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  • Abul Gheit calls for revising int'l nuclear deal with Iran

    Abul Gheit calls for revising int'l nuclear deal with Iran

    Date: 2018-05-09 13:33:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7391980

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit stressed the necessity of revising the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal. The plan of action is an international agreement on the nuclear program of ....

  • AL chief: Arabs need media that conveys reality

    AL chief: Arabs need media that conveys reality

    Date: 2018-05-09 11:37:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7391717

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Wednesday urged the Arab media to show the moderate face of the Arab civilization and to steer away from sectarianism. In his speech at the inaugural session of the 49th meeting of the Arab ....

  • Palestinian president condoles with Sisi over Khaled Mohieddin's death

    Palestinian president condoles with Sisi over Khaled Mohieddin's death

    Date: 2018-05-08 11:09:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7389593

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent on Tuesday a cable of condolences to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi over the death of Khaled Mohieddin, who was the last surviving member of the July 23 Revolution Command Council. WAFA news agency quoted ....

  • Erekat calls for boycotting ceremony marking opening of US embassy in Quds

    Erekat calls for boycotting ceremony marking opening of US embassy in Quds

    Date: 2018-05-07 08:33:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7387256

    Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat has urged diplomatic missions, NGOs and religious authorities to boycott a ceremony marking the inauguration of the US embassy in Al Quds. Participation will give legitimacy to ....

  • Tunisia holds 1st local polls since 2011 revolution

    Tunisia holds 1st local polls since 2011 revolution

    Date: 2018-05-06 17:39:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7386819

    The first local elections in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution kicked off on Sunday. Around 5.5 million citizens are eligible to vote in the polls, which are supervised by an independent electoral commission. Representatives in 350 municipalities ....

  • Iraqi airstrike against Daesh in Syria

    Iraqi airstrike against Daesh in Syria

    Date: 2018-05-06 16:28:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7386735

    The Iraqi air force launched an airstrike against Daesh terrorists in Syria, the premier's office said in a statement on Sunday. The air raid was carried out under orders of Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider ....

  • Lebanese voters head to the polls in first parliamentary elections in nine years

    Lebanese voters head to the polls in first parliamentary elections in nine years

    Date: 2018-05-06 13:44:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7386354

    Lebanese voters started flocking on polling stations Sunday morning to choose their new parliament after nine years of prolonged political gridlock and three vote postponements. More than 3.6 million people are eligible to vote in the one-day ....

  • Abul Gheit: Joint Arab action foiled Israel's nomination to UNSC

    Abul Gheit: Joint Arab action foiled Israel's nomination to UNSC

    Date: 2018-05-06 13:06:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7386235

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said joint Arab action prodded Israel into withdrawing its nomination for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat. Abul Gheit said the UN General Assembly was planned to vote on UNSC ....

  • Saudi amb. in Paris commends cooperation with Egypt, France

    Saudi amb. in Paris commends cooperation with Egypt, France

    Date: 2018-05-05 19:22:02 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7385168

    Saudi Ambassador in Paris Khaled Al Anqari said the graduation of Saudi cadres from a joint program of the leadership training institute of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria and the National School of ....

  • 170 civilians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

    170 civilians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza

    Date: 2018-05-04 20:43:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7383902

    Palestinian health ministry said 170 Palestinian civilians, including three journalists, were injured by live shots or suffocated from teargas inhalation on Friday as Israeli forces attacked the protests of the ongoing "Great March of Return" at ....

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