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1 dies in Saudi heavy rains
Date: 2014-05-10 07:09:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:712810
A person has died in Saudi Arabia due to heavy rains that rocked Mecca city on Friday, Saudi Civil Defense authorities said on Friday. The neighborhoods of Ommra, Shawqiya, Al Aziziya, Om Al Jowd as well as other areas were hit by the floods, ....
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UN concerned over jail sentence against Saudi blogger
Date: 2014-05-09 19:17:09 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:712534
The United Nation expressed concern over sentencing a blogger to 10 years in prison in Saudi Arabia. In a press conference on Friday, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the UN is concerned over this ruling. He said that such rulings ....
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Yemeni defense minister survives assassination attempt by al-Qaeda members
Date: 2014-05-09 19:08:21 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:712520
Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed Naser Ahmed escaped an assassination attempt unhurt Friday in an ambush erected by number of the terrorist al-Qaeda insurgents. The attack took place in the south of the country where the army is mounting a ....
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10 more Coronavirus cases confirmed in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-05-09 19:07:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:712519
The Saudi Health Ministry announced on Friday ten more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) raising the number of infections to 473 since the first case was diagnosed in September 2102. The ministry said that the ....
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Iran rejects reports on secret visit by Iraq’s Maliki
Date: 2014-05-09 19:04:58 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:712516
A senior Iranian official has dismissed Arab media reports about a confidential visit to Tehran by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Press TV reported on Friday. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Arab and African ....
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Lebanon's president meets UNIFIL chief
Date: 2014-05-09 14:30:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:712236
Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman met Friday Head of Mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major-General Paolo Serra. The meeting took on the conditions in southern Lebanon, Israeli border violations along with ....
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Yemeni defense minister vows to end Qaeda danger
Date: 2014-05-09 13:59:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:712181
Yemeni Defense Minister Major General Muhammad Nasir Ahmad warned Al-Qaeda fighters that their end has drawn near. Speaking to Saudi Okaz newspaper, Ahmad said military, security and popular units are working on uprooting Qaeda militias in ....
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11 Yemeni soldiers wounded in roadside bomb
Date: 2014-05-09 13:50:26 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:712164
Eleven Yemeni soldiers were injured on Friday in a roadside bomb targeting their vehicle in eastern Sanaa. Meantime, diplomatic missions in Sanaa have beefed up security measures around their premises after al-Qaeda militants targeted some ....
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South Sudan President in Ethiopia for peace talks with rebel leader
Date: 2014-05-09 11:07:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:711782
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir arrived in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on Friday for direct peace talks with rebel leader Riek Machar for the first time since fighting and ethnic violence erupted in December, BBC reported. Machar ....
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Israeli troops launch limited incursion in eastern Khan Younis
Date: 2014-05-09 08:59:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:711557
Israeli occupation forces launched a limited incursion into a town in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip. Israeli bulldozers scooped agricultural lands in the area. ....
