Arab world

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  • Libyan air force officer killed in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-03-31 10:17:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:640686

    TRIPOLI, March 31 (MENA) - A number of unidentified gunmen killed a Libyan air force officer in Benghazi. The gunmen were riding a car and opened fire at officer Mahmoud al-Talhi in Salam neighborhood, spokesman for the joint security chamber ....

  • Israeli forces fire at protesting Palestinian youths

    Date: 2014-03-31 10:16:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:640724

    GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - Israeli forces fired Monday at scores of Palestinian youths protesting near the border separation fence in eastern Khan Younis. No injuries were reported, local sources said. (MENA) MHK/SR ....

  • 4 killed, wounded in 4 bombings in Kirkuk

    Date: 2014-03-31 09:03:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:640498

    BAGHDAD, March 31 (MENA) - Four people, including a military officer, were killed and injured in four bombings in northwestern Kirkuk, a security source said Monday. The four bombs exploded at the same time near a village in al-Dibs town, the ....

  • Gunmen attack Libyan DCIM spokesman

    Date: 2014-03-31 09:03:11 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:640483

    TRIPOLI, March 31 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen assaulted the official spokesman of the (DCIM) Department for Combating Illegal Migration in central Tripoli. The gunmen stopped his car and stabbed him in his hand, the spokesman said in statements ....

  • Families of 40 Gazan detainees allowed visits in Rimon Prison

    Date: 2014-03-31 08:40:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:640407

    GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - The Israeli authorities have allowed families of dozens of Gaza detainees to visit them at Rimon Prison in Negev desert in southern Israel. Families of 40 detainees, including 18 under 10 years old, crossed Beit ....

  • Israel allows 270 trucks into Gaza via Karm Abu Salem

    Date: 2014-03-31 08:31:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:640428

    GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces decided to allow 270 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing on Monday. In a press release, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry ....

  • Palestinian leadership meets to mull response to Israeli decision on pre-Oslo prisoners

    Date: 2014-03-31 07:28:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:640262

    RAMALLAH, March 31 (MENA) - The Palestinian leadership will meet on Monday to mull a response to Israeli decision not to set free pre-Oslo prisoners, a member of the PLO Executive Committee said. Saleh Rafat said the Palestinian leadership will ....

  • Kuwait denies reports on Arab summit cost

    Date: 2014-03-30 22:37:26 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:187 - ID:640132

    KUWAIT CITY, March 30 (MENA) - A senior government official Sunday brushed aside reports in the press and social media networks over the costs of the March 25-26 Arab Summit, saying actual spending was around 40 million Kuwaiti Dinars (USD 142.5 ....

  • Netanyahu responsible for Bennett’s threats -- Palestinian presidency

    Date: 2014-03-30 19:51:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:165 - ID:639924

    RAMALLAH, March 30 (MENA) – Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned on Sunday Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett’s statements, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the responsibility for such ....

  • 11 wounded in Gaza blasts

    Date: 2014-03-30 19:24:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:639840

    GAZA CITY, March 30 (MENA) - As many as 11 Palestinians were injured in two separate blasts in Gaza Strip. One of the explosions occurred in Khan Yunis where four young men were wounded, said a spokesman for the health ministry in the Gaza ....

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