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AL official: 1,1 decrease in green lands in Arab nation

Date: 2015-04-28 12:30:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2474737

Climate change is shrinking green lands in the Arab nation by 1,1% annually, Wadid Erian, a senior adviser to the Arab League (AL) for assessing disasters and climate change risks, asserted on Tuesday. He was speaking at a workshop in Amman on ....

Arab sports ministers start meetings in AL

Date: 2015-04-28 12:23:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2474657

Meetings of the Arab Sports Ministers Council 58th session kicked off here on Tuesday at the Arab League under the chairmanship of Egyptian Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz. Participants are the ministers of sports and youths or their ....

Yemeni vice president visits Qatar

Date: 2015-04-28 12:08:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2474477

Yemeni Vice President Khaled Bahah on Tuesday embarked on a visit to Qatar, the second of its kind since he assumed office. He will be received by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. In a post on his Facebook account, Bahah said the ....

Araby: AL supports stability of Sudan

Date: 2015-04-28 12:04:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2474433

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby on Tuesday asserted the pan-Arab body's support for the development and stability of Sudan. In a press release, he explained that his meeting with leader of the Sudanese Ummah Party al Sadeq al ....

Arab parliaments congratulate Bashir for wining vote

Date: 2015-04-27 18:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:2469593

The Organization of Arab Peoples and Parliaments congratulated Sudanese President Omar Bashir for wining the presidential vote. The body said the election was held in a smooth way and reflected the views of the Sudanese people. Bashir won the ....

Israel's secret cooperation with Hamas

Date: 2015-04-27 12:08:17 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2466117

For several weeks now, official representatives of the Israeli government and defense establishment have been holding a real dialogue with the Islamic terrorist group in a bid to reach a long-term calm on the Gaza border. The rocket fired at the ....

7th round of Arab committee on human rights starts at AL

Date: 2015-04-27 12:01:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2466025

The 7th round of the Arab committee for human rights started Monday at the Arab League premises to discuss the first report presented from Lebanon on the humanitarian situation there. Permanent Lebanese representative at the Arab League and ....

ICRC launches initative aiming at gathering families trapped in violent actions in S. Sudan

Date: 2015-04-27 11:56:46 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2464985

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva launched a new initiative that aims at gathering families besieged in the violent actions in South Sudan. In a statement Monday, the ICRC said that the family reunions will happen via an ....

Iraqi forces impose curfew Monday in Falloujah, kill 12 Daesh members

Date: 2015-04-27 11:13:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2464433

Iraqi forces imposed a curfew Monday in a residential compound in Falloujah and killed 12 Daesh members in Boghdadi in Anbar. The curfew was imposed upon intelligence news on the infiltration of Daesh members to the compound and that the group ....

Gulf countries welcome appointment of new UN envoy to Yemen

Date: 2015-04-27 11:11:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2465553

Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdel Latif bin Rashed al Zayani has welcomed the appointment of Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed as a new envoy of the UN chief to Yemen. GCC countries are keen on supporting efforts of the new envoy to ....