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  • Palestine's PM urges int'l community to press Israel to stop settlement construction

    Palestine's PM urges int'l community to press Israel to stop settlement construction

    Date: 2015-05-12 18:39:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:2574961

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah called Tuesday on the international community to shoulder its responsibility and press Israel to stop the settlement construction and the demolition of homes in Al Quds (East Jerusalem). Hamdallah made ....

  • Foreign meddling root cause of Mideast instability: Iran

    Foreign meddling root cause of Mideast instability: Iran

    Date: 2015-05-12 18:37:51 GMT - Iran - International - SN:56 - ID:2574949

    Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected on Tuesday remarks made by US officials accusing Tehran for destabilizing the region, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman ....

  • Wafd Party elections to be held on Friday

    Wafd Party elections to be held on Friday

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:47:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2574681

    The elections of Al-Wafd Party's supreme body will be held on Friday after a court ruling turned down a lawsuit to cancel the vote, its assistant head said on Tuesday. The Administrative Court's ruling confirmed the integrity of the elections' ....

  • Tayyeb meets WCC delegation

    Tayyeb meets WCC delegation

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:32:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2574601

    Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb met on Tuesday with a youth delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to discuss ways of bolstering bilateral cooperation and facing atheism. Tayyeb said the youth Muslims can play a vital role in ....

  • 15 Syrian regime troops killed

    15 Syrian regime troops killed

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:25:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2573881

    Fifteen Syrian regime troops have been killed in confrontations with opposition forces in the cities of Sanqara and Mahbal in Rif Idleb in the northwest of the country. Sky News quoted a source with the opposition as saying that their fighters ....

  • Daash forced marriage of Libyan young girls illegal in Islam - Dar Al Ifta

    Daash forced marriage of Libyan young girls illegal in Islam - Dar Al Ifta

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:17:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2574541

    The takfiri fatwas observatory of Egypt's Dar Al Ifta said Tuesday Daesh forces Libyan young girls in Darnah city to get married in exchange for providing protection for their families. In a statement, the observatory said that Daesh's recent act ....

  • 300 Swedes join Daesh

    300 Swedes join Daesh

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:07:30 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:52 - ID:2574485

    Up to 300 Swedish nationals have joined Daesh terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, the head of the security apparatus here has said. About 100 of those have returned to Sweden, he told the national radio Tuesday. The security apparatus is ....

  • 32 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    32 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-05-12 17:00:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2573329

    Iraqi troops killed on Tuesday 32 Daesh militants in al Karma province in Iraq, the Iraqi defense ministry said in a statement. Dozens of the terrorist group were also killed in clashes in Mosul province in western Iraq, the statement ....

  • Malawi's ex-army chief arrested over corruption

    Malawi's ex-army chief arrested over corruption

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:56:42 GMT - Malawi - International - SN:51 - ID:2574381

    Malawi's former army chief has been arrested over a multi-million dollar corruption allegation, the BBC reported. Gen Henry Odillo and his former deputy, Lt Col Clement Kafuwa, are accused of arranging a contract to supply military equipment ....

  • Tourism minister gives interview to German magazine

    Tourism minister gives interview to German magazine

    Date: 2015-05-12 16:51:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:2574353

    Tourism Minister Khalid Ramy gave on Tuesday an interview to the German Touristik Aktuell magazine as part of his endeavors to promote tourism in Egypt. The minister spoke about a support to be provided by the ministry for the Egyptian carriers ....

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