Arab world

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  • 5 killed, injured in blast in eastern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-19 17:45:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:677243

    BAGHDAD, April 19 (MENA) – A civilian was killed while four others were injured when a bomb had exploded on Saturday at a popular market in Nahrawan district of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. Security forces cordoned off the area while ....

  • Jihadist group ISIL's senior leader killed in operation by Iraqi army in Diyala

    Date: 2014-04-19 17:42:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:677206

    BAGHDAD, April 19 (MENA) – A special Iraqi force killed Saturday a senior leader in the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Baqubah, capital of Diyala province, Iraqi security source said. The ISIL's senior member, ....

  • Two more MERS CoV deaths reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-04-19 17:03:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:677125

    RIYADH, April 19 (MENA) - Two residents in Saudi Arabia died of MERS CoV, said the health ministry on Saturday. The two deaths were reported in Jeddah, said the ministry, adding that five other people caught the virus Today's deaths bring to ....

  • Israeli soldiers fire at Lebanese farmers in AlKhiyam

    Date: 2014-04-19 16:56:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:677140

    BEIRUT, April 19 (MENA) - Israeli soldiers opened fire Saturday at a number of Lebanese farmers as they were at work across Al-Khiyam plains adjacent to the settlement of Mtolleh, Lebanese local media outlets reported. The enemy soldiers fired ....

  • Fabmy to receive secretary of Palestinian Fatah Movement Sunday

    Date: 2014-04-19 15:26:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:677043

    CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy will meet on Sunday with Secretary of the Palestinian Fatah Movement Azzam Al-Ahmad at the Foreign Ministry premises here. The two sides are expected to discuss the Middle East peace process, ....

  • 2 persons killed, one injured in blast in Bahrain

    Date: 2014-04-19 14:27:04 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:676951

    MANAMA, April 19 (MENA) - Two persons were killed and a third injured in a car bomb blast in Bahrain, Bahraini Interior Ministry announced. The ministry said on its Twitter account that Saturday’s blast was in the village of al-Maqshaa', along ....

  • Bomb car defused in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-04-19 13:21:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:676753

    Tripoli, April 19 (MENA) – Sappers have defused a booby-trapped car outside Shahrazad base in Benghazi, a security source told MENA Saturday. Acting upon a tip-off, bomb disposal experts rushed to the scene and managed to defuse the explosives, ....

  • Organization of Arab Peoples congratulates Bouteflika for re-election

    Date: 2014-04-19 11:23:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:676475

    CAIRO, April 19 (MENA) - The Organization of Arab Peoples and Parliaments , under Abdel Aziz Abdullah, congratulated Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for being re-elected for the fourth time . In a statement, the organization said that the ....

  • 7 killed, injured in commercial mall attack in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-19 10:58:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:676419

    BAGHDAD, April 19 (MENA) - Two people were killed and five injured when two bombs went off earlier Saturday near a commercial mall in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. The source said earlier that three explosive devices went off ....

  • 2 killed, 3 injured in dynamite explosion in northern Lebanon

    Date: 2014-04-19 09:17:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:676163

    BEIRUT, April 19 (MENA) - Two people were killed and three others injured when sticks of dynamite exploded in northern Lebanon Saturday. A number of boys were playing with the sticks of dynamite when it exploded. All the injured were ....

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