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  • Kuwaiti emir invites leaders of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to attend Gulf summit

    Kuwaiti emir invites leaders of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to attend Gulf summit

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:26:33 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:416101

    Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah sent on Sunday invitations to the leaders of Oman, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to attend the 34th summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council to take place on December 10. The invitations were carried by ....

  • 6 killed, 29 wounded in Tripoli clashes

    6 killed, 29 wounded in Tripoli clashes

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:25:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:416099

    Six people were killed and 29 wounded, including eight Lebanese army members, in fierce clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Rockets, mortar shells and machine guns were used in the clashes between gunmen in Bab al-Tabbanah that ....

  • S. Korea to hold talks with U.S., China, Japan to actively cope with security issues

    S. Korea to hold talks with U.S., China, Japan to actively cope with security issues

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:24:25 GMT - south korea - International - SN:14 - ID:416092

    South Korea plans to hold strategic talks with the United States, China and Japan within the next month to cope with rising security challenges facing Northeast Asia, Yonhap reported quoting government sources Sunday. The plan comes as China ....

  • Iran, six powers to discuss implementing N-deal

    Iran, six powers to discuss implementing N-deal

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:20:46 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:416083

    A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator said Tehran and six major world powers are to discuss the specifics of a nuclear deal they recently sealed in Geneva, Press TV news reported. “Foreign Ministry directors general from Iran and the P5+1 will hold ....

  • 3 defendants in custody for involvement in Minya village violence

    3 defendants in custody for involvement in Minya village violence

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:19:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:416080

    South Minya Public Prosecutor Tamer Farouk decided on Sunday to remand three defendants in custody for four days pending investigations over involvement in sectarian violence that broke out in a Minya village over the escape of a Muslim girl with a ....

  • Netanyahu: Prawer bill will be advanced for better future of Negev residents

    Netanyahu: Prawer bill will be advanced for better future of Negev residents

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:18:05 GMT - Israel - International - SN:11 - ID:416078

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to continue to advance the Prawer-Begin bill for a better future for all residents of the Negev, Radio Israel reported. "We have – and will have – no tolerance for those who break the law,” ....

  • Prosecution appeals release of 26 MB members in Menya

    Prosecution appeals release of 26 MB members in Menya

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:08:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:415991

    The prosecution in Menya, south of Cairo, appealed on Saturday a court’s decision to release 26 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on bail. The MB members had been held over inciting violence. The prosecution ordered 11 persons to be held in ....

  • Salafi party says has reservations on some constitution articles

    Salafi party says has reservations on some constitution articles

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:416004

    El-Nour Party has reservations on some of a draft constitution articles that has been approved by the 50-member committee, said a member of the Salafi party. In statements to Al-Hayat television, Salah Abdul-Ma'bood said his party will determine ....

  • US defense secretary condoles with Sisi over loss of soldiers in Sinai

    US defense secretary condoles with Sisi over loss of soldiers in Sinai

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:06:19 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:416063

    US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Egyptian Minister of Defense General Abdel-Fattah Sisi on Saturday to express condolences for the recent loss of Egyptian soldiers in Sinai. Hagel thanked Sisi for Egypt’s continued efforts in combating ....

  • Karzai, Sharif agree on mechanism for Afghan peace process

    Karzai, Sharif agree on mechanism for Afghan peace process

    Date: 2013-12-01 08:04:47 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:416060

    Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Saturday that an agreement was reached with President Hamid Karzai on a new mechanism for the Afghan peace process with the Taliban group, Khaama Press reported. While speaking during a press conference ....

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