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Saudi-led coalition continues to airdrop weapons to Yemen's southern resistance
Date: 2015-04-04 08:20:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2308389
A Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis continued to airdrop weapons to Yemeni southern resistance on Saturday. In statements to Aden al-Ghad newspaper on Saturday, a source with the southern resistance in al Buraiqeh district said that ....
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Jordan condemns Kenyan university attack
Date: 2015-04-04 08:17:52 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2308381
Jordan has strongly condemned the deadly attack that took place in Garissa University in Kenya on Thursday and claimed the lives of at least 150 people and injured several others. In a statement Saturday, Jordanian Government spokesman Mohammad ....
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Boko Haram, 'Islam's worst enemy,': Niger president
Date: 2015-04-04 08:13:07 GMT - Niger - International - SN:8 - ID:2308345
Militant group Boko Haram is "the worst enemy of Islam" and will be defeated because West African Muslims reject its violent actions Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said. "There is nothing Islamic about Boko Haram," Issoufou told students ....
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Lebanon contacts Jordan over stranded truck drivers
Date: 2015-04-04 07:57:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2308285
Contacts are underway with Amman to facilitate the entry of Lebanese truck drivers, who have been stranded since Wednesday on the Syrian-Jordanian border. The Lebanese economy and trade minister had contacted his Jordanian counterpart over the ....
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Deputy US State Secretary to embark on Mideast tour Sunday
Date: 2015-04-04 07:54:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2308273
Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on a Mideast tour Sunday that will take him to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Tunisia. In press statements, State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf said that Blinken will meet ....
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Hadhramaut tribes repel Qaida elements from Al Shahar city and Riyan airport
Date: 2015-04-04 07:50:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2308261
Armed forces loyal to the coalition of Hadhramaut tribes in southeastern Yemen have managed to control the city of Al-Shahar and Riyan airport in southern Yemen. They also managed to deploy in a military camp after the Yemeni army units had ....
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Kerry posts GCC counterparts on framewark deal with Iran
Date: 2015-04-04 07:48:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2308249
US Secretary of State John Kerry has posted Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on the framework agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group. Kerry, who was speaking to his GCC counterparts via video conference, assured them that the security ....
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Jund al Khilafah threatens to carry out further atrocities in Algeria, Tunisia
Date: 2015-04-04 07:41:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2308213
A terrorist group affiliated with Daesh has threatened to carry out further atrocities in Tunisia and Algeria after terrorist Luqman Abu Shakr was killed. Algeria's "An Nahar" newspaper said Saturday that Jund al Khilafah tweeted that Abu Sakhr, ....
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Iraqi PM calls for countering violent acts, rioting in Tikrit
Date: 2015-04-03 17:51:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2306933
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi has directed Iraqi troops to counter any acts of violence and rioting in the city of Tikrit. Abadi ordered security forces to arrest whoever attacks institutions in Tikrit or commits acts of violence in the ....
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Irrigation minister: Nile Basin countries to be invited to attend inauguration of Nile Museum
Date: 2015-04-03 17:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2306913
Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Friday that Nile Basin countries will be invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Nile Museum in Aswan in two months. Moghazi said the museum, affiliated with his ministry, is a model of ....