Arab world

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  • USAID welcomes Sudanese govt's decision to open Adre crossing - official

    Date: 2024-08-26 14:51:08 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:10844562

    NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - US Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa Tyler Beckelman said the agency welcomes the Sudanese government’s decision to open the Adre border crossing for facilitating the ....

  • AP stresses religious institutions' role in women’s awareness

    Date: 2024-08-26 14:26:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:10844520

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Speaker of the Arab Parliament (AP) Adel bin Abdel Rahman al-Assoumi has emphasized the importance of the religious institutions' role in raising awareness of women's issues and advancing their status. This came during the ....

  • Lebanon is and must remain a peace project - Pope Francis

    Date: 2024-08-26 10:26:23 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:10844214

    THE VATICAN, Aug 26 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Monday said "Lebanon is, and must remain, a project of peace" during a meeting at the Vatican with the families of victims of the explosion at the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. The pontiff prayed ....

  • Islamic Affairs Minister: Saudi Arabia granted women full rights, empowered them for leading positions

    Date: 2024-08-26 07:34:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:10843937

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call, and Guidance Abdullatif Al-Sheikh, emphasized that the Kingdom has granted women their full rights by empowering them to hold leadership and diplomatic positions, as well as roles in ....

  • Lebanon FM, EU official discuss latest developments in region

    Date: 2024-08-26 07:26:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:10843931

    BEIRUT, Aug 26 (MENA) - Lebanon's Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Abdallah Bou Habib discussed over the phone with European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, the developments on the ground in southern ....

  • UN chief deeply concerned over Lebanon escalation

    Date: 2024-08-25 20:09:05 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:10843691

    NEW YORK, Aug 25 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres on Sunday voiced deep concern over the escalation in the exchange of fire along the Blue Line in Lebanon. "These actions put both the Lebanese and Israeli ....

  • Israel fires two missiles on Lebanese army center in Alma Al-Shaab town

    Date: 2024-08-25 12:41:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:10843140

    BEIRUT, Aug 25 (MENA) - The Lebanese army center in "Alma Al-Shaab" was attacked by Israel on Sunday, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. The agency noted that the Israeli forces fired two shells at a Lebanese army center in Alma Al-Shaab, ....

  • Cholera poses new risks for millions of Sudan’s displaced: UN

    Date: 2024-08-25 11:57:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:10842945

    GENEVA, Aug 25 (MENA) - U.N. agencies are scaling up cholera prevention and treatment programs to get on top of a new, deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan that threatens to further destabilize communities suffering from hunger and the ill effects of ....

  • UN expresses concern over increasing tensions, armed mobilisation in Tripoli

    Date: 2024-08-25 09:23:07 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:10842788

    NEW YORK, Aug 25 (MENA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed grave concern about reports of mobilization of forces in Tripoli, including the threats to use force to resolve the crisis surrounding the Central Bank of ....

  • Israel, Hezbollah exchange heavy fire, raising fears of an all-out regional war

    Date: 2024-08-25 08:21:34 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:10842674

    WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah, as the group said it had launched hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of ....

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