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80% of wildfires contained: Algeria's interior ministry

Date: 2023-07-25 17:17:55 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:10272903

ALGIERS, July 25 (MENA) - Civil Protection units in Algeria have managed to extinguish most of the forest fires (80%) following continuous mobilization overnight and the reinforcement of ground operations with human and material resources, Algeria's ....

French special envoy arrives in Lebanon in a bid to figure out political consensus

Date: 2023-07-25 16:23:59 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:10272852

PARIS, July 25 (MENA) - French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived Tuesday in Beirut to meet Lebanese officials as part of a continuing attempt to inject life into the country’s deadlocked presidential elections. Le Drian met with Lebanon's ....

Saudi Arabia condemns attack on military academy in Somalia

Date: 2023-07-25 15:16:58 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:10272643

RIYADH, July 25 (MENA) - The Saudi Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a military training academy in Somalia, killing 25 soldiers in the capital of Mogadishu, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The ....

Abul Gheit highlights importance of supporting Arab Women Mediators Network

Date: 2023-07-25 10:41:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:10272084

CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit stressed the importance of supporting the Arab Women Mediators Network and promoting its role at national and regional levels. He said the Arab League is deeply interested in ....

UAE stands in solidarity with Algeria, offers condolences over victims of wildfires

Date: 2023-07-25 08:49:57 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:10271950

ABU DHABI, July 25 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria over wildfires, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries, WAM reported. In a ....

13th AL meeting on upgrading mechanism of resolving disputes within GAFTA kicks off

Date: 2023-07-25 08:29:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:10271891

CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - The 13th meeting of the committee of legal experts in charge of upgrading the mechanism of resolving disputes within the framework of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) kicked off on Tuesday at the headquarters of the ....

UNICEF: Two-thirds of Syrian require urgent assistance

Date: 2023-07-25 06:15:06 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:10271617

NEW YORK, July 25 (MENA) - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said more than a decade of humanitarian crisis and hostilities has left children in Syria facing one of the most complex emergencies in the world, Alhurra ....

Iraqi-UN talks on political situation, file of the displaced, climate change

Date: 2023-07-24 11:50:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:10270420

BAGHDAD, July 24 (MENA) - Iraqi President Abdullatif Jamal Rashid and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq Jeanine Plasschaert discussed on Monday the file of the ....

UNICEF: At least 435 children killed, 2025 others injured since start of Sudan conflict

Date: 2023-07-24 09:51:35 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:10270096

GENEVA, July 24 (MENA) - As the brutal conflict in Sudan hits 100 days, UNICEF has received reports of a staggering 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights —an average of at least one an hour. As these are just the numbers reported to UNICEF ....

9 killed in civilian plane crash in Sudan due to technical reasons

Date: 2023-07-24 05:59:52 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:10269828

KHARTOUM, July 24 (MENA) - Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian plane crashed in Sudan due to “technical” reasons, Sudan News Agency quoted the Sudanese Army Command as saying. The war in the east ....