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Russia, UAE discuss expansion in aviation industry

Date: 2021-11-16 12:24:40 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:9272081

MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) - Russia and the United Arab Emirates are discussing the expansion of cooperation in the aviation industry, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, who co-chairs the Russia-UAE intergovernmental commission, said ....

Haftar says to run for president of Libya

Date: 2021-11-16 11:06:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:9272071

TRIPOLI, Nov 16 (MENA) - Eastern commander Khalifa Haftar will run in Libya’s presidential election due next month, Arab News reported Tuesday. “Elections are the only way out of the severe crisis that our country has plunged into,” Haftar said ....

UAE FM, Russian minister of industry discuss cooperation

Date: 2021-11-16 10:12:21 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:9272029

ABU DHABI, Nov 16 (MENA) - Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has received Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, WAM reported. The meeting, which was ....

Salih: Middle East in transitional, decisive phase

Date: 2021-11-16 09:27:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:9271859

BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (MENA) - President Barham Salih on Tuesday expressed hope that the Iraqi elections would end with legal and constitutional results, while stressing the need to solve outstanding problems between the federal government and the ....

Tunisia administers COVID-19 vaccine to 28,312 people in past 24 hrs

Date: 2021-11-16 08:47:19 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:9271714

TUNIS, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Tunisian Health Ministry said that 28,312 persons received COVID-19 vaccine in the country in the past 24 hours. Among them, 7,730 persons received the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the ministry said in a statement ....

US Assistant Secretary of State visits Sudan

Date: 2021-11-16 08:46:27 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:9271751

KHARTOUM, Nov 16 (MENA) - The US Assistant Secretary of State, Molly Phee, has started a visit to Sudan to express her country’s support for the democratic transition in the Arab country, the Sudanese news agency reported on Tuesday. A press ....

Bahrain condemns Houthi drone attack in Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait

Date: 2021-11-16 08:42:15 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:9271719

MANAMA, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Bahraini Foreign Ministry condemned the Houthi militia's attempts to target civilians and civilian sites in Saudi Arabia’s city of Khamis Mushait with an explosive-laden drone, the Bahraini news agency reported. In a ....

Iraqi FM, EC VP address issue of Iraqis stranded in Europe

Date: 2021-11-16 08:41:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:9271711

BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein conferred on Tuesday with Vice President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas on the issue of Iraqis stranded in a number of European cities. The two sides also reviewed ....

Iraqi police arrest 3 persons on terrorism charges

Date: 2021-11-16 08:20:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:9271716

BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (MENA) - Three persons have been arrested in the Iraqi capital over alleged terrorism charges, the Baghdad Operations Command said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, police troops conducted combing operations in southern Baghdad areas ....

American, European, Gulf axis to confront Iran, official reveals

Date: 2021-11-16 06:52:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:9271571

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (MENA) - US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Daniel Benaim, revealed that a new US-Gulf European arrangement has been established to address global concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and its ....