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Fuel shortage causes power outage in Tripoli
Date: 2014-06-13 08:32:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:775444
TRIPOLI, June 13 (MENA) - The frequent power cuts in Tripoli are caused by shortage of the fuel needed at power generation stations, an official at the General Electricity Company of Libya said. The power loads are distributed on all Tripoli ....
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Turkey does not support militants in Syria - min.
Date: 2014-06-13 08:05:12 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:775401
BEIRUT, June 13 (MENA) - The abduction of 49 Turkish citizens by Islamist militants in northern Iraq proves that Turkey does not support armed groups in Syria, Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said. Turkey had said it is holding talks to ....
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Russia envoy calls for UN meeting on Mideast terrorism
Date: 2014-06-13 08:04:18 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:775432
NEW YORK, June 13 (MENA) – Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin said his country considers a call for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss terrorism in the Middle East. He said it's clear the war on terror has not ended yet and ....
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Berri calls for unity to confront region's 'storms'
Date: 2014-06-13 08:03:21 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:775427
BEIRUT, June 13 (MENA) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri renewed his warning against the paralysis of state institutions and hoped that the move of Jihadists on Baghdad would trigger unity among the Lebanese rival parties to confront any ....
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Clashes back to Rif Dimashq district
Date: 2014-06-13 08:02:36 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:775404
BEIRUT, June 13 (MENA) - Clashes erupted in the strategic "Al-Qalamoun" district in Syria's Rif Dimashq, close to Lebanon, after the Syrian army took control of Yabroud and other neighboring districts in April. For the first time since the ....
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Libya Mufti denies issuing Fataw for killing policemen, soldiers
Date: 2014-06-13 07:36:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:775429
TRIPOLI, June 13 (MENA) – Libya's Grand Mufti denies that he issued a religious edict (Fatwa) that allowed the killing of policemen and soldiers. Sheikh Sadiq Ghariani said he has meant fighting those fighting in the ranks of General Khalifa ....
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Three suicide bombers arrested in Kabul
Date: 2014-06-13 07:24:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:775396
KABUL, June 13 (MENA) - Afghan security forces thwarted coordinated suicide bombing plot in capital Kabul, Khaama Press quoted security officials as saying. Deputy interior minister for security, Gen. Ayub Salangi, said the suicide bombers were ....
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Iran president, Iraqi PM stress fighting terrorism
Date: 2014-06-13 07:24:25 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:775395
TEHRAN, June 13 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani phoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri El-Maliki to discuss the latest developments in Iraq, IRNA news agency reported. They pointed to the necessity for fighting terrorism and violence and ....
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Heavy security presence in Suez
Date: 2014-06-13 07:07:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:775400
SUEZ, Egypt, June 13 (MENA) – Joint army and police forces in Suez stepped up their presence in front of vital facilities on Friday. Helicopters hovered intensively in Suez's skies to comb rugged areas in Ataqa Mountain, and the Suez Canal, Ain ....
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Kuwait urges regional countries to fight terrorism
Date: 2014-06-13 07:07:02 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:775359
KUWAIT CITY, June 13 (MENA) - Kuwait's Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled al-Jarallah called for security cooperation among regional countries against terrorist organizations. The Kuwaiti official gave the remark on Thursday night in light of ....
