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Kerry visits Saudi Arabia on Friday for Iraq talks

Date: 2014-06-25 18:36:12 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:798033

WASHINGTON, June 25 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday for talks with King Abdullah about the crisis in Iraq. Speaking on the sidelines of talks of NATO, Kerry announced the extra stop on his current ....

Suicide bombing hit Beirut hotel -- reports

Date: 2014-06-25 18:19:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:798047

BEIRUT, June 25 (MENA) - A suicide bomber exploded himself when police raided his room at a hotel in Beirut on Wednesday, said Sky News Arabia. Acting upon a tip-off that a terrorist group was inside, the police stormed the building where the ....

2 corona cases reported in Arabia - health ministry

Date: 2014-06-25 16:29:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:797760

RIYADH, June 25 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry said on Wednesday that the number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) rose to 710 people, including 292 deaths. Two new cases were reported in Jeddah and Riyadh, ....

FAO: Iraq faces serious food security concerns

Date: 2014-06-25 15:23:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:797638

CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) – Iraq is facing serious food security concerns following the recent escalation of conflict in a large swath of the country, FAO warned on Wednesday. Over one million people so far have fled their homes and farms since ....

Sudan summons US ambassador over Christian woman

Date: 2014-06-25 15:15:14 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:797471

KHARTOUM, June 25 (MENA) – Sudan's foreign ministry summoned the US and the South Sudanese ambassadors after a Sudanese woman tried to leave the country after she was freed from death row. The ministry said the woman tried to leave with ....

UAE Airline suspends flights to Pakistan's Peshawar

Date: 2014-06-25 15:01:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:797585

ABU DHABI, June 25 (MENA) – The Emirates International Airline has suspended flights to and from the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar until further notice, the Al Arabia news reported. The Airline has taken this decision in light of the attack ....

Egypt, Sudan hold course on conflict settlement, peacebuilding

Date: 2014-06-25 14:38:34 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:797385

KHARTOUM, June 25 (MENA) – The Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA) and the commission of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) headed by the Republic of Sudan held on Tuesday a course on conflict ....

Bank robberies in Mosul make ISIL ‘wealthiest terrorist franchise ever’

Date: 2014-06-25 14:19:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:797396

WASHINGTON — Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has seized major U.S. combat platforms in Iraq, the World Tribune quoted a report as saying Wednesday. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs asserted that ISIL, also known as Islamic ....

Sisi leaves Algiers heading for Malabo to attend African summit

Date: 2014-06-25 12:51:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:797356

ALGIERS, June 25 (MENA) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left here Wednesday at the end of a few hours' working visit, heading for Malabo to attend an African summit. During his stay he had talks with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and ....

Egypt partakes in ITU preparatory meeting

Date: 2014-06-25 12:22:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:797076

CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) – Egypt is due to partake in the second Arab Preparatory Meeting for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference, which will be held in Bahrain. The meeting will discuss 20 documents, 12 of ....