Arab world

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  • Algeria welcomes peace agreement in Yemen

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:55:54 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:998765

    ALGIERS, Sept 23 (MENA) – Algeria has welcomed a newly-agreed peace deal in Yemen which strives to end violence that has killed and displaced hundreds of people in recent weeks. "Algiers hopes that the UN-brokered agreement will lead to cessation ....

  • Algeria bids for 2017 Africa Cup

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:34:44 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:998365

    ALGIERS, Sept 23 (MENA) – Algeria officially applied for the organization of the 2017 African Cup of Nations after Libya pulled out citing security concerns, the Algerian ministry of sports said. Algeria seeks to host the 2017 version of the ....

  • UAE confirms its air force launched first strike against Daesh targets

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:32:48 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:998649

    ABU DHABI, Sept 23 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the country's air force launched its first strikes against Daesh targets last evening, the state's official news agency reported. ''The operation was conducted in ....

  • Obama says everything that is necessary will be done to fight Daesh

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:25:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:998233

    WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama made his first statement on Tuesday following airstrikes for the first time against Daesh in Syria. Speaking to reporters, Obama said that the partnership of Arab allies “makes it clear to the ....

  • Multiple Daesh sites hit - - US Central Command

    Date: 2014-09-23 16:19:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:998329

    WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (MENA) - US military forces and partner nations, including Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE, undertook military action against Daesh terrorists in Syria overnight, using a mix of fighter, bomber, remotely piloted ....

  • Arab environment ministers meet ahead of climate change summit to coordinate stances

    Date: 2014-09-23 15:49:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:998389

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Arab environment ministers met here Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change summit to coordinate stances regarding topics on the agenda of the summit. The Arab stance is still the same, said Egypt's Khaled ....

  • Yemeni president "foreign plot" behind Shiites' advances

    Date: 2014-09-23 15:47:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:997301

    SANAA, Set 23 (MENA) – Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi says the sweep by Shiite rebels over the capital is part of a "foreign plot," implicitly blaming Iran, which he has accused of backing the group, ABC news reported. Hadi's Tuesday ....

  • Mbeki receives US pledges to lift Sudan from state terror list - Minister

    Date: 2014-09-23 14:13:47 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:997261

    KHARTOUM, Sept 23 (MENA) - Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said Tuesday AU envoy for Sudan Thabo Mbeki received US pledges to lift Sudan from terrorism list. "Although we do not have confidence in the US Administration, the ....

  • Terrorist group involved in Baghdad bombings arrested

    Date: 2014-09-23 14:12:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:997297

    BAGHDAD, Sept 23 (MENA) - A terrorist group involved in bombings in west of Baghdad was arrested on Tuesday, Baghdad Operations Command reported. In a press conference, Baghdad Operations Command spokesman Saad Maan said security forces supported ....

  • Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to resume with Egyptian brokerage

    Date: 2014-09-23 13:41:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:996965

    CAIRO, Sept 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian-Israeli indirect negotiations kicked off on Tuesday in the Egyptian Intelligence premises under its head Mohamed Farid el-Tohami. A schedule for the negotiations will be set to be resumed after Eid el-Adha ....

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