Arab world

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  • UN tackles women's status in Arab countries

    Date: 2023-03-26 10:19:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:10084406

    NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - The UN Women Commission drew up a blueprint to address challenges blocking Arab women's development in the political, economic and security domains. The 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67)— ....

  • Meeting for inking regional action framework kicks off

    Date: 2023-03-26 10:17:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:10084494

    CAIRO, March 26 (MENA) - A meeting kicked off on Sunday for inking a regional action framework program of Arab countries for 2023-2028 between the Arab League and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The meeting will also witness ....

  • Arab Parliament condemns burning of Quran copy in Denmark

    Date: 2023-03-26 09:03:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:10084379

    CAIRO, March 26 (MENA) - The Arab Parliament on Sunday decried the burning of a copy of the Holy Book the Quran in the Danish capital. Recurrence of such provocative acts foments hatred, violence, threatens communities' security and stability, ....

  • KSA condemns Israeli decision to build settlement units inside occupied Palestinian territories

    Date: 2023-03-25 21:39:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:10084112

    RIYADH, March 25 (MENA) – Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's condemnation of a decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to float bids to build settlement units inside the occupied Palestinian territories, SPA ....

  • Somali army repels terrorist attack in Shabelle

    Date: 2023-03-25 18:05:27 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:10083845

    MOGADISHU, March 25 (MENA) - The Somali army and popular resistance troops on Saturday repelled an attack by terrorist militiamen on a military base in the Lower Shabelle province, south of the country. The militias suffered heavy losses. ....

  • Yemeni defense minister survives deadly Houthi drone attack

    Date: 2023-03-25 15:49:59 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:10083843

    ADEN, March 25 (MENA) – Yemeni defense minister and several other government officials narrowly escaped a drone attack carried out by the Houthi group on their convoy in the country's southwestern province of Taiz on Saturday, a government official ....

  • Yemen, UN discuss water challenges, climate change, drought

    Date: 2023-03-25 13:42:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:10083599

    ADEN, March 25 (MENA) - Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi met Saturday with Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Assistant Director of the United Nations Development Program Usha Munari on the sidelines of the ....

  • Jordan condemns new Israeli settlement construction

    Date: 2023-03-25 12:57:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:10083509

    AMMAN, March 25 (MENA) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Saturday denounced Israel's announcement of a tender to build more than 1,000 new units in Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Petra ....

  • GCC countries call for boosting scientific, technical cooperation in water sector

    Date: 2023-03-25 11:01:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:10083229

    RIYADH/NEW YORK, March 25 (MENA) - The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) highlighted the importance of initiatives in the field of water, and the provision of water technologies to developing countries without restrictions and at ....

  • Ukraine sends 30,000 tons of wheat to Yemen

    Date: 2023-03-24 20:01:35 GMT - Ukraine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:10082787

    KIEV, March 24 (MENA) - The Negmar Cicek departs from the port of Chornomorsk. It will deliver 30,000 tons of wheat to Yemen as part of humanitarian aid. Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solskyi stated this at a briefing in ....

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