Arab world

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  • Sudan reiterates calls for foreign debt relief

    Date: 2014-06-13 21:12:31 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:776587

    KHARTOUM, June 13 (MENA) – Sudan representatives in an international conference on climate change, that was held in Mexico, reiterated calls for a debt relief for Sudan and all other third world countries. Council of States Vice-President Badwai ....

  • Situation in Libya is disastrous: Haftar

    Date: 2014-06-13 20:10:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:776588

    CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Libya's renegade General Khalifa Haftar said Friday that cooperation between the Operation Karama (Dignity) and Egypt is underway to deliver the terrorist elements who are wanted by Egypt. Speaking to Egyptian journalist ....

  • Sudan opposition chief's daughters held at protest

    Date: 2014-06-13 20:02:14 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:776589

    KHARTOUM, June 13 (MENA) - Sudanese police on Friday detained four daughters of opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi as they violently broke up a protest demanding freedom for political prisoners. "Police used violence and arrested 17 people including ....

  • "Libyan Revolutionaries" claims responsibility for shelling Haftar troops

    Date: 2014-06-13 19:25:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:111 - ID:776559

    TRIPOLI, June 13 (MENA) - The Libyan Revolutionaries Joint Operations Room claimed responsibility Friday for an operation against troops of Libya's renegade General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi. The room said in a Facebook statement that Benghazi ....

  • UN: Iraq witnesses dramatic deterioration including executions and extrajudicial killings

    Date: 2014-06-13 19:13:02 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:776558

    NEW YORK, June 13 (MENA) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has expressed extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, including reports of summary executions and extrajudicial killings. Reports ....

  • UN rights chief calls on Iraq leaders to settle crisis

    Date: 2014-06-13 17:18:06 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:776427

    GENEVA, June 13 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, amid reports of summary executions and extrajudicial killings, and the massive ....

  • New MERS case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-06-13 17:14:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:776438

    RIYADH, June 13 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health reported a new coronavirus case on Friday. The number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) rose to 702, including 287 deaths, the ministry said. The first case was ....

  • Security forces kill two terrorists in Tunisia

    Date: 2014-06-13 16:49:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:776173

    TUNIS, June 13 (MENA) - Two terrorists were killed and several arrested following a fire exchange between National Guard special units and terrorist gunmen holed up in a locality in Fernana, of Governorate of Jendouba, the Tunisian news agency ....

  • Lebanon arrests 5 Syrians over terrorism charges

    Date: 2014-06-13 15:18:50 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:776231

    BEIRUT, June 13 (MENA) – Five Syrians have been arrested in Lebanon's border town of Arsal for joining a terrorist group, the National News Agency reported Friday. "The army launched today wide raid operations in Arsal outskirts and arrested ....

  • UN voices concerns over Iraq's dramatic situation

    Date: 2014-06-13 13:30:54 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:775917

    GENEVA, June 13 (MENA) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and other UN agencies in Iraq expressed Friday extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, amid reports of summary executions and extrajudicial ....

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