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  • 21 Daesh fighters killed in Anbar, Kirkuk

    21 Daesh fighters killed in Anbar, Kirkuk

    Date: 2015-12-22 15:29:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:3978497

    As many as 21 terrorist Daesh fighters were killed in Iraqi military operations in al-Anbar and Kirkuk. A security source said the Iraqi air forces bombarded a Daesh stronghold, leaving 10 terrorists dead in southern al-Anbar. The 8th division ....

  • EGX gains EGP 700m

    EGX gains EGP 700m

    Date: 2015-12-22 14:28:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:3978173

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 700 million pounds at the end of Tuesday's trading on the back of purchase operations by local funds and institutions. The EGX 30 benchmark index went up 0.1 percent to close at 6,769.08 points. The broader ....

  • Rouhani due in Italy, France next month

    Rouhani due in Italy, France next month

    Date: 2015-12-22 13:55:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:8 - ID:3977881

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to pay a visit to Italy and France in late January after an earlier trip was canceled following a spate of deadly terror attacks in Paris, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. On the first leg of ....

  • Tunisian president holds talks with Saudi King in Riyadh

    Tunisian president holds talks with Saudi King in Riyadh

    Date: 2015-12-22 12:57:52 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:3977345

    Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is to hold talks in Riyadh with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, President Essebsi's Diplomatic Adviser Khamis al Gihinawy said on Tuesday. During his stay, the ....

  • 7 MB middle-ranking leaders arrested within 24 hours

    7 MB middle-ranking leaders arrested within 24 hours

    Date: 2015-12-22 12:45:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3977209

    Seven middle-ranking leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested nationwide over the past 24 hours. The MB leaders were arrested over charges of inciting violence, assaulting public and private facilities and taking part in ....

  • Sisi urges MPs to study problems of Egyptians

    Sisi urges MPs to study problems of Egyptians

    Date: 2015-12-22 12:05:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3976781

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has urged new MPs to study challenges facing Egypt and problems of Egyptians. The new parliament should be a leading Egyptian experiment, Sisi said in a speech during a ceremony organized by the Awqaf Ministry to ....

  • Cabinet holds weekly meeting

    Cabinet holds weekly meeting

    Date: 2015-12-22 12:04:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3976773

    The Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Tuesday to probe a number of political, economic, social and security files. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, also discusses preparations for the third meeting of the Egyptian-Saudi ....

  • Hezbollah chief vows to respond to Kuntar assassination

    Hezbollah chief vows to respond to Kuntar assassination

    Date: 2015-12-22 05:54:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3973789

    Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Monday said that his group has the right to respond to the assassination of Samir Kuntar, the dean of liberated detainees from Israeli prisons. "This is our right and we will exercise this right," ....

  • Lebanon approves trash exportation plan

    Lebanon approves trash exportation plan

    Date: 2015-12-22 05:50:41 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3973781

    The Lebanese cabinet has approved a garbage exportation plan, Prime Minister Tamam Salam said Monday. The government has ended the crisis which left the Lebanese people amid unstable political conditions, Salam added at a news conference. He ....

  • UN envoy urges all Libyan municipalities to participate in political agreement

    UN envoy urges all Libyan municipalities to participate in political agreement

    Date: 2015-12-22 05:49:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3973773

    UN envoy Martin Kobler said It would be very important that Libyan municipalities become part of the Libyan political agreement which was signed in Skhirat three days ago. "People need clean water and need electricity, and a strong government can ....

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