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  • UNSC urges all Yemeni parties to abide by peace, national agreement

    Date: 2014-09-23 23:59:50 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:196 - ID:1000237

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Members of the UN Security Council has welcomed the Peace and National Partnership Agreement, which is based on the outcome of the national dialogue conference and the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council. In a ....

  • Mideast countries urged to play leading role in fighting Daesh

    Date: 2014-09-23 23:14:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:195 - ID:1000225

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - U.S. State Secretary John Kerry has urged Mideast countries to play a leading role in confronting Daesh group. In statements to reporters at the UN Premises today, Kerry said that the US would not allow the existence of a ....

  • SpaceX capsule docks with space station

    Date: 2014-09-23 20:52:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:175 - ID:999937

    WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (MENA) - The reusable Dragon spacecraft, which is on its fourth cargo re-supply mission to the orbiting station, docked this morning at the ISS, where it will spend the next four weeks before splashing into the Pacific Ocean, ....

  • Afghan unity govt 'failure will turn into a failure for everybody'- premier

    Date: 2014-09-23 20:15:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:166 - ID:999593

    KABUL, Sept 23 (MENA) - Abdullah Abdullah, who will have a role of Chief Executive in Afghan national unity government, has warned that the failure of the unity government will turn into a failure for everybody, Khaama press reported. Abdullah was ....

  • Bin Laden's son-in-law gets life in US prison

    Date: 2014-09-23 19:58:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:161 - ID:999701

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has been sentenced to life in a US prison for plotting to kill Americans, Sky News reported on Tuesday. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was convicted on terror-related charges in a New York court in ....

  • UK to hold international conference on Ebola in October

    Date: 2014-09-23 19:52:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:160 - ID:999557

    LONDON, Sept 23 (MENA) – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Tuesday that Britain will host an international conference on the Ebola epidemic on October 2nd to raise international awareness of the disease. "We will be hosting an ....

  • Obama urges int'l community to take action on climate change

    Date: 2014-09-23 19:51:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:159 - ID:999721

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on the United Nations member states to act together to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in a bid to halt the climate change. Speaking at the United Nations climate summit, ....

  • UN, EU, Egypt call for immediate ceasefire in Libya

    Date: 2014-09-23 19:28:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:154 - ID:999581

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) – The United Nations, the European Union and 13 countries, including Egypt, on Tuesday called for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Libya and urged all warring parties to resort to talks in a bid to resolve the ....

  • Police: 3 people dead in shooting at US company

    Date: 2014-09-23 18:21:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:143 - ID:999337

    WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (MENA) – A UPS employee opened fire Tuesday morning inside one of the company's warehouses in Alabama, killing two people before committing suicide, police said, ABC News reported. Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper told ....

  • Selective approach towards terrorism "strategic error": Iran official

    Date: 2014-09-23 18:20:16 GMT - Iran - World - SN:142 - ID:999233

    TEHRAN, Sept 23 (MENA) - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described selective approach towards terrorism as a strategic error, calling for coordination among nations in the field. In a meeting with ....

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