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  • Israeli occupation blocks entrance to Lubban village

    Israeli occupation blocks entrance to Lubban village

    Date: 2017-12-23 08:54:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7154761

    Israeli forces on Saturday installed sand barriers to block the entrance to al Lubban village, northern West Bank. According to Palestinian sources, an Israeli bulldozer and military vehicles totally closed the main entrance to the ....

  • Houthis abducted 16,000 people since 2014: Rights group

    Houthis abducted 16,000 people since 2014: Rights group

    Date: 2017-12-23 08:48:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7154750

    Houthi militants have kidnapped nearly 16,000 people in Yemen between September 2014-July 2017, the Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations announced on Saturday. "The number of reported abduction cases by Houthi militants reached ....

  • Tunisian interior ministry warns of terrorist plots ahead of new year celebrations

    Tunisian interior ministry warns of terrorist plots ahead of new year celebrations

    Date: 2017-12-22 19:17:17 GMT - Tunisia - International - SN:28 - ID:7154379

    Spokesman for the Tunisian Interior Ministry Khalifa al Shebani warned Friday from terrorist plots that threaten the new year celebrations. The spokesman stressed that the ministry took all necessary security measures to secure the ....

  • Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax bill into law

    Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax bill into law

    Date: 2017-12-22 19:11:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:27 - ID:7154347

    US President Donald Trump has signed into law the GOP's sweeping, $1.5 trillion tax reform bill that will slash taxes for corporations while giving most Americans some temporary relief, The Independent reported on Friday. Trump emphasized the ....

  • Kosovo's president urges approval of Montenegro's border deal

    Kosovo's president urges approval of Montenegro's border deal

    Date: 2017-12-22 19:11:07 GMT - Kosovo - International - SN:26 - ID:7154343

    Kosovo's president has urged political parties to intensify efforts to ratify a border demarcation deal with Montenegro which is set as a precondition by the European Union for a visa-free regime for the country's citizens, ABC News reported. In ....

  • Trump: U.S 'foolishly' spent $ 7 trillion in the Middle East

    Trump: U.S 'foolishly' spent $ 7 trillion in the Middle East

    Date: 2017-12-22 19:10:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:25 - ID:7154319

    U.S President Donald Trump said on Friday, it was time to focus funds on the U.S rather than foreign spending, tweeting: "After having foolishly spent $ 7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country" The tweet came a ....

  • Egypt's Mufti says Al Quds 'holy legacy'

    Egypt's Mufti says Al Quds 'holy legacy'

    Date: 2017-12-22 19:10:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7154315

    Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam on Friday described Al Quds and Al Aqsa Mosque as a holy legacy that has to be gamely defended. In a televised speech, Allam said that Islam's Isra (a journey made by Prophet Muḥammad in a single night from the ....

  • Syrian army advances in southwestern part of Damascus countryside

    Syrian army advances in southwestern part of Damascus countryside

    Date: 2017-12-22 17:42:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7154266

    Units of the Syrian army, in cooperation with popular defense groups, continued their operations against gatherings and positions of Jabhat al Nusra terrorists in the area surrounding Beit Jinn town and Beit Jinn farm in the southwestern of Damascus ....

  • Four Houthi militants killed in Yemen’s Taiz

    Four Houthi militants killed in Yemen’s Taiz

    Date: 2017-12-22 17:17:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7154235

    Four Houthi militants were killed in an ambush set up by members of the Yemeni Popular Resistance Committees (PRCs) in eastern Taiz province, a local source said on Friday. For more than two years, Yemen has been locked in a devastating civil war ....

  • UK adds Hasm, Liwa al Thawra to terrorist organizations list

    UK adds Hasm, Liwa al Thawra to terrorist organizations list

    Date: 2017-12-22 16:14:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7154185

    The United Kingdom has added Hasm and Liwa Al Thawra to its terrorist organizations list, the British Embassy in Cairo said on Friday. "After reviewing evidence of attacks carried out by Hasm and Liwa ....

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