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  • UN Security Council voices outrage over South Sudan violence

    Date: 2014-04-24 16:45:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:125 - ID:686134

    NEW YORK, April 24 (MENA) – The Security Council on Thursday voiced its outrage at the killings of hundreds of people in the oil town of Bentiu on April 14-16, by armed groups in South Sudan that have purposefully targeted civilians as well as the ....

  • British govt 'very concerned' about threat from Syria conflict

    Date: 2014-04-24 16:34:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:686169

    LONDON, April 24 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said the Government was "very concerned" about the terror threat posed by the conflict in Syria, according to the BBC. His comments come as a national campaign to urge British Muslim ....

  • Sudanese MP meets EU envoy

    Date: 2014-04-24 16:23:08 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:121 - ID:686050

    KHARTOUM, April 24 (MENA) – National Congress Parliamentary Group Chairman at the National Assembly, Mahdi Ibrahim met, Thursday, with the EU ambassador to Sudan Thomas Ulicny. The meeting took up the Sudan-EU relations and means for developing ....

  • US condemns South Sudan violence

    Date: 2014-04-24 16:15:53 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:119 - ID:686084

    NEW YORK, April 24 (MENA) – The United States condemns the outrageous and deliberate targeting of civilians in South Sudan, a statement issued, Thursday, by US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power, said. The "Cessation of ....

  • Putin: Sanctions hurting Russia's economy, but not critically

    Date: 2014-04-24 15:12:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:686033

    MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that sanctions were hurting the Russian economy but that the damage was not critical, according to Huffington Post. "Overall they are causing (damage), because (credit) ....

  • Palestinian reconciliation not near implementation - Israeli foreign ministry

    Date: 2014-04-24 14:06:50 GMT - Israel - World - SN:102 - ID:685892

    GAZA CITY, April 24 (MENA) - The Israeli Foreign Ministry's intelligence wing believes that Palestinian reconciliation is far from implementation, declaring in a document distributed late Wednesday that the gaps between Hamas and Fatah are still far ....

  • Lavrov: Moscow to support Lebanese law enforcers fighting extremists

    Date: 2014-04-24 13:40:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:97 - ID:685795

    MOSCOW, April 24 (MENA) - Russia pledges support to Lebanese law enforcement authorities fighting extremism and hopes that the presidential election in Lebanon will promote public consolidation and normalize the activity of state bodies, Russian ....

  • Jordanaian, Uruguayan FMs in talks

    Date: 2014-04-24 13:15:59 GMT - Jordan - World - SN:91 - ID:685751

    AMMAN, April 24 (MENA) - Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Nasser Judeh met on Thursday with the his counterpart of Uruguay Luis Almagro for talks on the situation in Syria as well as the Palestinian case, reported Petra news ....

  • Iran calls on EU to help resolve global problems

    Date: 2014-04-24 12:47:18 GMT - Iran - World - SN:83 - ID:685743

    TEHRAN, April 24 (MENA) - Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has called on the European Union (EU) to help resolve the problems plaguing the world by adopting an independent and moderate policy, according to Iran's Press TV. “The miscalculations ....

  • Libya faces enormous security challenge - US diplomat

    Date: 2014-04-24 12:39:40 GMT - Libya - World - SN:81 - ID:685730

    TRIPOLI, April 24 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Thursday promised Libya more US help against "extremist violence," saying the country could not achieve political or economic stability without tackling its security ....

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