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  • Limited cabinet reshuffle expected ahead of next parliamentary session

    Limited cabinet reshuffle expected ahead of next parliamentary session

    Date: 2014-06-29 08:05:15 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:803051

    A limited cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place ahead of the new parliamentary session, Kuwaiti parliamentary sources said. The reshuffle is to include four ministers, most likely to cover the justice and Awqaf portfolios, the sources told ....

  • African summit approved all Palestinian requests - FM

    African summit approved all Palestinian requests - FM

    Date: 2014-06-29 07:39:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:803013

    Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad Al-Maliki asserted that the African summit was very successful in respect with the situation in Palestine. The summit approved all the Palestinian requests, Maliki said in a press statement ....

  • Israel hist 12 targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

    Israel hist 12 targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire

    Date: 2014-06-29 07:33:43 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:802996

    The Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in two separate overnight attacks in response to four rockets fired at southern Israel earlier in the night, one of which hit a factory that caught fire, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on ....

  • Arab Bank refuses to receive Qatar grant to fund salaries of Gaza govt employees

    Arab Bank refuses to receive Qatar grant to fund salaries of Gaza govt employees

    Date: 2014-06-28 17:19:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:802628

    Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau Moussa Mohammed Abu Marzook condemned the Arab Bank with refusing to receive Qatar's grant to fund the salaries of the employees of the Gaza former government. Hamas government called earlier Saturday ....

  • 1 killed in car bomb blast south Sanaa

    1 killed in car bomb blast south Sanaa

    Date: 2014-06-28 10:21:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:801919

    One man was killed after a booby-trapped car went off in Ibb Governorate, south of Sanaa, on Friday. This came after 15 military personnel and civilians were killed in attacks launched by al-Qaeda militants southeastern Yemen. Al-Qaeda has ....

  • Israeli forces detain some Palestinians, injure teen in Bethlehem

    Israeli forces detain some Palestinians, injure teen in Bethlehem

    Date: 2014-06-28 08:57:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:801756

    A teenage Palestinian boy was injured during clashes south of Bethlehem late Friday between local young men and Israeli troops who raided a refugee camp and detained two men. Palestinian security sources told Ma’an on Saturday that a 15-year-old ....

  • Syrian regime forces, FSA clash in Rif Dimashq

    Syrian regime forces, FSA clash in Rif Dimashq

    Date: 2014-06-28 08:48:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:801732

    Fierce clashes erupted between government troops and the rebel Free Syrian Army in Rif Dimashq, opposition sources said. Meanwhile, regime forces used barrel bombs in several areas in Aleppo's countryside, Sky News quoted activists as ....

  • Mauritania president announces formation of African force to face crises as of Jan.

    Mauritania president announces formation of African force to face crises as of Jan.

    Date: 2014-06-28 07:55:37 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:801639

    Mauritanian President and the current chairman of the African Union Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced the establishment of an African force for immediate response to crises as of next January. The announcement was made during the final press ....

  • Sudan announces Ramadan to start on Sunday

    Sudan announces Ramadan to start on Sunday

    Date: 2014-06-28 07:51:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:801616

    Head of the Sudanese Islamic Fiqh Council Essam ben Ahmed al-Bashir has announced that the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will be Sunday June 29. The beginning of the month depends on the first sighting of the crescent ....

  • New coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia - health ministry

    New coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia - health ministry

    Date: 2014-06-28 07:49:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:801631

    The Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday that the number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) rose to 711 people, including 292 deaths. A new case was reported in Bisha, said the ministry in a statement. The ....

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