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Saudi FM: We accepted Swiss offer on handling Saudi affairs in Iran
Date: 2016-02-14 12:10:54 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4311689
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir said on Sunday Switzerland will manage his country's consular affairs in Iran and will facilitate Iranian pilgrims coming to the kingdom. "Switzerland offered to ... handle the (consular) interests of Saudi ....
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Court annuls jail sentence of policemen over activist killing
Date: 2016-02-14 11:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4311189
The Cassation Court annulled the 15-year jail sentence handed down by a lower court against a policeman over killing an unarmed female activist during a march, ordering a retrial. The court under counselor Taha Qassam ordered a retrial of ....
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Iraq forces kill 27 Daesh militants In Anbar
Date: 2016-02-14 11:05:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4311029
Iraqi forces, backed by Popular Mobilization Forces, killed on Sunday 27 Daesh militants in Anbar, an Iraqi security source said. According to the Iraqi News Agency Information, the joint operation that was led by Brigade 24 targeted Daesh ....
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295 Egyptians return from Libya via Salloum crossing over past 24 hours
Date: 2016-02-14 09:50:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4310373
As many as 295 Egyptians returned to Egypt coming from Libya via Salloum crossing within the past 24 hours, Matrouh Security Director Hisham Lotfi said. The number included 248 legal arrivals and 49 illegal ones, he said in statements Sunday. ....
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Russian PM: Ground operation in Syria will prolong war
Date: 2016-02-14 08:55:56 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:4309945
A ground operation by foreign troops in Syria would be a full-fledged war, Sputnik News quoted the Russian prime minister as saying on Sunday. Moscow is against ground operation in Syria as it will lead to a prolonged war, Russian Prime Minister ....
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Israel demolishes 31 structures in southern Hebron - OCHA
Date: 2016-02-14 08:51:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4309901
A report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed that Israeli authorities destroyed or dismantled and confiscated 31 structures in two herding communities in southern Hebron (Jinba and Halaweh), displacing 139 ....
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UN: 2015 worst on record for civilian casualties in Afghanistan
Date: 2016-02-14 08:50:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:4309885
Afghanistan's war is killing and maiming record numbers of civilians, according to a new report released by the UN which shows casualty figures surging following the withdrawal of Nato-led combat forces, the Telegraph reported. In 2015, the UN ....
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UK needs Trident to play 'outsized' role in world affairs, says US defence secretary
Date: 2016-02-14 08:08:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:4309649
Britain must keep its Trident nuclear deterrent to maintain its “outsized” role in the world, the US defence secretary, Ash Carter, has said. Carter said the nuclear-armed submarines were an “important part of the deterrent structure of ....
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'No time to lose' to install Libya unity government: French FM
Date: 2016-02-14 08:07:29 GMT - France - International - SN:2 - ID:4309645
There is "no time to lose" to put in place a unity government in Libya, where Daesh is rapidly expanding its presence, France 24 quoted the new French foreign minister as saying on Saturday. "There is no time to lose for the national unity ....
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Passenger dies at Cairo airport before flying for Umra
Date: 2016-02-14 08:06:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4309629
An Egyptian passenger died at Cairo International Airport on Sunday minutes before his flight took off for Saudi Arabia to perform the Umra (small pilgrimage), the airport's medical sources said. The passenger, 66, was wearing Ihram garments when ....
