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  • Gunmen attempt to steal Portuguese embassy in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-04-18 19:05:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:675685

    TRIPOLI, April 18 (MENA) – A guard of the Portuguese embassy in Tripoli was injured on Friday when unidentified people tried to steal the embassy visa office. The embassy said in a statement that a fire exchange occurred between the guard and ....

  • Unidentified gunmen rob US Embassy car in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-04-18 18:38:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:675614

    TRIPOLI, April 18 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen robbed Friday a car of the US Embassy in Tripoli, security sources said on Friday. The Toyota car has a political body plate. The robbery came amid a wave of a security chaos in the Libyan capital ....

  • Resident dies of Mers Corona in Riyadh

    Date: 2014-04-18 18:16:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:675594

    RIYADH, April 18 (MENA) - The Saudi Ministry of Health said on Friday that a resident died of Novel Coronavirus (Mers Corona) in Riyadh. Five other new cases have been recorded in the capital, said the ministry in a statement. With the new ....

  • 14 killed, 50 injured by car bombing in Syria's Homs

    Date: 2014-04-18 18:00:42 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:675595

    DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) – Fourteen people were killed while fifty others injured when a car bomb went off Friday in Homs in central Syria, ChamPress news website reported. The explosion left serious damage to the war-chattered neighborhood of ....

  • Bouteflika wins 4th term as president

    Date: 2014-04-18 16:28:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:675513

    ALGIERS, April 18 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won a fourth term with 81 percent of the vote, Algerian Minister of Interior Affaris Tayeb Belaiz said Friday. Bouteflika, 77, won the post for more five years after being in ....

  • Protests staged in Jordan for economic, social reforms

    Date: 2014-04-18 15:51:08 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:675437

    AMMAN, April 18 (MENA) – Jordan witnessed Friday several protests staged in many provinces, demanding political, economic, and social reforms along with social justice. Dozens of activists in Amman organized protests, calling for improving living ....

  • Egypt supports efforts of achieving Arab reconciliation

    Date: 2014-04-18 15:01:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:675389

    CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) – Egypt supports any effort that could bring about Arab reconciliation, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Responding to a question on the Gulf Cooperation Council recent accord, Badr Abdul-Atti said such ....

  • 7 Sahwa members killed, injured in armed attack in Iraq

    Date: 2014-04-18 14:57:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:675406

    BAGHDAD, April 18 (MENA) – Three Iraqi Sahwa members were killed and four others injured in an armed attack in the city of Ramadi, some 110 km north of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said on Friday. Unidentified gunmen opened fire toward a ....

  • Arab Women Conference goes on for 2nd day in row

    Date: 2014-04-18 11:10:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:674919

    CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) - The Arab Women Conference under the “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Beijing +20" resumes its activities for the second day in a row. As many as 13 feminist unions and nine Arab civil associations are taking part ....

  • Tunisia's Foreign Ministry advices nationals not to travel to Libya

    Date: 2014-04-17 22:04:28 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:173 - ID:674331

    TUNIS, April 17 (MENA) – The Tunisian Foreign Ministry advised Thursday its nationals not to travel to Libya. This came after a Tunisian diplomat was kidnapped in the Libyan capital Tripoli. A spokesman for the foreign ministry said it was ....

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