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Palestine warns of repeated Israeli storming of Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2014-06-11 07:52:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:771866

RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Palestinian Awqaf Minister Youssef Daais warned on Wednesday Al-Aqsa mosque is at high risk given the repeated Israeli storming that became almost every day. Israel is trying to impose a status quo through the daily ....

Algeria opposition coalition calls for democratic transition

Date: 2014-06-11 07:49:35 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:771862

ALGIERS, June 11 (MENA) – Algerian opposition coalition called Wednesday for democratic transition to establish a legitimate political system, two months after Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a fourth term as president. The coalition proposed a ....

British Foreign Office Minister condemns attacks in Mosul

Date: 2014-06-10 20:26:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:158 - ID:771666

LONDON, June 10 (MENA) - Britain has condemned the attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Mosul, and called for a new government to address causes of insecurity in Iraq. "I utterly condemn the attacks by the Islamic State of ....

Sudan's shelling of S. Kordofan reaches unprecedented levels - NGOs

Date: 2014-06-10 19:36:14 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:771486

KHARTOUM, June 10 (MENA) – Sudan's shelling of South Kordofan State has reached unprecedented levels, 45 NGOs said Tuesday in a message to the UN Security Council. The NGOs urged the Sudanese government to halt its bombardment and targeting of ....

Abusahmain named Libya's army chief

Date: 2014-06-10 18:28:33 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:771484

TRIPOLI, June 10 (MENA) – Libya's General National Congress (GNC) President Nouri Abusahmain has been elected the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Abusahmain, who received 59 votes out of 95, will continue in office until the election of ....

Iran condemns terrorist attack in Iraq’s Mosul

Date: 2014-06-10 18:18:22 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:134 - ID:771474

TEHRAN, June 10 (MENA) - Iran has strongly condemned a terrorist attack on the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, saying the spread of terrorist moves in Iraq is a flagrant example of the “transnational threat” of terrorism, Press TV reported Tuesday. ....

Brahimi: There was evidence of chemical weapons use by Syrian opposition

Date: 2014-06-10 17:39:23 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:771431

PARIS, June 10 (MENA) – Former UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi stressed that there was evidence that the Syrian opposition used chemical weapons in Khan al-Assal. In an interview with France 24 Channel on Tuesday, Brahimi said that ....

Ban Ki-moon condemns latest wave of violent acts in Iraq

Date: 2014-06-10 17:34:53 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:771428

NEW YORK, June 10 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about the developments in Iraq, RTE reported on Tuesday. He called on political leaders to unite in the face of threats. His spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Mr ....

No corona deaths reported Tuesday -- Saudi Arabia

Date: 2014-06-10 17:18:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:771376

RIYADH, June 10 (MENA) – The Saudi Ministry of Health asserted that no deaths were reported among the corona-virus cases on Tuesday. The number of Corona-virus deaths has hit 287 of 700 infected cases in Saudi Arabia, read a statement by the Saudi ....

AL chief voices concern over ISIS terrorist acts in Mosul

Date: 2014-06-10 17:17:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:771292

CAIRO, June 10 (MENA) – Arab League chief Nabil El-Arabi voiced Tuesday his concern over the escalation of bombings and militant attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) against Iraqi civilians in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. In ....