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AL chief: Terrorism tops challenges facing Arab nation

Date: 2017-11-23 15:30:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7105335

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit stressed Thursday that combating terrorism comes at a top of challenges that are facing the Arab nation. Abul Gheit's remarks were read out by Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League's ....

Israeli forces detain nine Palestinians in West Bank raids

Date: 2017-11-23 14:42:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7105067

Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) as saying on Thursday. Israeli forces detained two Palestinians after storming their family homes in ....

KUNA board chairman re-elected FANA president

Date: 2017-11-22 12:47:21 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7103412

Sheikh Mubarak Duaij Al Ibrahim Al Sabah, KUNA board chairman, has been re-elected president of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA). Sheikh Mubarak was chosen for a second two-year term by all his peers attending the 45th general assembly ....

Israel moves to deport 40,000 African migrants

Date: 2017-11-21 06:33:49 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7100846

The Israeli Cabinet has voted unanimously to close the isolated Holot detention facility in the Negev Desert. Holot houses 40,000 African migrants who illegally entered Israel. The center is due to shut down in three months, and residents will ....

UN chief 'horrified' at buying and selling of African migrants in Libya

Date: 2017-11-21 06:23:25 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7100830

Expressing horror at news reports and videos showing African migrants in Libya allegedly being sold as slaves, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the authorities to urgently investigate the situation and bring the ....

UNRWA says 440,000 Palestinian refugees live in Syria

Date: 2017-11-21 06:15:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7100819

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl on Monday estimated the number of Palestinian refugees currently living in Syria to less than 440,000, including 47,000 ....

Muslim World League supports AL's statement on Iranian interventions

Date: 2017-11-20 10:04:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7099081

Muslim World League in Mecca has endorsed a statement issued by the Ministerial Meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers of the Arab League concerning the Iranian interference in the internal affairs of the countries of the region, the official Saudi Press ....

Israel detains 21 Palestinians from different parts in West Bank

Date: 2017-11-20 10:01:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7099428

The Israeli forces detained on Monday 21 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank, Palestinian security sources said. The forces also stormed into a jewelry shop in Ramallah and robbed it, the sources added. As well, the forces broke ....

Israel detains 8 Palestinians from West Bank

Date: 2017-11-19 08:51:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7097573

The Israeli forces detained eight Palestinians on Sunday from different parts of the West Bank. The forces detained four Palestinians from Hebron city. They also detained three students from Ramallah and one Palestinian from Tulkarm. ....

Arabia votes in favor of Palestinians' sovereignty of over their lands

Date: 2017-11-19 08:45:50 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7097561

Saudi Arabia asserted that it will vote in favor of a resolution granting Palestinians a permanent sovereignty over their lands, including Al Quds. It also voted in favor of the sovereignty of the Arab residents over the natural resources of ....