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Tunisian culture minister says cultural heritage 'engine' of development

Date: 2023-04-18 18:36:07 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:10118643

TUNIS, April 18 (MENA) - Tunisia's Culture Minister Hayat Qatat Al-Qarmazi hailed her country's cultural heritage as being a key pillar of the national economy and an engine of development. She added Tunisian cultural heritage contributes to ....

Blinken confirms attack on US diplomatic convoy in Sudan as fighting continues

Date: 2023-04-18 18:33:35 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:10118650

WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that an American diplomatic convoy was attacked in Sudan, ABC News reported. "I can confirm that yesterday we had an American diplomatic convoy that was fired on," ....

WHO voices deep concerns on situation in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-18 18:04:10 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:10118667

GENEVA, April 18 (MENA) – WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom said the situation in the Republic of Sudan is deeply concerning, the organization said in a statement. Sudan’s Ministry of Health Emergency Operations Center reports 270 people have ....

Saudi FM arrives in Damascus on official visit

Date: 2023-04-18 14:46:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:10118326

DAMASCUS, April 18 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived on Tuesday in Damascus on an official visit to Syria. He was received at the airport by Syrian Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam. The visit comes ....

G7 urges warring factions in Sudan to 'immediately' halt fighting

Date: 2023-04-18 13:31:56 GMT - Japan - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:10118263

TOKYO, April 18 (MENA) – G7 foreign ministers on Tuesday urged warring forces in Sudan to "end hostilities immediately" and return to negotiations, after clashes that have killed almost 200 people, Africa News reported. A weeks-long power ....

WFP chief puts hold on Sudan aid operations, following death of 3 staff in unrest

Date: 2023-04-18 12:44:54 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:10118152

GENEVA, April 18 (MENA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily halted all operations, as a result of the fighting between rival military groups in Sudan, which led to the deaths of three WFP employees on Saturday, UN News reported ....

UNHCHR calls for immediate end of hostilities, return to talks in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-18 11:50:10 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:10118102

GENEVA, April 18 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Volker Türk on Tuesday called for an immediate cessation to hostilities in Sudan and pleaded with the Sudan Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to return to the negotiating ....

More than 185 people killed, 1,800 others wounded in Sudan

Date: 2023-04-18 07:51:16 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:10117569

NEW YORK, April 18 (MENA) - Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, said that clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have killed 185 people and wounded ....

Saudi CP, President of Chad's Transitional Military Council discuss bilateral cooperation

Date: 2023-04-18 07:33:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:10117560

RIYADH, April 18 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud discussed with President Mohamed Idriss Deby of the Transitional Military Council of the Republic of Chad means of enhancing bilateral ....

Ennahdha Party leader arrested in Tunis

Date: 2023-04-17 21:48:14 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:10117338

TUNIS, April 17 (MENA) - Tunisian security forces late Monday arrested Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi and took him in for interrogation at a National Guard building in northern Tunis. A source with the Tunisian Interior Ministry told ....