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AL chief discusses financial difficulties facing UNRWA

Date: 2022-07-25 14:12:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:9687337

CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit discussed on Monday with Head of the Palestinian Refugee Affairs Department Ahmed Abu Houli the financial difficulties that the UNRWA faces. During the meeting, Abul ....

Arab conf. on human rights kicks off in Cairo

Date: 2022-07-25 10:21:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:9686724

CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) – The fourth Arab regional conference on human rights kicked off Monday at the Arab League General Secretariat HQ. The conference is meant to shed light on the impact of Covid-19 on human rights in the Arab ....

Houthi drone shot down in Yemen's Hodeidah

Date: 2022-07-25 08:29:10 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:9686509

ADEN, July 25 (MENA) - A Houthi drone was shot down by Yemeni forces in the Hays axis south of Hodeidah city. Al Akbariya channel in Yemen reported that the air defenses spotted a Houthi drone as it penetrated the airspace of the Yemeni district ....

Tunisia votes on new constitution

Date: 2022-07-25 07:39:54 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:9686462

TUNIS, July 25 (MENA) - Tunisians have begun voting in a referendum on a new constitution . Few people were out when polls opened at 0500 GMT, TRT World reported Monday. It is not clear when the results will be announced after polls close at ....

UN Yemen envoy condemns Houthi attack on children in Taiz

Date: 2022-07-25 07:04:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:9686446

ADEN, July 25 (MENA) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg condemned on Sunday a Houthi attack that hit a residential neighborhood in Taiz that killed a child and injured 10 others, Arab News reported. The Houthi attack ....

Algeria reports 67 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

Date: 2022-07-24 22:27:04 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:9686309

ALGIERS, July 24 (MENA) – Algeria reported Sunday 67 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours. In a statement, the Algerian Ministry of Health said the infection tallly reached 266,839 in the country. As many as 179,034 persons ....

Mauritania reports 33 new Covid cases in 24 hours

Date: 2022-07-24 21:17:04 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:9686277

NOUAKCHOTT, July 24 (MENA) – The Mauritanian Health Ministry said Sunday that 33 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the country over the past 24 hours. This takes the total number of infections in the North African country to 62,313, the ....

Al chief holds talks with Russian FM

Date: 2022-07-24 19:35:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:9686034

CAIRO, July 24 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit met Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is currently visiting Cairo. The two sides participated in extensive discussions on several issues of mutual ....

Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad appointed as new Kuwaiti PM

Date: 2022-07-24 19:32:33 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:9686182

KUWAIT CITY, July 24 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Diwan announced on Sunday appointing Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as new Prime Minister for Kuwait, KUNA reported. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad was also asked to immediately implement the ....

Lavrov says Arab-Russian cooperation forum to be held soon - 6 last Cairo

Date: 2022-07-24 18:02:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:9685958

The world is at the beginning of dangerous changes in multilateral arrangements, Lavrov warned. More countries are moving to use local currencies in trade exchange and depend on supply chains that have nothing to do with the US behavior, he ....