Arab world

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  • 6 army, police personnel killed, wounded in bomb blast near polling center in Ramadi

    Date: 2014-04-28 08:00:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:691427

    BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) - One army soldier was killed and five army and police personnel were wounded when a bomb exploded near a polling center in eastern Ramadi on Monday, a security source said. The bomb went off targeting vehicles carrying ....

  • Israeli troops shoot 2 Palestinian workers in northern Gaza

    Date: 2014-04-28 08:00:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:691388

    GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces shot on Monday two Palestinian workers near Erez crossing in northern the Gaza Strip. Their injuries are medium, said spokesman of Health Ministry here. (MENA) MHK/SR ....

  • Iraqi forces cast ballots in parliamentary polls

    Date: 2014-04-28 07:31:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:691343

    BAGHDAD, April 28 (MENA) - Amid tight security, Iraqi forces and security personnel flocked to polling stations on Monday to cast their votes in the second day of the three-stage parliamentary elections after the vote of Iraqi expatriates. Voting ....

  • Israel allows Gazans to visit jailed relatives in Beersheba prison

    Date: 2014-04-28 07:12:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:691318

    GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation authorities allowed on Monday dozens of Gazans to visit their kins jailed in Beersheba prison in the Negev desert, southern Israel. Some 59 family members of the prisoners, including 18 children ....

  • 350 trucks allowed into Karam Abu Salem

    Date: 2014-04-28 06:56:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:691259

    GAZA CITY, April 28 (MENA) - Israeli forces allowed 350 trucks loaded with goods to enter via Karam Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies and transport, said Head ....

  • Syrian regime troops killed, injured in blast in Aleppo - activists

    Date: 2014-04-27 20:29:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:691055

    DAMASCUS, April 27 (MENA) – Six Syrian regime soldiers were killed and dozens others were injured on Sunday when opposition fighters blew up a government building in Aleppo in northern Syria, said activists. Sky News which carried the news gave ....

  • Saudi Arabia: 339 MERS cases, 102 deaths

    Date: 2014-04-27 20:26:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:691032

    RIYADH, April 27 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus, or MERS-CoV has hit 102 and 339 infection cases were confirmed. The 16 further cases confirmed on Sunday ....

  • Qatari deputy PM in N.Darfur to follow up peace agreement

    Date: 2014-04-27 20:22:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:691026

    KHATROUM, April 27 (MENA) - Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, the Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar and Chairperson of the Implementation Follow–up Commission (IFC) established by the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), arrived in El Fasher, North ....

  • Southerners in Yemen rally for secession 20 years after civil war

    Date: 2014-04-27 19:21:34 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:690877

    SANAA, April 27 (MENA) - Thousands of Yemenis rallied in the port city of Mukalla on Sunday to demand statehood for the formerly independent south 20 years after the crushing of a secession bid, The Voice of Russia reported. The rally was ....

  • Jordan says keen to enhance ties with Japan

    Date: 2014-04-27 18:54:29 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:690479

    AMMAN, April 27 (MENA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday met a Japanese parliamentary delegation. The King said that Jordan is interested in further cementing a partnership with Japan in various domains, including parliamentary and ....

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