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  • Israel allows Gazans to visit jailed relatives in Beersheba prison

    Israel allows Gazans to visit jailed relatives in Beersheba prison

    Date: 2014-05-26 08:36:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:743253

    Israeli occupation authorities have allowed scores of Gazans to visit their sons jailed in Beersheba prison in the Negev desert, southern Israel. Some 30 families of Gaza prisoners including, three kids under the age of ten, headed for Beit ....

  • Jebril urges Libyans to back Haftar's ani-Islamist operation

    Jebril urges Libyans to back Haftar's ani-Islamist operation

    Date: 2014-05-26 06:57:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:742880

    Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jebril urged on Monday the Libyan people to back the Operation Dignity led by retired general Khalifa Haftar to crush Islamists and militants. Jebril, who served as prime minister during the 2011 uprising ....

  • Libya's GNC approves Maiteeq's government

    Libya's GNC approves Maiteeq's government

    Date: 2014-05-26 06:22:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:742747

    Libya's General National Congress approved on Sunday Ahmed Maiteeq's government by 83 votes from 99 who attended the session. ....

  • Palestinian official warns of unilateral action in WB

    Palestinian official warns of unilateral action in WB

    Date: 2014-05-26 06:19:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:742732

    Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee Yasser Abd Rabu has warned of unilateral action to be taken by Israel in West Bank, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported. In statements, Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu threaten to unilaterally ....

  • Sudanese president pledges to release Sadiq al-Mahdi

    Sudanese president pledges to release Sadiq al-Mahdi

    Date: 2014-05-25 10:45:03 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:741496

    Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir promised on Sunday to set free head of the opposition National Umma Party (NUP) Sadiq al-Mahdi in the coming few days. He also promised to reconsider the verdict handed down against Doctor Mariam Yahya Ibrahim ....

  • Pope Francis: Time ripe to end ME conflict

    Pope Francis: Time ripe to end ME conflict

    Date: 2014-05-25 10:39:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:741475

    Pope Francis of Vatican on Sunday underlined the importance of ending the Middle East conflict which he termed as "increasingly unacceptable". The pope's remarks were made at a press conference held at the Palestinian presidential palace in ....

  • Pope of Vatican leads open-air mass at Church of Nativity

    Pope of Vatican leads open-air mass at Church of Nativity

    Date: 2014-05-25 09:40:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:741328

    Pope Francis of the Vatican convoy arrived at the Church of Nativity to lead an open-air mass that will be attended by more than 10,000 persons. The pope's visit to Bethlehem comes on the second day of his Middle East tour. He is expected to meet ....

  • 380 trucks carrying commodities cross Karam Abu Salem

    380 trucks carrying commodities cross Karam Abu Salem

    Date: 2014-05-25 08:44:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:741194

    Israeli authorities re-opened Karam Abu Salem crossing Sunday after having been closed over the weekend. As many as 380 trucks loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors were allowed via the crossing. ....

  • Pope of Vatican arrives in Bethlehem city

    Pope of Vatican arrives in Bethlehem city

    Date: 2014-05-25 07:03:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:740951

    Pope Francis of the Vatican and his accompanying delegation arrived here on Sunday coming from Amman on board a Jordanian plane. The pope will hold an open air mass, during his six-hour stay in Bethlehem, in Manger Square outside the Church of ....

  • Ban expresses concern about military mobilization in Libyan capital

    Ban expresses concern about military mobilization in Libyan capital

    Date: 2014-05-25 06:45:28 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:740894

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern by recent developments in Libya and called on all parties and military leaders to abide by their moral and legal obligations to safeguard and protect civilians. In a statement from his ....

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