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Nabih Berri reelected House Speaker with 65 votes

Date: 2022-05-31 09:40:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:9597498

BEIRUT, May 31 (MENA) - The Lebanese Parliament on Tuesday reelected Nabih Berri as its Speaker with 65 votes, while 23 blank ballots were cast and 40 ballot papers were deemed invalid, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA). This came ....

UAE, Egypt, Jordan partnership supports development process: UAE newspaper

Date: 2022-05-31 08:25:24 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:9597265

ABU DHABI, May 31 (MENA) - The three-way partnership between the UAE, Egypt and Jordan supports the comprehensive development process and consolidates an unprecedented cooperation that lays the foundations for economic integration, according to ....

Arab League: Tobacco kills 8 mln people every year

Date: 2022-05-30 16:00:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:9596503

CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Arab League said it pays great attention to banning all forms of tobacco smoking in enclosed public places. In this regard, Assistant Secretary-General for Social Affairs Haifa Abu Ghazaleh ....

Bahrain's commander-in-chief hails ties with Saudi Arabia

Date: 2022-05-30 12:10:10 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:9596089

MANAMA, May 30 (MENA) - Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Saudi Arabia’s Armed Forces Inspection Director General Major General Khalid bin Mohammad Al Darwish. During the ....

Two earthquakes rattle Iraq's Sulaymaniyah

Date: 2022-05-30 10:04:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:9595661

BAGHDAD, May 30 (MENA) - The Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology (IMOS), at the Ministry of Transport announced on Monday that two new earthquakes were recorded in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. "Our seismic observatories recorded two ....

AP: Industrial partnership between Egypt, UAE, Jordan key step to promote Arab economic integration

Date: 2022-05-30 08:48:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:9595417

CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - Arab Parliament (AP) Speaker Adel bin Abdulrahman al Assoumi lauded the formation of an integrated industrial partnership between the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan, deeming it a key step to promote Arab economic ....

Iraqi source: Three killed, injured in bomb blast in eastern Baghdad

Date: 2022-05-30 07:24:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:9595360

BAGHDAD, May 30 (MENA) - An Iraqi security source said three persons were killed and injured when a bomb went off in eastern Baghdad. In statements to Al Sumaria news channel, the source said the hand grenade exploded inside a house in eastern ....

UAE announces 3 new cases of monkeypox

Date: 2022-05-29 23:20:43 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:100 - ID:9595207

ABU DHABI, May 29 (MENA) - The UAE has reported three new cases of viral zoonotic disease monkeypox, according to WAM news agency. The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) urged all community members to follow appropriate preventive ....

Iraqi forces arrest 2 terrorists in Anbar

Date: 2022-05-29 23:02:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:9595173

BAGHDAD, May 29 (MENA) – Iraqi forces arrested on Sunday two terrorists who were trying to enter Rutba town in Al Anbar province, Al Sumariya News reported. Iraqi security media cell added that the military intelligence directorate in cooperation ....

Kuwait deplores Al-Aqsa Mosque storming by Israeli extremists

Date: 2022-05-29 21:58:14 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:9595135

KUWAIT CITY, May 29 (MENA) – The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry voiced Sunday Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation of Al-Aqsa Mosque's storming by extremists under the protection of Israeli forces, KUNA reported. In a statement, the Ministry said ....