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Al-Bashir returns home after official visit to Doha

Date: 2014-07-09 20:59:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:819956

KHARTOUM, July 9 (MENA)- Sudan's President Omer Al-Bashir returned home on Wednesday after a two-day official visit to Doha, the Sudan News Agency reported. Al-Bashir held talks with the emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on boosting ....

Israel: Two Palestinians killed while trying to infiltrate into Israel

Date: 2014-07-09 20:57:33 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:819962

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – Two Palestinians were shot down while trying to enter Israel through Zikim Beach in the Southern Israel. According to Israeli media, the occupation forces have also killed five Palestinian on Tuesday while running across ....

Truce depends on stopping Netanyahu's aggression against Palestinians

Date: 2014-07-09 20:55:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:819919

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal said Wednesday that the international community needs to exercise pressures on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop his aggression against Palestinians if they want to halt ....

Staffan de Mistura named new UN envoy to Syria

Date: 2014-07-09 20:38:30 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:819918

NEWYORK, July 9 (MENA) - Veteran Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been chosen by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international point man on Syria, UN diplomats said Wednesday. The diplomats, ....

Israel strikes 600 targets in Gaza in two days

Date: 2014-07-09 19:54:49 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:819939

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that its air forces targeted 600 sites in the Gaza Strip in the past two days. According to Israeli local media, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at a possible ground ....

Kuwaiti parliament not to remain idle against conspiracies- speaker

Date: 2014-07-09 19:27:46 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:819901

KUWAIT CITY, July 9 (MENA) – The Kuwaiti parliament will not remain idle amid conspiracies being made against Kuwait, the KUNA cited speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem as saying. Al-Ghanem's remarks came during a meeting that brought together more than 16 ....

53 killed, 465 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza – ministry

Date: 2014-07-09 19:14:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:819898

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – The Gaza's Health Ministry said Tuesday that 53 Palestinians were killed while more than 465 injured during the Israeli attacks on the enclave. On Tuesday, an old woman and two baby girls were killed while ten others ....

Hamas shells Dimona with 3 rockets

Date: 2014-07-09 19:06:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:819891

GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) - The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said it shelled the southern town of Dimona with three M75 rockets, in reference to the Gaza-produced rockets with a range of about 80 kilometres (50 miles). In ....

Libyan lawmaker's son released

Date: 2014-07-09 18:44:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:819844

TRIPOLI, July 9 (MENA) - The son of a lawmaker in Tripoli was released by his abducters on Wednesday. The child, Ibrahim Abu Salah Shalaby, has been handed over to his family, said a security source. No ransume was paid, said the ....

Saudi king receives call from UN chief

Date: 2014-07-09 18:43:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:819848

JEDDAH, July 9 (MENA) – Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz received a phone call from United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The call tackled the latest development at the regional and international arenas. (MENA) AB/SR ....