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Zarif voices support to Iraq against terrorism
Date: 2014-06-12 05:57:03 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:773659
TEHRAN, June 12 (MENA) - Iran offered neighboring Iraq support against terrorism Wednesday, as Baghdad battled a terrorist offensive that has seized the country's second city and is moving towards the capital, Press TV reported. Foreign Minister ....
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US pledges to help Iraq repel militants
Date: 2014-06-12 05:13:01 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:773632
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - With security in Iraq quickly deteriorating, the United States on Wednesday pledged "any appropriate assistance" to help the Iraqi government fend off a rapid military advance by Islamist militants, Sky news ....
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Four Libyan security men killed in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-12 05:00:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:773624
TRIPOLI, June 12 (MENA) - Four Libyan security men were killed in a suicide attack in Benghazi late on Wednesday, a spokesman for Libyan Special Forcs said. A suicide bomber driving a four by four vehicle blew himself up at a security checkpoint ....
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UN condemns kidnapping of Turkish diplomats in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-12 04:29:26 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:773615
NEW YORK, June 12 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is strongly condemning the kidnapping of Turkey's consul general and "many" diplomats in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, which has been largely overrun by al-Qaida-inspired ....
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No infections, deaths with Cornavirus for 2nd day in Arabia- ministry
Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:773533
RIYADH, June 11 (MENA) – No reports were received for the second day in row about new infections or deaths with coronavirus, the Saudi Health Ministry announced Wednesday. The number of cases which recovered from the disease hit 364, while 49 ....
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19 ISIL militants killed in Salah al-Din -- official
Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:773531
BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) – Iraqi security commander in Salah al-Din Province General Aly el-Frajy said Wednesday that nineteen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). They were killed in a security crackdown that destroyed ....
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Saudi Arabia jails 14 people over terrorism charges
Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:773499
JEDDAH, June 11 (MENA) - A Riyadh court sentenced 14 people Wednesday to various terms in jail over terrorism charges. The court also ordered to release two people who were arrested among seventy-one others on Riyadh’s al Nakheel lawsuit on ....
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Palestinian teenager killed in Gaza blast
Date: 2014-06-11 23:03:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:773535
GAZA CITY, June 11 (MENA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed in a mysterious explosion in house in the Gaza Strip. A 13-year old boy, named Khalil Al-Ghussain, died of injuries he sustained due to the explosion, said spokesman for health ministry ....
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Obama backs training plan to Syrian opposition -- diplomat
Date: 2014-06-11 20:48:21 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:773436
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - Dana Shell Smith, President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Qatar, said on Wednesday that the administration supported language in a Senate defense bill that would allow overt military training for the ....
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Yemeni president sacks six ministers
Date: 2014-06-11 20:08:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:139 - ID:773323
SANAA, June 11 (MENA) - Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has sacked six ministers on Wednesday amid rising popular discontent driven by power cuts and high prices, the state-run news agency reported. Hadi issued on Wednesday a republican ....
