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  • At least 10 Afghan police officers killed in Taliban assault

    At least 10 Afghan police officers killed in Taliban assault

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:12:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:2651841

    Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 officers in the ongoing assault, ABC News quoted authorities as saying. Mohammad Ismail Hotaki, the director of Helmand province's Joint ....

  • Somali MP Yusuf Dirir killed in Mogadishu attack

    Somali MP Yusuf Dirir killed in Mogadishu attack

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:08:06 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2651797

    A Somali member of parliament has been shot dead in Mogadishu in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the BBC reported on Sunday. Security officials said that Yusuf Dirir was killed when gunmen opened fire on his car. Three workers from ....

  • Yemen vice-president meets with UN envoy for Yemen

    Yemen vice-president meets with UN envoy for Yemen

    Date: 2015-05-24 08:01:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2651781

    Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah met late Saturday with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed at his residence in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Yemeni News Agency said the Yemeni vice-president asserted to the ....

  • Jewish organizations call for storming Al Aqsa Mosque for two days

    Jewish organizations call for storming Al Aqsa Mosque for two days

    Date: 2015-05-24 07:59:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2651745

    Jewish organizations and institutions on Sunday called for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound through Bab El-Magharbeh gate to commemorate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The organizations called on Israeli occupation forces to secure such storming ....

  • Interior minister slams terrorist attack in Qatif

    Interior minister slams terrorist attack in Qatif

    Date: 2015-05-23 15:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2649649

    Egyptian Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar condemned the terrorist attack that targeted innocent Saudi worshipers in Qatif on Friday. The minister's remark came during a cable of condolences sent on Saturday to the Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy ....

  • Chief prosecutor refers 61 MB members to military prosecutor

    Chief prosecutor refers 61 MB members to military prosecutor

    Date: 2015-05-23 15:59:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2649641

    Chief Prosecutor Hisham Barakat referred 61 Muslim Brotherhood terrorists in Damietta and Menoufia to the military prosecutor. They are charged with murder and blowing up and burning public facilities along with planning for the assassination of ....

  • 27 members of MB middle leaders arrested by police

    27 members of MB middle leaders arrested by police

    Date: 2015-05-23 15:55:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2649625

    The Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that 27 members of the middle leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested as part of a wide-scale hunt down against the group nationwide. They were arrested over their involvement in ....

  • Abbas offers condolences to Saudi king over Qatif blast victims

    Abbas offers condolences to Saudi king over Qatif blast victims

    Date: 2015-05-23 15:53:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2649617

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered condolences to Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud over the victims of the blast that took place in Qatif governorate. In a condolences cable, Abbas condemned this cowardly act which targeted a ....

  • Merkel's insistence on Sisi's visit proves Egypt's int'l status- party

    Merkel's insistence on Sisi's visit proves Egypt's int'l status- party

    Date: 2015-05-23 15:52:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2649609

    The insistence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Berlin on June 3-4 proves the international status of Egypt to Germany, said the president of the Egyptian Republican People's Party. In his statement ....

  • Sudanese president's Saudi visit chance for probing regional developments - FM

    Sudanese president's Saudi visit chance for probing regional developments - FM

    Date: 2015-05-23 14:00:32 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:2648917

    Sudanese President Omar al Bashir's recent visit to Saudi Arabia was a chance for discussing regional developments and affirming Sudan's support for the kingdom's efforts to restore legitimacy in Yemen, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti ....

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