Arab world

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  • 3 injured in blast in northern Diyala

    Date: 2020-08-26 07:49:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8562001

    BAGHDAD, Aug 26 (MENA) - Three people were injured in a bomb blast in northern in Diyala governorate, a security source in the governorate said on Wednesday. In statements to Alsumaria News, the source said that the bomb was planted on the side ....

  • Curfew imposed in Sudan's Kassala State following tribal violence

    Date: 2020-08-25 23:13:01 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:8561823

    KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Sudanese Interior Ministry announced that the security committee of Kassala State ordered a 24-hour lockdown in all parts of Kassala city in eastern Sudan in the aftermath of tribal violence that erupted on Tuesday. ....

  • Burhan calls for removing Sudan from US terror list

    Date: 2020-08-25 19:44:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8561583

    KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) - Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called upon the US to drop Sudan’s name from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, given the democratic transition underway in the country. During ....

  • 327 terrorists killed in Syrian-Russian military operation

    Date: 2020-08-25 19:39:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:8561717

    DAMASCUS, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Syrian and Russian armies have carried out a large-scale operation to combat terrorist organizations from August 18 to 24, which resulted in the killing of 327 terrorists. A spokesman for the Russian forces in Syria ....

  • Hamdok: Sudan's transitional govt has no mandate to decide on normalization with Israel

    Date: 2020-08-25 13:27:32 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:8561187

    KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the transitional government does not have a mandate beyond its tasks to decide on the normalization of ties with Israel. Hamdok said he ....

  • Sudan PM says he talked about removal from terror list with US Secretary Pompeo

    Date: 2020-08-25 13:24:14 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:8561176

    KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said he held “direct and transparent” talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo here on Tuesday, including removing Sudan from a US state sponsors of terrorism list. Pompeo ....

  • Jordan's king expresses keenness on boosting ties with Iraq

    Date: 2020-08-25 13:15:22 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:8561174

    AMMAN, Aug 25 (MENA) - King Abdullah II has expressed keenness on boosting relations with Iraq in all fields with continuing consultations over various issues. During a meeting on Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi that covered ....

  • Pompeo arrives in Sudan, meets Hamdouk

    Date: 2020-08-25 12:48:02 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8561009

    KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived on Tuesday in Khartoum, coming from Israel. Pompeo headed for the Sudanese Cabinet premises, holding talks with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdouk. Then, he will hold talks with ....

  • UN: Over 10,000 Daesh terrorists move freely between Iraq and Syria

    Date: 2020-08-25 09:39:57 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:8560777

    NEW YORK, Aug 25 (MENA) - The United Nations announced on Tuesday that more than 10,000 terrorists from Daesh group are moving freely between Iraq and Syria. According to Vladimir Fornokov, the first Under-Secretary for the United Nations ....

  • Arab intellectual property rights offices support Lebanon in wake of Beirut blasts

    Date: 2020-08-25 09:27:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8560721

    CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – Government officials and heads of intellectual property rights offices in Arab countries have voiced support for Lebanon, whose own office was harmed by the blasts that hit the port in Beirut earlier this month. Director ....

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