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AL backs demands by Egypt, Sudan on GERD file, says envoy to UN

Date: 2021-06-22 23:33:02 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:9024505

NEW YORK, June 22 (MENA) - Representative of the Arab League to the United Nations (UN) Maged Abdel-Fattah said that the pan-Arab organization supports the demands of both Egypt and Sudan on the file of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ....

Sudan asks UNSC to meet over Ethiopia's Blue Nile dam

Date: 2021-06-22 21:18:38 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:9024405

KHARTOUM, June 22 (MENA) - Sudan asked the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to meet and discuss a dispute over a giant dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile, Euronews quoted a Sudanese government statement as saying. Ethiopia is ....

Italy supports political process in Libya -- Italian PM says

Date: 2021-06-22 18:30:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:9024023

TRIPOLI - ROME, June 22 (MENA) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi asserted Tuesday his country's support for the political process in Libya. During a meeting with President of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed Menfi, Draghi commended the ....

Jordan reports 504 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths

Date: 2021-06-22 17:17:49 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9024205

AMMAN, June 22 (MENA) – The Jordanian Health Ministry said 504 new coronavirus cases and 12 virus-related deaths were recorded in the kingdom on Tuesday, raising the total number of infections to 747,504 and the fatalities to 9,683 respectively, ....

France to deliver 325,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Tunisia

Date: 2021-06-22 16:59:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:9023993

TUNIS, June 22 (MENA) - France will deliver 325,000 doses of the British vaccine AstraZeneca to Tunisia by the end of June, Tunis Afrique Presse reported. The announcement was made by French Ambassador to Tunisia André Parant during a meeting ....

Syria, Russia discuss boosting economic, investment coop.

Date: 2021-06-22 16:26:18 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:9024039

DAMASCUS, June 22 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Tuesday discussed at a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, the existing bilateral cooperation, especially at the economic and investment levels. The pair also ....

Aoun calls on the Lebanese in diaspora to help in country's economic recovery

Date: 2021-06-22 16:11:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9023906

BEURIUT, June 22 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun emphasized the important role of the Lebanese in the diaspora to help in the country's economic recovery and limit the repercussions of the current situation on the citizens facing daily ....

AL stresses importance of taking measures to protect children on internet

Date: 2021-06-22 14:03:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:9023549

CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) asserted the importance of taking measures aimed to protect children in the Arab region from dangers arising from the use of the internet. This came in a speech delivered by AL Assistant Secretary ....

Saudi FM: Riyadh supports ME stability, working to find solution to Yemeni crisis

Date: 2021-06-22 13:22:05 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9023577

VIENNA, June 22 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan has asserted that his country was backing maintaining stability in the Middle East region and working out a solution for the Yemeni crisis along with a permanent ....

Kuwait's FM meets foreign diplomats on joint cooperation

Date: 2021-06-22 13:20:26 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9023604

KUWAIT CITY, June 22 (MENA) - Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Majdi Al-Dhefeeri on Tuesday held talks with the United Kingdom and North Ireland Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Belinda Lewis, on bilateral relations, regional and ....