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Arab FMs assert support for peace, development efforts in Sudan

Date: 2014-09-08 10:46:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:911669

CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Arab Foreign Ministers Council asserted backing for peace and development efforts in Sudan, reiterating in a resolution issued Monday full solidarity with Sudan in preserving its sovereignty, independence and territorial ....

WHO: Saudi kingdom taking strict measures to ensure having Ebola-free hajj

Date: 2014-09-08 10:36:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:911655

RIYADH, Sept 8 (MENA) - The World Health Organization and the Saudi Health Ministry approved a number of measures to guarantee that the hajj season would be Ebola free, a WHO official has said. No pilgrim suspected of having the disease would be ....

New UN Human Rights chief urges world to protect civilians in Iraq, Syria

Date: 2014-09-08 10:19:55 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:911660

GENEVA, Sept 8 (MENA) - New UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein called on Monday for the world to protect women and religious and ethnic minorities targeted by Daesh militants in Iraq and Syria which he said were "increasingly conjoined ....

Preparations underway for Egyptian-Bahraini committee session: Bahrain FM

Date: 2014-09-08 09:54:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:911505

CAIRO, Sept 8 (MENA) - Preparations are underway for holding a new session of the Egyptian-Bahraini committee, Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled bin Ahmad bin Mohamad al-Khalifa said. This comes within the framework of cooperation between both ....

Egyptian community in Sudan urged to get automated passport before November 2015

Date: 2014-09-08 09:43:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:911599

KHARTOUM, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum urged members of the Egyptian expat community in the various Sudanese states to obtain automated passports before November, 2015. In a statement Monday, the Embassy said that the ....

Destroying ISIS may take years, U.S. officials say

Date: 2014-09-08 08:03:23 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:911411

NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) - The Obama administration is preparing to carry out a campaign against Daesh that may take three years to complete, requiring a sustained effort that could last until after President Obama has left office, according to ....

Israel detains 7 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2014-09-08 07:39:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:911305

RAMALLAH, Sept 8 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians Monday from the West Bank. Three were arrested in Bethlehem, two in al-Quds and two in Jericho. Also, a general strike prevailed in schools in southeastern al-Quds in protest ....

UN honors Emir of Kuwait as humanitarian leader Tuesday

Date: 2014-09-08 06:09:15 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:911174

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 8 (MENA) - The United Nations has namedf Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as humanitarian leader in appreciation of his great role in the humanitarian action The honoring is well-earned due to the Emir's ....

Leader of Shura Council of Benighazi Revolutionaries survives assassination attempt

Date: 2014-09-08 05:38:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:911147

TRIPOLI, Sept 8 (MENA) - Zeyad Balaam, field commander of Omar Al-Mokhtar Battalion and prominent leader of Shura Council of Benighazi Revolutionaries, survived an assassination attempt in Benghazi on Sunday. He was moved to Benghazi Medical ....

U.S. airstrikes target ISIS fighters near 2nd-largest dam in Iraq

Date: 2014-09-08 04:52:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:911137

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - The U.S. military launched airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters around a key dam in western Iraq on Sunday, the Pentagon said. It carried out the airstrikes near Haditha Dam at Iraq's request, according to Rear Adm. John ....