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AP speaker welcomes completion of Safer tanker offloading operation

Date: 2023-08-12 14:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:10297134

CAIRO, Aug 12 (MENA) - Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al Asoomi on Saturday welcomed the UN announcement of completing the safe oil offloading on board the FSO Safer off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Asoomi hailed all efforts meant to safely undergo the ....

Oman welcomes completion of unloading decaying FSO Safer tanker

Date: 2023-08-12 10:16:43 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:10296682

MUSCAT, Aug 12 (MENA) - The Sultanate of Oman has welcomed the completion of the process of unloading oil from the decaying supertanker FSO Safer off Yemen. A Foreign Ministry statement praised the efforts of the United Nations and the ....

UAE President underlines need to benefit from technology to solve crises

Date: 2023-08-12 08:22:14 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:10296513

ABU DHABI, Aug 12 (MENA) – UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received, at the Qasr Al Bahar, a group of young individuals to commemorate International Youth Day, WAM reported. During this gathering, he conveyed his aspirations and ....

Saudi Arabia to take part in ministerial meeting of G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group in India

Date: 2023-08-12 04:01:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:10296391

RIYADH, Aug 12 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia will participate with a delegation headed by President of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) Mazin bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous in the second ministerial meeting of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working ....

Kuwait keen on boosting relations with Slovenia - Diplomat

Date: 2023-08-11 20:31:18 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:10296336

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11 (MENA) - Kuwait's Ambassador in Austria and its Permanent Representative at International Organizations in Vienna Talal Al-Fassam has presented his credentials as non-resident ambassador to Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar, ....

US welcomes completion of the Safer oil tanker offloading operation in Red Sea

Date: 2023-08-11 20:01:52 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:10296342

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - The US State Department welcomed the news that the UN has completed a complex maritime operation in the Red Sea to safely offload the entirety of the oil onboard the FSO Safer, a decaying 47-year-old oil supertanker ....

Guterres: Additional funding will be needed to lift any remaining environmental threat to Red Sea

Date: 2023-08-11 18:37:45 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:10296291

NEW YORK, Aug 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomes the news that the ship-to-ship transfer of oil from the FSO Safer to the Yemen replacement vessel has been safely concluded today, avoiding what could have been a monumental ....

UN completes removal of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea

Date: 2023-08-11 17:26:13 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:10296243

NEW YORK, Aug 11 (MENA) - The United Nations successfully completed the transfer of oil from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, preventing the immediate threat of a massive spill. The Safer has been at risk of breaking up or ....

UAE sends 13 tons of humanitarian assistance to Chad

Date: 2023-08-11 14:15:00 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:10296029

ABU DHABI, Aug 11 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates sent an aid plane carrying 13 tonnes of food supplies to the Republic of Chad this morning to provide urgent humanitarian support for Sudanese refugees and the local community, especially the most ....

Number of soldiers martyred and injured in a terrorist attack in Deir Ezzor

Date: 2023-08-11 11:07:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:10295707

DAMASCUS, Aug 11 (MENA) - A number of soldiers were martyred and others were injured in a terrorist attack that targeted their bus southeast of Deir Ezzor. A military source said in a statement to SANA news agency that “a terrorist group ....