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Takfiri element arrested in Tunisia
Date: 2017-12-02 10:54:39 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7119482
The Tunisian Interior Ministry arrested a Takfiri element in the Tunisian city of Kairouan over suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that investigations revealed that the suspect ....
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Trump: Tillerson is not leaving role as secretary of state
Date: 2017-12-02 09:15:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:7119327
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is not leaving the Trump administration despite recent speculation, Fox quoted US President Donald Trump as saying on Friday. "The media has been speculating that I fired Rex Tillerson or that he would be ....
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GPC gains control of presidential palace, defense ministry, national security department
Date: 2017-12-02 09:13:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7119322
General People's Congress (GPC) forces have gained control of the presidential palace, the defense ministry and the national security department in Sanaa, according to Sky News. Earlier in the day the GPC forces, loyal to ousted president Ali ....
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Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan agree to enhance relations
Date: 2017-12-02 09:01:54 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:7119300
Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to boost bilateral relations especially in trade and defense fields, Pakistan Today news agency reported. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held a meeting with his Kyrgyz counterpart, Sapar Isakov on the ....
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Libyan FM to visit Moscow soon: Russian source
Date: 2017-12-02 09:00:27 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7119298
Foreign Minister at Libya's Government of National Accord Mohamed Taher al Siala will visit Moscow soon, a Russian diplomatic source said on Saturday. In statements to RT channel, the source added that coordination is underway with the Libyan ....
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GPC forces control Yemen TV building
Date: 2017-12-02 08:49:17 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7119279
Forces belonging to Yemen’s General People’s Congress (GPC) have gained control of the building of Yemen's state television in the capital Sanaa. Al Arabiya channel carried the news Saturday without giving any further details. The GPC - ....
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40 Houthi elements killed in clashes with Saleh militias
Date: 2017-12-02 08:46:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7119274
More than 40 Houthi militants were killed and dozens others injured in clashes that re-erupted in Sanaa early Saturday with militias of ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The confrontations occurred in areas in the south and west of ....
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Al Rawda mosque renamed to 'Rawda Al Shohada'
Date: 2017-12-01 16:18:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7118803
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided Friday to rename Al Rawda Mosque in Bir el Abed in North Sinai to Rawda Al Shohada (Al Rawda martyrs). Gomaa told MENA that all clerics and scholars in North Sinai vowed to work hard to disseminate the ....
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UN says 28 migrants missing off Morocco
Date: 2017-12-01 16:04:15 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:15 - ID:7118781
Eight migrants were rescued off Morocco late on Thursday but another 28 people who were on their boat are still missing, Joel Millman, a spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday. Millman said 174 people had ....
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Opposition forces down Syrian army helicopter near Golan heights
Date: 2017-12-01 15:02:38 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7118691
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Friday that Syrian opposition forces downed a Syrian army helicopter near Golan Heights in southwestern Syria, Saudi-based Al Arabiya news channel reported. The helicopter was downed by a ....