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  • Libyan PM meets British minister

    Date: 2014-06-24 07:29:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:794451

    TRIPOLI, June 24 (MENA) – Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thani met with British Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan. They discussed the latest developments in the north African nation and ways to boost ....

  • Israel allows 350 trucks into GS via Karm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-06-24 07:24:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:794571

    GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli forces decided on Tuesday to allow 350 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, said Raed ....

  • Israeli maneuvers in occupied Shebaa causes major blasts

    Date: 2014-06-24 07:18:55 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:794486

    BEIRUT, June 24 (MENA) - Strong blasts hit the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms on Tuesday due to the Israeli maneuvers. The blasts caused panic among Lebanese living in the liberated areas. The farms is a rugged sliver of mountainside wedged ....

  • Hagel briefs Israeli counterpart on US vision regarding ME

    Date: 2014-06-24 07:18:11 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:794557

    WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefed his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon in a phone conversation on the US vision regarding the situation in the Middle East region. The two ministers voiced deep worry over the ....

  • Russian diplomat urges UN to probe into oil exports by terrorists in Syria, Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-24 07:02:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:794529

    MOSCOW, June 24 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said illegal exports of crude oil frim Iraq and Syria help finance terrorist organizations in the region, Itar-Tass news agency reported. Russia believes that the UN Security ....

  • Blair: Israel must act with restraint in Palestinian territories

    Date: 2014-06-24 06:53:21 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:794510

    GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was "deeply troubled" by the ongoing events in Israel and the West Bank , the Jerusalem Post reported. "Israel must act with restraint when operating in populated ....

  • Damanhour fire put out

    Date: 2014-06-24 06:36:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:794450

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, June 24 (MENA) - Firefighters contained a fire that erupted in five houses in Beheira on Tuesday. No casualties were reported in the fire that was sparked by a cigarette stub. (MENA) MS/RG ....

  • Bangladesh ups security for war crimes verdict

    Date: 2014-06-24 06:35:46 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:11 - ID:794447

    Dhaka, June 24 (MENA) - Thousands of extra security officials were deployed across Bangladesh Tuesday ahead of a verdict against the top leader of an Islamist party charged with war crimes that prosecutors says led to the deaths of thousands during ....

  • Israel arrests 4 Palestinians, raids 120 homes in Hebron

    Date: 2014-06-24 06:35:36 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:794449

    GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) – The Israeli occupation forces continued their operation in the West Bank overnight between Monday and Tuesday. The forces arrested four Palestinians and raided 120 homes in Hebron, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post ....

  • Major quake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

    Date: 2014-06-24 06:35:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:794448

    WASHINGTON, June 24 (MENA) - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking that could be felt for vast distances and briefly prompting a tsunami warning, the National Tsunami Warning ....

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