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Gaza death toll reaches 215 with four boys killed

Date: 2014-07-16 17:39:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:830850

GAZA CITY, July 16 (MENA) - At least 215 Palestinians were killed and 1,635 injured due to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip in the ten days of its raids on the coastal enclave, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. It said the recent ....

Corona death toll in Saudi Arabia hits 296

Date: 2014-07-16 16:32:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:830806

RIYADH, July 16 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry said on Wednesday that the number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) rose to 721 people, including 296 deaths. One death case was reported in Jeddah today, said ....

Fatah denouces Hamas instigative media discourse

Date: 2014-07-16 16:00:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:830766

RAMALLAH, July 16 (MENA) - Fatah denounced on Wednesday Hamas' instigative media discourse against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other Fatah leaderships. In a statement, spokesman for Fatah Osama Qawassimi expressed amazement at Hamas ....

UAE's Mars spacecraft plans aim to diversify its economy

Date: 2014-07-16 15:39:13 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:830570

NEW YORK, July 16 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates government on Wednesday said it plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the planet of Mars by 2021 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the country’s founding, The Wall Street Journal ....

Arab parl't holds emergency meeting over Gaza crisis

Date: 2014-07-16 15:24:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:830514

CAIRO, July 16 (MENA) – The Arab Parliament's Committee on Foreign, Political and National Security Affairs held an emergency meeting Wednesday, at the Arab League headquarters to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip due to Israel's ....

Kuwait parl't speaker to attend AIPU meeting on Gaza crisis

Date: 2014-07-16 15:20:33 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:830601

KUWAIT CITY, July 16 (MENA) – Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker and Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union President Marzouq Al-Ghanim left for Cairo on Wednesday to attend urgent Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) talks on the situation in Gaza. The ....

AL consultative meeting on Libya concluded

Date: 2014-07-16 15:18:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:830553

CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) permanent delegates concluded Wednesday a consultative meeting on the latest developments in Libya. The meeting came upon a request by Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi and his envoy to Libya Nasser ....

AL permanent representatives meet to discuss Libya

Date: 2014-07-16 12:18:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:830202

CAIRO, July 16 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) permanent representatives met here Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in Libya. AL Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi attended the meeting which kicked off at the AL General Secretariat's premises. ....

Assad slams at western countries, says Syrian people rejected surrender, division

Date: 2014-07-16 11:25:22 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:830033

DAMASCUS, July 16 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad asserted on Wednesday that the Syrian people have rejected sedition winds to divide the country and refused to kneel down to calls of division and involvement in the state ....

3 Egyptian drivers released shortly after abduction in Benghazi

Date: 2014-07-16 11:14:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:829986

TRIPOLI, July 16 (MENA) - Three Egyptian drivers have been set free shortly after they were abducted by gunmen in al-Lathama area in northern Benghazi. Mayloud al-Zawie, the military spokesman, told MENA Wednesday that special troops were able to ....