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Asia Media summit kicks off in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2014-05-06 14:15:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:706374

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 6 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdulaziz bin Mohiuddin Khoja, opened on Tuesday the 11th Asia Media summit 2014 (AMS), under the title : Media and Diversity: Enriching the Broadcasting ....

Forming mini-cabinet working on national accord: Libyan interim PM

Date: 2014-05-06 12:58:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:706403

TRIPOLI, May 6 (MENA) - Libyan Interim Prime Minister Ahmad Mitig said that he will confer with opinion leaders to form a mini-cabinet that works on realizing national accord. The new government will focus on activating the judicial system and ....

7 more Coronavirus cases confirmed in Saudi Arabia

Date: 2014-05-06 12:36:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:706302

RIYADH, May 6 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry announced on Tuesday seven more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) raising the number of infections to 241 since the first case was diagnosed in September 2102. The ....

AL supports efforts of Yemeni gov't in combating terror

Date: 2014-05-06 11:30:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:706186

CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - The Arab League voiced support to the Yemeni army and government in combating Qaeda terrorist organization. In a statement released on Tuesday, the AL asserted the full solidarity of the Arab states with Yemen. The AL ....

Qaeda leader, his brother killed in shelling on southern Yemen

Date: 2014-05-06 11:20:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:706208

SANAA, May 6 (MENA) - A leading operative of the terrorist Al-Qaeda organization and his brother were killed on Tuesday in a shelling carried out by the Yemeni army on the Yemeni southern province of Shabwa. Yemeni forces launched a major ....

8 elements of army, Sahwa killed, injured in 2 separate attacks in Baghdad

Date: 2014-05-06 11:13:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:706149

BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) - Eight elements of army and Sahwa group were killed and injured Tuesday in two separate attacks in western and southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. An explosive charge planted on the roadside went off targeting ....

Britain shifts aid away from UN to reach starving in Syria

Date: 2014-05-06 11:10:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:706143

LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - Britain is drastically to alter how it provides aid to Syria after growing frustration with the inability of the United Nations to reach starving civilians, The Times paper reported Tuesday. Britain has already committed ....

Fire erupts at oil refinery in Baghdad

Date: 2014-05-06 11:09:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:706096

CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) – A major fire erupted an oil refinery southern Baghdad, causing damages to the facility, a police source said. He said he has no information about any casualties caused by the fire. The source, asked to be unnamed, said ....

Molotov cocktail attack damages shops near police station in Bahrain

Date: 2014-05-06 10:44:00 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:706019

MANAMA, May 6 (MENA) - The General Director of Central Governorate Police in Bahrain said Tuesday that police responded to an attack by thugs with Molotov cocktails against Sitra Police Station. Police used necessary and proportionate force to ....

Shelling in Fallujah kills 5: medical source

Date: 2014-05-06 10:36:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:706007

BAGHDAD, May 6 (MENA) – Five people were killed and ten others injured in the shelling on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, said a well-placed medical source. Fallujah had been under the control of Daash three months ago and now witnesses clashes ....