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Ethiopia chooses Khartoum to hold trilateral talks with downstream countries

Date: 2014-07-12 11:17:58 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:823475

KHARTOUM, July 12 (MENA) - Ethiopia has chosen Khartoum as a venue for talks with Sudan and Egypt on the Renaissance Dam. The date of the meeting is yet to be set after an agreement is reached at the level of ministers. Addis Ababa said it chose ....

Arab FMs to convene Monday on Gaza escalation

Date: 2014-07-12 09:15:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:823204

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - The Arab League Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday at the foreign ministers' level to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gaza under the ongoing Israeli aggression. Kuwait, the current chair of the Arab ....

Arab ambassadors in Tokyo urge Japan to act to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 09:14:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:823233

CAIRO/TOKYO, July 12 (MENA) - The Council of Arab Ambassadors in Tokyo has urged the Japanese government to exercise pressure on Israel to immediately stop its attacks on innocent Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, Egypt's ambassador in Tokyo ....

FM calls Saudi, Jordanian counterparts

Date: 2014-07-12 08:39:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:823220

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri telephoned his Saudi counterpart Saud al-Faisal and Nasser Judeh of Jordan Saturday to discuss the latest developments in Gaza and Iraq. Shokri was on his way back home from Iraq via Jordan. ....

Malaysian PM urges UN, OIC to send humanitarian assistance to Gaza

Date: 2014-07-11 22:01:33 GMT - Malaysia - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:822980

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN to immediately send humanitarian assistance to Gaza, Malaysia's news agency reported. Denouncing the ....

Hamas: Destroying Israeli Jeep indicates how ground war against Gaza will be

Date: 2014-07-11 21:00:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:822914

GAZA CITY, July 11 (MENA) - Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Friday Al-Qassam Brigades' shelling of an Israeli military Jeep in eastern Gaza indicates how a ground war against the strip will be. Abu Zuhri added in a brief press release this ....

Abbas receives phone call from AL chief; Arab FMs to hold meeting on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-11 20:44:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:822913

RAMALLAH, July 11 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call Friday from Arab League chief Nabil Al Arabi. The AL chief informed Abbas that the pan-Arab body would hold a meeting at the level of foreign ministers to discuss ....

Salafists protest at reopening of Algiers synagogues

Date: 2014-07-11 19:23:41 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:822880

ALGIERS, July 11 (MENA) -- Dozens of salafists in Algeria protested Friday against government plans to reopen synagogues that were closed for security reasons since 1990. Dozens of worshippers tried to march in the streets after Friday prayers ....

Gaza death toll rises to 105: Health Ministry

Date: 2014-07-11 19:15:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:822854

GAZA CITY, July 11 (MENA) - The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 105 Palestinians while 785 were injured. Gaza Health Ministry Spokesman Ashraf Qedra said two Palestinians were killed and three others injured in an ....

Italian FM urges Mideast conflict parties to stop fight

Date: 2014-07-11 18:32:32 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:822821

ROME, July 11 (MENA) - Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini urges Israel and Palestinians to agree a ceasefire. In a statement issued on Friday, Mogherini condemns the "indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas" and says the situation is at ....