of 2014, said Egypt's charge d'Affaires to Bahrain Osama Hamdy. Hamdy, in statements to MENA, asserted that importance of ....