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Jordanian king reiterates importance of peace as key for regional cooperation

Date: 2022-06-24 14:15:14 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:9639343

AMMAN, June 24 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II on Friday stressed the importance of the regional cooperation efforts to address the challenges brought on by the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and achieve prosperity in the region, Petra news agency ....

UAE provides urgent aid to those affected by earthquake in Afghanistan

Date: 2022-06-24 09:40:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:9638825

ABU DHABI, June 24 (MENA) – The United Arab Emirates on Friday dispatched a plane carrying 30 tons of urgent food supplies to Afghanistan to alleviate the impact of the devastating earthquake that recently struck southeast Afghanistan, WAM ....

Arab League to host meeting of Media Experts Group Sunday

Date: 2022-06-23 16:32:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:9637893

CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) General Secretariat will hold the 4th meeting of the Media Experts Group on evaluating and upgrading the Arab Media Action Plan Sunday. In statements Thursday, AL Assistant Secretary-General for Media ....

Lebanese Presidency: Mikati entrusted with formation of new gov't

Date: 2022-06-23 15:42:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9638035

BEIRUT, June 23 (MENA) - The Lebanese presidency said caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was entrusted with the formation of a new Lebanese government. Mikati was named PM-designate on Thursday with 54 votes, while former Lebanese ambassador ....

Mikati named Lebanon's PM-designate

Date: 2022-06-23 15:18:10 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9637972

BEIRUT, June 23 (MENA) - Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was named PM-designate on Thursday with 54 votes, while former Lebanese ambassador to the UN Nawaf Salam received 25 votes and 46 MPs abstained from naming any candidate. In a ....

Egypt chairs AL meeting to follow up fulfillment of SDGs in Arab region

Date: 2022-06-23 14:46:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:9637576

CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL) held on Thursday the 11th meeting of the Arab committee following up progress in the fulfillment of the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Arab region. The meeting, held under the ....

Senior Arab, EU officials take part in meeting on women's empowerment, human rights

Date: 2022-06-23 14:03:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:9637745

CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) – The General Secretariat of the Arab League and the European Union held a virtual meeting tackling empowerment of women and human rights with the participation of Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League Haifa Abu ....

Hossam Zaki to MENA: Daunting challenges besetting Arab region.. consensus on Syria still not attainable

Date: 2022-06-23 13:52:50 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:9637655

ALGIERS, June 23 (MENA) - Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League (AL) Hossam Zaki said the Arab world is facing many challenges, foremost among which is the instability in some countries which is triggering tension in their neighboring ....

Kuwait strongly condemns terror attacks in Mali

Date: 2022-06-23 08:47:59 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:9637080

KUWAIT CITY, June 23 (MENA) - Kuwait strongly condemned the acts of violence and terror occurring in Mali, which led to the deaths of scores of innocent people, according to the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA. A statement by the Foreign Ministry on ....

Algeria reports 13 new coronavirus infections

Date: 2022-06-22 22:17:22 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:9636788

ALGIERS, June 22 (MENA) - As many as 13 new coronavirus cases and no deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, the Algerian Health Ministry said Wednesday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to 266,006, the ....