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US downs Houthi missile in southern Red Sea

Date: 2024-01-15 09:02:07 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:10533987

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (MENA) - The U.S. military has said it shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen toward a U.S. Navy destroyer in the southern Red Sea. U.S. Central Command said fighter aircraft shot ....

Arab FMs to hold emergency meeting on Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal Wednesday

Date: 2024-01-14 18:41:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:10533495

CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) – An Arab League emergency meeting will be convened on Wednesday via videoconferencing at the foreign ministers' level to discuss the ramifications of an illegally-concluded memorandum of understanding (MoU) Ethiopia recently ....

Jordan, UK discuss developments in Gaza, mutual cooperation

Date: 2024-01-14 16:13:45 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:10533405

AMMAN, Jan 14 (MENA) - Jordan's Lower House Speaker Ahmed Safadi on Sunday discussed with British Ambassador to Jordan Philip Ridley Hall a number of issues of common concern, a top of which the situation in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian ....

UN official concerned about developments in Yemen

Date: 2024-01-14 08:03:47 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:10532539

NEW YORK, Jan 14 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, expressed his concern about recent developments involving Yemen. The Special Envoy reiterates the Secretary-General’s call for all involved to avoid ....

OIC expresses deep concern over serious developments in Red Sea region

Date: 2024-01-13 19:35:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:10532284

JEDDAH, Jan 13 (MENA) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed deep concern about the ongoing serious developments in the Red Sea region and the airstrikes that targeted several locations within ....

Israel tries to escape war crimes by false allegations against Egypt: AP speaker

Date: 2024-01-13 15:11:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:10532030

CAIRO, Jan 13(MENA) – Speaker of Arab Parliament (AP) Adel el Asomi denounced the false allegations of the Israeli representatives before the International Court of Justice about the stance of the Egyptian state regarding Rafah Crossing, asserting ....

US told Italy about Red Sea intervention against Houthi – FM

Date: 2024-01-12 19:17:47 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:10531052

ROME, Jan 12 (MENA) – The United States told Italy about its Red Sea intervention against Houthi who have been attacking shipping there, ANSA quoted Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani as saying Friday. Tajani said Italy was part ....

Former Somali president rejects Ethiopia-Somaliland deal

Date: 2024-01-12 19:06:13 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:10531039

MOGADISHU, Jan 12 (MENA) – Former president of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad Hassan has denounced the recent agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland that grants Ethiopia access to Somaliland’s ports and coastline, SONNA reported. Speaking to the ....

UAE says concerned over repercussions of attacks on maritime navigation in Bab Al-Mandab, Red Sea

Date: 2024-01-12 18:50:54 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:10531025

ABU DHABI, Jan 12 (MENA) – The UAE expressed its deep concern regarding the repercussions of the attacks on maritime navigation in Bab Al-Mandab and the Red Sea, WAM reported. The attacks constitute an unacceptable threat to international trade, ....

Yemen holds Houthis responsible for dragging country into military confrontation zone for propaganda purposes

Date: 2024-01-12 18:11:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:10530985

ADEN, Jan 12 (MENA) - Yemen holds Houthi militia responsible of dragging the country into an area for military confrontation for propaganda purposes under misleading claims that have nothing to do with supporting our brothers in the occupied ....