Arab world

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  • Kuwait FM heads to Cairo for Arab League meeting

    Date: 2014-04-08 08:16:14 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:655692

    KUWIAT CITY, April 8 (MENA) – Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Kuwaiti Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah headed for Egypt on Tuesday to take part in an extraordinary meeting of the Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League's HQ in Cairo. Palestinian President ....

  • Moroccan police arrest dozens of activists

    Date: 2014-04-08 07:17:45 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:655579

    RABAT, April 8 (MENA) – Moroccan security forces detained on Tuesday dozens of activists from the 20th February movement, the Moroccan Arab Spring movement, during a workers' protest against the Moroccan government in Casablanca. Around ten ....

  • Five killed, 25 wounded in mortar attacks in Fallujah

    Date: 2014-04-08 07:02:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:655578

    BAGHDAD, April 8 (MENA) – Five people were killed and 25 others wounded as mortar shells hit many areas in the city of Fallujah, 65km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, medical sources said. They said the Fallujah public hospital has received ....

  • Mauritanian president: Drug smuggling feeds terror

    Date: 2014-04-08 06:46:05 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:655517

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 8 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohammad Ould Abdel Aziz asserted that terrorism is a dangerous phenomenon. Addressing a press conference held in Nouadhibou city in northern Mauritania, the Mauritanian president said security ....

  • Brotherhood Charity shutdown is final: Mauritanian President

    Date: 2014-04-08 06:31:52 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:655514

    NOUADHIBOU, April 8 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Ould Abdelaziz vehemently rejected on Tuesday to retreat from banning the biggest Brotherhood Charity in Mauritania. "The decision is final, legally obvious and has no relation with personal, ....

  • Mauritania's President says not to form national unity government

    Date: 2014-04-08 06:29:17 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:655513

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 8 (MENA) - Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz rejected on Tuesday a proposal for forming a national unity government to include opposition parties along with the ruling party. In a press conference, Abdel Aziz said ....

  • Europe airlines halt flights to Libya indefinitely

    Date: 2014-04-07 19:42:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:655252

    DUBAI, April 7 (MENA) – A number of European airlines have suspended flights to Libya indefinitely. The Al-Arabiya TV channel reported the news flash without giving any further details. (MENA) AF/WN ....

  • Dutch priest assassinated in Syria

    Date: 2014-04-07 18:24:49 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:655208

    DAMASCUS, April 7 (MENA) - A masked gunman has shot dead an elderly Dutch priest in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, Russia Today reported on Monday. This comes amidst reports of extremist groups increasingly targeting religious minorities in ....

  • 10 Daash elements killed in Iraq

    Date: 2014-04-07 17:54:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:655149

    BAGHDAD, April 7 (MENA) - Security forces killed ten gunmen and injured three others who belong to Daash group in various areas in Baghdad, said interior ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan. The troops moved the injured to nearby ....

  • Civil disobedience in Libya creates traffic chaos in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-04-07 16:52:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:655002

    TRIPOLI, April 7 (MENA) - A state of traffic chaos has prevailed in the streets of the Libyan capital of Tripoli after some main roads were shut down in response to civil disobedience calls. Groups of militias spread at the entrances of major roads ....

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