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Kuwaiti interior min. urges ruling family members to hand in unlicensed firearms

Date: 2015-02-06 18:51:15 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1909913

Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent a written invitation to the Amiri Diwan to ask members of the ruling family to hand in any unlicensed firearms or ammunition in their possession ....

Tunisian president receives US congressional delegation

Date: 2015-02-06 18:45:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1909889

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi held a meeting Friday with a visiting US congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain. The US congressman voiced optimism of Tunisia's transition to democracy, saying that Tunisia will be a good ....

Jordan's king vows 'relentless' war against terrorism

Date: 2015-02-05 19:35:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1904705

Jordan's King Abdullah II has vowed that his country would fight a "relentless" war against the jihadist group after the murder of one of his air-force pilots, The Independent reported Thursday. As he arrived back in the capital, Amman, after ....

Saudi king meets GCC health ministers

Date: 2015-02-05 19:32:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1904677

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Thursday with the Ministers of Health of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States participating in the 78th Conference of the Council of Ministers of Health being held in Riyadh, the ....

Iraqi president calls for int'l cooperation to eliminate Daesh terrorism

Date: 2015-02-05 11:31:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:1900649

Iraqi President Fuad Masum called for greater cooperation among world countries in order to eliminate the threat of Daesh. The heinous crime committed by Daesh against the Jordanian pilot Muaz al Kasasbeh is part of the endless crimes committed ....

Iraqi PM to lift night curfew in Baghdad on Saturday

Date: 2015-02-05 09:14:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1899221

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi decided on Thursday to lift the night curfew in Baghdad as of Saturday. Al Abadi took the decision to alleviate the suffering of Iraqi citizens, according to a press statement released by the Information ....

Jordan denies king 's participation in air raids against Daesh

Date: 2015-02-05 09:13:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1899213

Jordan denied reports that King Abdullah II was personally taking part in air raids launched against Daesh militant group. Speaking to Al Ghad newspaper out Thursday, Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohamed Mo'omani said reports ....

Merkel expresses concern over developments in Libya

Date: 2015-02-05 07:56:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1898557

Germany will be ready to support a UN peace keeping mission in Libya, Times of Malta‎ quoted Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying on Thursday. She spelt out the German commitment in talks with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who raised the ....

Daesh execute 6 people in Iraq over condemning al- Kasasbeh death

Date: 2015-02-04 17:59:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:1896797

The terrorist Daesh organization executed six people in Iraq after they condemned the death of the Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh. Two clerics were shot dead while another four people were beheaded in Mosul city northwestern Iraq, security and ....

Jordan King: Killing of pilot at hands of Daesh will not go unpunished

Date: 2015-02-04 17:58:26 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:1896781

King Abdullah II of Jordan renewed condemnation of the killing of Jordanian pilot Moaz Kasasbeh at the hands of the terrorist Daesh group. During a meeting with the Jordanian Armed Forces commanders on Wednesday, he said the killing of the ....