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Jordan King meets Japanese FM

Date: 2015-01-21 17:41:39 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:1793313

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday received Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhine Nakayama. According to Petra news agency, the meeting focused on the outcome of the recent visit of the Japanese prime minister to Jordan, as ....

Palestinian FM briefs Norwegian envoy on political developments

Date: 2015-01-21 17:39:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:1793297

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki briefed Norwegian Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Jon Hanssen Bauer on the latest political developments. Malki also pointed out to Israel's continued violations in the occupied ....

Palestinian president to visit Tunisia Thursday

Date: 2015-01-21 17:39:03 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:1793293

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will start a three-day visit to Tunisia on Thursday. Abbas will meet with his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi to discuss the latest developments of the Palestinian crisis. They will also tackle ways ....

GCC: Security of Yemen part of Gulf countries' national security

Date: 2015-01-21 17:36:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:1793277

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states asserted on Wednesday that the security of Yemen is part of their national security. The GCC states affirmed that all necessary measures will be taken to protect Yemen and its stability. This came ....

Iraqi premier calls for international support to fight Daesh

Date: 2015-01-21 17:34:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:1793265

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the international community to lend more support to his strife-stricken country in the fight against the Takfiri terrorists, according to Press TV. In an interview with the Associated Press in ....

AL slams Israeli response to Palestine ICC move

Date: 2015-01-21 17:32:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:1793225

The Arab League (AL) has criticized the Israeli reaction following the Palestinian decision to gain membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). After Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed the guiding treaty of the ICC on ....

Arabia slams French magazine over reprinting caricature lampooning prophet Muhammad

Date: 2015-01-21 17:31:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1793213

Saudi Arabia expressed astonishment over a decision by the French magazine Charlie Hebdo to republish a cartoon lampooning Islam and the Prophet Muhammad A Foreign Ministry source said in a statement published by the Saudi press agency (SPA):" ....

4 Iraqi villages liberated from Daesh group

Date: 2015-01-21 17:20:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1793125

The Kurdish Peshmerga forces with the support of the US-led coalition managed Wednesday to liberate four villages in western Mosul in Nineveh province from Daesh group. Also, six members of Daesh group were killed and one was taken ....

Houthis cordon off residence of Yemeni president

Date: 2015-01-21 13:28:12 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1791417

Popular committees of Houthi Ansar Allah group on Wednesday cordoned off the residence of Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi in the Yemeni capital after his personal guards left their posts. Also, the Yemeni government has cancelled its ....

Netanyahu, Lieberman, Bennett blame Abbas for Tel Aviv bus attack

Date: 2015-01-21 13:27:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1791409

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinian Authority for Wednesday's stabbing attack on a Tel Aviv bus, saying the attack was a "direct result of the Palestinian Authority's venomous incitement against the Jews and their state. ....