Arab world
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Saudi midday work ban comes into force Sunday
Date: 2014-06-14 17:07:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:777862
RIYADH, June 14 (MENA) - Saudi authorities said that as from Sunday a ban on midday work in the sun will come into force till September 15. The labor ministry warned companies and bodies against violating the ban. The system bans work in the sun ....
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Gaza kid dies of wounds sustained during Israeli air strike
Date: 2014-06-14 16:56:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:777839
GAZA CITY, June 14 (MENA) - Seven-year old Ali Abdel-Latif has died of wounds sustained during an Israeli air strike in northwest Gaza City, a Palestinian health ministry spokesman in Gaza Strip said Saturday. The child and his uncle were ....
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5 killed in Libya clashes
Date: 2014-06-14 16:07:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:777776
TRIPOLI, June 14 (MENA) - Five persons were killed and others were injured in the clashes that broke out between residents of Ubari City, southwestern Libya, and Tuareg people. The clashes erupted because of a dispute at a gas station, a security ....
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US jets could launch airstrike in Iraq within 24 hours if so ordered- Report
Date: 2014-06-14 14:47:40 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:777593
WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) – A Former American military officials said The United States has positioned its military equipment in the Middle East to launch possible airstrikes against al-Qaeda-linked militants in Iraq at a 24-hour notice, The US ....
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EDITORIAL: Iraq crumbles on Obama’s watch
Date: 2014-06-14 13:09:31 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:777501
WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) - Most Americans aren’t much interested in “foreign affairs” until events demand it. Americans pay the president to worry about troubles in faraway places and usually feel entitled to nap until they get a wake-up call. But ....
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UK provides £3 million in aid to civilians fleeing ISIS
Date: 2014-06-14 13:09:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:777469
LONDON, June 14 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Saturday that London will provide an initial aid of £3 million to people who are fleeing the armed attacks of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Hague made ....
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Haftar: extremist elements should be uprooted
Date: 2014-06-14 12:08:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:777285
RIYADH, June 14 (MENA) - Libya's former General Khalifa Haftar underlined the importance of uprooting the extremist elements which claim to be Muslims and the so called Muslim Brotherhood group which used Islam as a cover up. Speaking to the ....
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Militants kill 2 special forces soldiers in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-14 10:14:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:776996
TRIPOLI, June 14 (MENA) – Two soldiers of Libyan special forces were killed Saturday by unknown militants in Benghazi, a security source said. "A special force soldier was targeted in a drive-by shooting by militants driving a car with tinted ....
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10 killed, injured in suicide attack in Yemen
Date: 2014-06-14 09:07:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:776908
SANAA, June 14 (MENA) - Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in a car bomb which targeted an army site in a city in Yemen's Abyan province. A car bomb exploded in an army site in Mahfad city in Yemen , killing four soldiers and injuring four others. ....
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Jordan advises citizens not to travel to troubled areas in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-13 21:31:34 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:776565
AMMAN, June 13 (MENA) – The Foreign Ministry of Jordan has called on its citizens in Iraq not to travel to places that witness deteriorating security conditions. In a statement on Friday, the ministry spokeswoman Sabah el-Rafaei said that contacts ....