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  • Iran FM calls for collective efforts to counter terror

    Date: 2014-09-23 07:35:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:993769

    NEW YORK, Sept 23 (MENA) - Iran’s foreign minister has voiced alarm against the dangers of terrorism and extremism in the Middle East, calling for collective cooperation among Muslim states to counter such threats. Mohammad Javad Zarif made the ....

  • UN envoy: Regional, int'l communities concerned over Yemen developments

    Date: 2014-09-23 07:28:27 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:23 - ID:993757

    SANAA, Sept 23 (MENA) - UN Envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar expressed the deep concern of the regional and international communities over the latest developments in Sanaa. In statements to Al Arabiya al-Hadath on Tuesday, he said the latest ....

  • Explosion at Chinese fireworks factory kills 12

    Date: 2014-09-23 06:31:41 GMT - China - World - SN:17 - ID:993429

    BEIJING, Sept 23 (MENA) - An explosion at a fireworks factory in southern China killed 12 people and injured 33 others, the local government said Tuesday. Two people were also missing following Monday's blast, which shook Nanyang Export Fireworks ....

  • Daesh tells followers to attack US, French citizens

    Date: 2014-09-22 21:53:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:173 - ID:992477

    LONDON, Sept 22 (MENA) – Daesh urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the militant group, the Times reported. Daesh spokesman Abu Muhammad ....

  • Sisi meets with World Economic Forum head

    Date: 2014-09-22 21:50:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:172 - ID:992733

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting at his residence in New York with Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab. The meeting tackled the economic program of the Egyptian government along with reviewing ....

  • UN General Assembly 'chance' to present Egypt's vision: FM

    Date: 2014-09-22 21:12:22 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:170 - ID:992573

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said Monday that the UN General Assembly, currently in session in New York, was an opportunity for President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to present Egypt's views on several domestic, regional and ....

  • Pro-Sisi protests staged in New York

    Date: 2014-09-22 20:53:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:166 - ID:992537

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - Hundreds of Egyptians on Monday gathered outside the residence of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in New York to show support for him. Another group of Egyptians gathered outside the headquarters of the United Nation in ....

  • Germany asks soldiers to volunteer to fight Ebola

    Date: 2014-09-22 20:26:50 GMT - Germany - World - SN:164 - ID:992369

    BERLIN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Germany's defense minister is asking for volunteers from the country's military to staff a clinic it plans to set up in West Africa, where the deadly Ebola disease has claimed more than 2,600 lives, ABC news reported. In ....

  • Germany arrests suspected Jihadist back from Syria

    Date: 2014-09-22 20:03:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:161 - ID:992253

    BERLIN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Authorities in Germany have arrested a 40-year-old man suspected of having trained and fought for an extremist group in Syria's civil war, ABC News reported Sunday. A spokesman for Berlin prosecutors said police in the ....

  • Frenchman kidnapped in Algeria

    Date: 2014-09-22 19:58:33 GMT - France - World - SN:158 - ID:992281

    PARIS, Sept 22 (MENA) – A French national was kidnapped in a mountainous region of Algeria over the weekend, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday. The man was seized on Sunday in the restive Tizi Ouzou region in the east, the ministry ....

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