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Saudi FM arrives in Kuwait for Gulf Summit

Date: 2017-12-05 16:28:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7125089

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubair arrived here on Tuesday leading his country's delegation to the 38th session of the Arab Gulf Summit. The summit will kick off later in the day. ....

Saudi King receives former US state secretary Rice

Date: 2017-12-05 15:31:16 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7124937

King Salman bin Abdel Aziz on Tuesday received former US state secretary Condoleezza Rice, who is now visiting Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi press agency, the two sides took up several issues of common concern. ....

Egypt urges avoiding unilateral measures on Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-05 14:30:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7124763

Egypt's permanent representative to the Arab League Yasser El Atawi has called for avoiding any unilateral measures that would affect the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and put hurdles before the Middle East peace ....

Abul Gheit urges US administration not to take any initiative to change Quds status

Date: 2017-12-05 13:46:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7124694

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit urged the US administration not to take any initiative that would change the legal and political status of al Quds. This came during Abul Gheit's speech before an extraordinary session of the AL at ....

Trump delays decision on whether to relocate US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Date: 2017-12-05 09:48:31 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7124131

US President Donald Trump has delayed a decision on whether to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, according to the White House. The White House noted that Trump would miss a deadline to ....

Assassination of Saleh reveals criminal nature of Houthis: Abul Gheit

Date: 2017-12-05 09:45:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7124122

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit urged the international community to swiftly intervene to contain the deteriorating situation in Yemen, adding that the assassination of former Yemeni president Ali Abullah Saleh reveals the ....

Houthis mutilate Ali Ali Abdullah Saleh's body in Sanaa - Yemeni sources

Date: 2017-12-04 17:17:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7123397

Yemeni sources said that the Houthis mutilated the body of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday . The Houthis have emptied the bullets vaults into the body of Saleh, the sources were quoted by Sky News . Clashes renewed ....

OIC condemns suicide bombing in northeastern Nigeria

Date: 2017-12-04 16:19:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7123261

Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmad Al Othaimeen condemned on Monday the terrorist bombing that hit a market in the town of Biu, northeastern Nigeria, leaving 13 people dead and tens others ....

Houthi militias announce killing former Yemeni President Ali Abudallah Saleh

Date: 2017-12-04 15:14:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7123218

Houthi militias announced Monday that Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has been killed after blowing up his house. Houthi militias detonated Saleh's house in central Sanaa, AlArabiya channel reported. A video showing Saleh's body ....

Death toll of Saleh-Houthi clashes up 245

Date: 2017-12-04 12:47:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7122785

The death toll of clashes between forces of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and Houthi militias in Sanaa rose on Monday to 245, according to the Arabic-speaking Sky News. Houthi militias took over the house of the commander of forces ....