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Lebanon: All schools, education institutions closed amid warnings of aftershocks

Date: 2023-02-07 07:29:01 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:10006503

Lebanon's Caretaker Minister of Education and Higher Education Abbas Al-Halabi announced the closure of schools, high schools, vocational schools, as well as all official and private higher education institutions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Lebanon's ....

Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2023-01-24 09:52:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:9983597

Scores of Israeli settlers stormed Tuesday the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police. According to eyewitnesses, the settlers barged into the courtyards of the mosque from the side of Bab al-Maghariba ....

Baghdad airport closes airspace over bad weather

Date: 2023-01-17 07:16:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:9971824

Baghdad International Airport Administration decided Tuesday to suspend all flights at the airport due to bad weather. The authority said, in a statement carried by Alsumaria TV, that this decision came due to the bad weather conditions and ....

Saudi Arabia scarps restrictions on Hajj pilgrim numbers

Date: 2023-01-10 06:57:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9961177

Saudi Arabia will welcome pilgrims to preform Hajj this year with pre-COVID numbers, according to the Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah. The Kingdom will scrap all age requirements for pilgrims, after three years of restrictions ....

UN envoy reports ‘sharp increase’ in violence this year in Israel-Palestine conflict

Date: 2022-12-20 10:07:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:9931050

More than 150 Palestinians and over 20 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and Israel so far in 2022 - the highest number of deaths in years, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland told the Security Council. He reiterated deep concern over ....

AL chief condemns Israel over lawyer's deportation to France

Date: 2022-12-20 07:09:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:9930645

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned in the strongest possible terms the deportation of human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri to France. The deportation policy runs counter to international rule and constitutes a flagrant ....

UN to vote on Palestinian motion seeking ICJ opinion on Israeli occupation next week

Date: 2022-12-13 06:40:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9919632

The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on Palestinian motion seeking a legal opinion from International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal implications of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory next week. The motion was prepared by ....

Abul Gheit offers condolences on death of Yemen's great poet Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh

Date: 2022-11-29 09:35:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:9898041

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has offered his sincerest condolences to Yemen on the death of its great poet Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh, who died Monday in Sana'a at the age of 85 years. In a tweet, Abul Gheit said: "I offer my ....

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli occupants gunfire in West Bank

Date: 2022-11-29 08:25:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:9897912

The Israeli occupation forces shot and killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, one in Beit Ummar in the south of the West Bank, and two others, siblings, near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of ....

Bahraini king issues royal decree forming new cabinet

Date: 2022-11-22 06:49:58 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9887323

Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Royal Decree No. 68 of 2022 forming the cabinet, state news agency BNA reported Monday. Under Article 1 of the decree, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa is appointed as Deputy Prime Minister. ....