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  • AL chief welcomes end to Palestinian division

    AL chief welcomes end to Palestinian division

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:27:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:6996976

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has welcomed positive developments to end Palestinian division, praising the Hamas decision to dissolve the administrative committee in the Gaza Strip. Arab League spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said both ....

  • Kuwait urges more in-depth int'l focus on Syrian children's suffering

    Kuwait urges more in-depth int'l focus on Syrian children's suffering

    Date: 2017-09-18 12:25:58 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6996964

    Kuwait on Monday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to look more closely and effectively into the situation of the children of Syria, which is deteriorating day by day, KUNA News Agency reported. The remarks were made by the ....

  • Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan independence referendum

    Iraq supreme court orders suspension of Kurdistan independence referendum

    Date: 2017-09-18 11:35:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6996828

    Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court issued on Monday a ruling on suspension of the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, Sputnik reported. “The court issued a ruling on suspension of referendum, scheduled for September 25, 2017, according to the ....

  • Sudanese military officer killed in North Darfur

    Sudanese military officer killed in North Darfur

    Date: 2017-09-18 09:30:26 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:6996387

    Commander of the military intelligence in 21st infantry brigade was killed by a militant in North Darfur state on Sunday. A militant showered first lieutenant Omar Mohamed with bullets when he headed to a hospital to investigate an incident of ....

  • Qatari sheikh urges ruling family meeting

    Qatari sheikh urges ruling family meeting

    Date: 2017-09-18 09:28:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6996413

    Qatari Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali al Thani called on the people of Qatar to unite to "be the messengers of peace", Al Arabiya reported Sunday. “To my family, the children, the businessmen, and all the people of Qatar. I invite you to meet to be ....

  • Abbas says satisfied with outcome of Egyptian pro-Palestinian efforts

    Abbas says satisfied with outcome of Egyptian pro-Palestinian efforts

    Date: 2017-09-18 09:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6996492

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday voiced satisfaction about the outcome of Egyptian pro-Palestinian efforts. The Egyptian efforts led to dissolving Hamas’s administrative committee and allowing the national accord government to ....

  • Israeli forces wound young Palestinian in Bethlehem

    Israeli forces wound young Palestinian in Bethlehem

    Date: 2017-09-18 09:24:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6996356

    A young Palestinian was wounded Sunday evening in clashes with Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. The Israeli troops opened fire on a 19-year-old Palestinian, wounding his leg, according to a ....

  • Haftar confers with Congolese president on Libyan crisis

    Haftar confers with Congolese president on Libyan crisis

    Date: 2017-09-17 15:57:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:6995711

    Commander in Chief of the Libyan Armed Forces Khalifa Haftar on Sunday met with President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso at the presidential palace in Brazzaville. Haftar arrived in Congo on Saturday at an official invitation from the Congolese ....

  • Iraqi parliament speaker calls for dialogue with Kurdistan region

    Iraqi parliament speaker calls for dialogue with Kurdistan region

    Date: 2017-09-17 15:53:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:6995692

    Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri has heightened the need for dialogue between Baghdad government and Kurdistan to find "radical and realistic solutions to all pending problems" in order to preserve the country's unity. Al Jabouri's ....

  • UAE human rights association condemns Qatar's withdrawal of citizenship from 55 people

    UAE human rights association condemns Qatar's withdrawal of citizenship from 55 people

    Date: 2017-09-17 14:52:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:6995669

    The Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) has condemned the sudden withdrawal of citizenship from Sheikh Talib bin Mohammed bin Lahoum bin Shraim, along with 54 other members of his family, SPA reported Sunday. The move also affected the tribe ....

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