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Sudanese president relieves foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position

Date: 2018-04-20 19:56:05 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7361219

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir issued a presidential decree on Thursday to sack Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position. Ibrahim Ghandour was born in 1953. He has been the Foreign Minister of Sudan since June 9, 2015. Ghandour is ....

Second Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza

Date: 2018-04-20 19:53:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7361215

A second Palestinian young man was shot and killed by Israeli forces as they attacked non-violent protests of the Great March of Return at the border of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Ahmad Rashad Athamneh, 24, was killed when the ....

Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi ballistic missile targeting Jazan

Date: 2018-04-20 11:35:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7360445

Saudi Arabia's air defense forces have intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile targeting Jazan city on Friday, Al Arabiya news channel reported. The Arab coalition forces have said the Houthi militias in Yemen have launched more than 100 missiles ....

Palestinian youth injured in head by Israeli fire dies - Health Ministry

Date: 2018-04-20 11:23:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7360417

A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds after Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at him in eastern Jabalia city of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. Earlier in the day, the 25-year-old ....

Minor quake jolts Kuwait following Iran's 5.6-magnitude tremor

Date: 2018-04-19 10:49:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7358641

Residents of several areas in Kuwait on Thursday morning felt a minor tremor lasting for 25 seconds. This minor earthquake came as an aftershock of an earthquake measuring 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit southern Iran earlier in the ....

Over 100 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under Israeli forces' protection

Date: 2018-04-19 08:19:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7358249

A group of Israeli settlers stormed Thursday morning Al Aqsa Mosque, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The more than 100 Israeli settlers broke into the holy site precincts from Bab el Maghreba gate and performed Talmudic rituals ....

French FM: Health of Libya’s Haftar improved

Date: 2018-04-19 07:52:05 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7358203

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's health is improving after receiving treatment at a military hospital in Paris. The top diplomat made the remark behind closed doors at the French parliament, ....

Libyan interim gov't: Suspects arrested in attempt murder of COS

Date: 2018-04-19 07:16:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7358135

Libyan interim government has announced arresting suspects of a failed assassination attempt on army's chief of staff Abdel-Razik Al-Nathouri, the Libyan News Agency announced quoting an official statement by the interior ministry on Wednesday ....

Libyan army commander survives assassination attempt

Date: 2018-04-18 20:02:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7357941

General Abdarrazzaq al-Nathuri, Chief of Staff of the Libyan eastern-based army, on Wednesday survived an assassination attempt in the eastern city of Benghazi, Xinhua quoted the Libyan army's information office as saying. "A car carrying a bomb ....

UAE Armed Forces intercept Iranian plane loaded with explosives

Date: 2018-04-18 12:44:50 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:7357129

The UAE Armed Forces' anti-aircraft defense unit intercepted an Iranian Qassef-1 aircraft loaded with explosives in an attempt to strike strategic positions of the Yemeni forces and the Arab coalition on Yemen's Red Sea coast. Upon examining the ....