Arab world

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  • Oman takes over Asia-Pacific Presidency of United Nations

    Date: 2022-05-06 13:17:02 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:9553852

    NEW YORK/MUSCAT, May 6 (MENA) - The Sultanate of Oman officially took over the presidency of the Asia-Pacific group at the United Nations in a ceremony organized in New York. Ambassador Amrit Bahadur, Permanent Representative of the Republic of ....

  • 2nd plane carrying Houthi prisoners heads to Yemen

    Date: 2022-05-06 12:39:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:9553927

    RIYADH, May 6 (MENA) - The Saudi-led Arab Coalition to Support Legitimay in Yemen announced Friday that the second plane carrying Houthi prisoners took off from Saudi Arabia to Yemen as part of Saudi Arabia’s "humanitarian initiative". In a ....

  • Saudi Arabia participates in New York-hosted STI forum

    Date: 2022-05-06 11:09:38 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:9553849

    NEW YORK-RIYADH, May 6 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia participated Friday in the ministerial session of the Seventh United Nations Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) being held in New ....

  • Saudi Arabia allocates 30% of funding to combat Covid-19, promote technology

    Date: 2022-05-06 09:41:42 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:9553513

    NEW YORK, May 6 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia allocated 30 percent of funding for combating Covid-19 pandemic and developing technological innovation, head of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Munir al Dosouqi said Friday. During ....

  • 1st plane with released Houthi prisoners left Saudi Arabia for Yemen

    Date: 2022-05-06 07:31:16 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:9553540

    RIYADH, May 6 (MENA) - The first plane with released Houthi prisoners departed from Saudi Arabia and was bound for Sanaa, the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Friday. The move falls within the context of Saudi humanitarian ....

  • Three Iraqi soldiers killed, injured in Daesh attack on Diyali

    Date: 2022-05-05 23:01:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9553395

    BAGHDAD, May 5 (MENA) - One Iraqi soldier was killed in an attack carried out by Daesh in a neighborhood in Diyali province, Al Sumariya News reported quoting an Iraqi security source as saying. The attack left two other soldiers injured. The ....

  • 550 illegal migrants died, lost off Libyan coast in 4 months: IOM

    Date: 2022-05-05 13:34:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:9552786

    TRIPOLI, May 5 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed the death of 114 illegal migrants and the loss of 436 others while attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Europe during the period from January 1 to ....

  • One soldier killed, 29 injured in Taiz since start of truce: Yemeni Army

    Date: 2022-05-05 11:22:48 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:9552446

    ADEN, May 5 (MENA) - A solider was killed and 29 others injured by Houthis in Taiz since the start of the UN truce early April, the Yemeni national army in Taiz said. In a statement on Thursday, the army said that the rebel Houthi group has ....

  • Lebanese PM stresses need of forming new gov't after parliamentary polls

    Date: 2022-05-04 22:58:58 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:9552014

    BEIRUT, May 4 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati underlined the need of forming a new government after the parliamentary elections, which will be held on May 15. The current government will submit its resignation after the formation ....

  • No acute hepatitis cases reported among children - Morocco

    Date: 2022-05-04 22:55:56 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:9552019

    RABAT, May 4 (MENA) - Morocco's health authorities denied the detection of any acute hepatitis cases among children so far. Mostafa Fahime, director of the Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics department at the Moroccan Center for Scientific ....

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