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Biden says US mulls re-designating Yemen's Houthis terrorist group

Date: 2022-01-20 07:45:51 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:9376017

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said his administration is considering re-designating Houthi movement as an international terrorist organization, US News reported. Asked if he supported returning Houthis to the US list of ....

US envoy to Yemen starts tour of Gulf, London to activate peace efforts

Date: 2022-01-20 07:44:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:9375995

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (MENA) - US Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking started on Thursday a tour which includes Gulf capitals and London to activate peace efforts in coordination with the UN, senior officials and international partners. US Department of ....

Arab coalition says it conducts wide military operation against Houthis

Date: 2022-01-20 07:10:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:9375940

RIYADH, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Arab Coalition Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen announced it carried out a wide-scale military operation to paralyze Houthi militants in a several Yemeni provinces. The coalition said in a statement, carried by Saudi Al ....

Mauritania reports 834 new COVID-19 infections in past 24 hrs

Date: 2022-01-19 22:53:29 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:9375815

NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 19 (MENA) - Mauritania reported 834 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Wednesday. The total number of infections reached 56,296, while the fatalities reached 914 cases, after ....

Djiboutian FM condemns Houthi attacks on UAE in phone call with Abdullah bin Zayed

Date: 2022-01-19 22:52:30 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:9375814

ABU DHABI, Jan 19 (MENA) - Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received a phone call from Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mahmoud Ali Youssouf ....

UAE, Jordan, Netherlands begin groundbreaking Water Food Energy Summit

Date: 2022-01-19 16:04:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:9375468

DUBAI, Jan 19 (MENA) - The UAE, Jordan, and the Netherlands on Wednesday wrapped up the inaugural edition of the Water-Food-Energy (WFE) Summit. Held over two days as part of Expo 2020 Dubai's Global Goals Week, the first-of-its-kind trilateral ....

Lebanese FM, UN coordinator probe funding for expats vote

Date: 2022-01-19 15:58:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:9375442

BEIRUT, Jan 19 (MENA) - Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdallah Bou Habib, held talks on Wednesday with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka to discuss the means to secure the necessary funding for the Lebanese ....

Arab Coalition strikes kill 90 Houthi ‘terrorists,’ destroy 11 vehicles in Yemen

Date: 2022-01-19 15:56:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9375407

RIYADH, Jan 19 (MENA) - Arab Coalition strikes in Marib against the Iran-backed Houthis have killed more than 90 “terrorists” and destroyed 11 military vehicles in the last 24 hours, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on ....

Kuwait registers 4,337 COVID-19 cases, 4,063 recoveries, single death in last 24 hours

Date: 2022-01-19 15:21:46 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:9375405

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 19 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that 4,337 new COVID-19 infections, 4,063 recoveries, and a single death were reported in the last 24 hours. The Ministry's official spokesman Dr. Abdullah al ....

UAE, Chile discuss cooperation in fields of women empowerment

Date: 2022-01-19 15:08:26 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:9375061

ABU DHABI, Jan 19 (MENA) - UAE Minister of State Maitha bint Salem Al Shamsi received on Wednesday Minister of Women and Gender Equity in Chile Monica Zalaquett in the presence of Chile's Ambassador to the UAE Jorge Daccarett, WAM reported. The ....