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UAE: Sharjah Ruler opens 1st waste-to-energy plant in Middle East

Date: 2022-05-24 13:36:27 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:9586337

SHARJAH, May 24 (MENA) - Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi inaugurated on Tuesday the Sharjah Waste to Energy plant, the first of its kind in the Middle East, WAM news agency reported. ....

UAE, European Parliament discuss cooperation

Date: 2022-05-24 11:29:08 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:9585865

ABU DHABI, May 24 (MENA) - Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC), received Hannah Neumann, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP) of the European Parliament, who is currently visiting the UAE, ....

UN envoy continues consultations for 2nd straight day with all parties to build peace process

Date: 2022-05-24 08:37:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:9585542

SANAA, May 24 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that he continued consultations for the second straight day with all Yemeni and international parties to build the peace process. The UN News Center said that Grundberg met ....

Syrian constitutional committee meeting to be held in Geneva next week: UN chief

Date: 2022-05-24 08:18:12 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:9585537

GENEVA, May 24 (MENA) - The constitutional committee meeting will be held in Geneva on May 28, said UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen. The UN envoy voiced hope that the next meeting would be positive in order to help into implementing ....

Sulaymaniyah airport suspends flights due to dust storm

Date: 2022-05-24 07:23:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:9585463

BAGHDAD, May 24 (MENA) - The administration of Sulaymaniyah International Airport suspended flights Tuesday due to the decline in visibility to very low levels as a result of the dust storm. Flight suspension also continued at Erbil ....

Drone attack reportedly targets US military base in Baghdad

Date: 2022-05-24 06:34:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:9585406

BAGHDAD, May 24 (MENA) - An Iraqi security source said that a drone attack reportedly targeted the US Victory Complex military base near Baghdad International Airport (BGW). Alsumaria News channel quoted the source as saying that there were no ....

4 persons killed, wounded in Daesh attack on Diyala

Date: 2022-05-24 05:09:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:9585332

BAGHDAD, May 24 (MENA) - At least two civilians were killed and two soldiers injured in a missile attack by Daesh terrorist group on Iraq's Diyala province. Ten mortar shells were fired toward the al Eslah village in Diyala, an Iraqi source told ....

Algerian president dismisses Bank of Algeria governor

Date: 2022-05-23 22:43:27 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:9585258

ALGIERS, May 23 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismissed on Monday Governor of the Bank of Algeria Rostom Fadhli, replacing him with Salah Eddine Taleb, Algeria Press Service reported, citing a statement from the country's ....

6 Iraqis killed in Daesh attack in Iraq's Kirkuk

Date: 2022-05-23 22:02:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:9585261

BAGHDAD, May 23 (MENA) – An Iraqi security source said six Iraqi civilians were killed on Monday in an attack by Daesh militants in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk, Alsumaria news channel reported. Taking advantage of the weather conditions and a ....

629 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM

Date: 2022-05-23 17:31:11 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9584999

TRIPOLI, May 23 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday that 629 illegal migrants were returned to Libya after being rescued off the country's coast last week. From May 15 to May 21, 629 migrants have been ....