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MENA denies releasing reports about contacts between Libya's GNC, Haftar

Date: 2014-05-31 19:50:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:753959

TRIPOLI, May 31 (MENA) - The Middle East News Agency (MENA) has denied reports fanned by a Libyan Facebook page on Saturday that the agency released a report saying that Speaker of the Libyan General National Congress (parliament) Nouri Abu Sahmein ....

Morocco king calls for strengthening coop between Maghreb countries

Date: 2014-05-31 19:06:02 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:753851

TUNIS, May 31 (MENA) - King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called for strengthening cooperation between the countries of the Arab Maghreb Union and ending the stalemate. In a speech on Saturday evening for the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly, ....

Tanzania-flagged ship seized off Tripoli coast

Date: 2014-05-31 18:06:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:753849

TRIPOLI, May 31 (MENA) - Coast Guards in Tripoli arrested Saturday a crew of a Tanzania-flagged ship that consists of five Syrians and five of different African nationalities and seized large quantities of expired alcohol and tobacco along with ....

Arab Maghreb FMs meeting on Libya postponed

Date: 2014-05-31 17:35:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:753831

TRIPOLI, May 31 (MENA) - Tunisian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mokhtar Chaouachi said Saturday a consultative meeting of Arab Maghreb Union's Foreign Ministers, dedicated to deal with the latest developments in Libya, was agreed to be postponed after ....

Syrian refugees to lose status if they enter Syria: Lebanese interior minister

Date: 2014-05-31 16:53:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:753730

BEIRUT, May 31 (MENA) – Lebanese Interior Minister Nehad Mashnouq said that Syrian refugees will lose their refugee status if they entered Syria then returned to Lebanon. In a press release on Saturday, Mashnouq called on all Syrian refugees and ....

Coronavirus death toll in Saudi Arabia up to 187 - statement

Date: 2014-05-31 16:17:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:753752

RIYADH, May 31 (MENA) – A new cast of Coronavirus has been detected raising the death toll in Saudi Arabia to 187 people since the first case was reported in September 2012, the Saudi health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 570 people have ....

Border crossing agreement essential step towards commercial cooperation with Egypt - diplomat

Date: 2014-05-31 15:09:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:753538

HURGHADA, Egypt, May 31 (MENA) - Inking the border crossing agreement with Egypt will promote trade significantly, said Sudanese Ambassador to Cairo el-Hassan Ahmed el-Hussien. The diplomat's remark came during attending Hurghada International ....

First 2 cases of MERS virus detected in Algeria

Date: 2014-05-31 14:16:48 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:753536

ALGIERS, May 31 (MENA) - The Algerian Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday released a statement confirming the detection of the first two cases of coronavirus, better known the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The statement said ....

1 killed, 4 injured of Sahwa elements in blast in Baghdad

Date: 2014-05-31 11:35:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:753090

BAGHDAD, May 31 (MENA) - One element was killed and four others were injured of Iraqi Sahwa forces after an explosive device went off in southern Baghdad, a security source said Saturday. The blast occurred after a bomb exploded in a checkpoint ....

Kuwaiti Awqaf ends mission of Egyptian preacher over criticizing elections

Date: 2014-05-31 10:33:40 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:753045

KUWAIT CITY, May 31 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf has ended the service of an Egyptian preacher over his criticism of the Egyptian presidential elections in violation of the Kuwaiti law which ban any involvement of political speech in the ....