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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa discuss bilateral and regional issues at the Mediterranean port city of New Alamain, northwest Egypt.
Egypt, Bahrain seek to maintain regional peace
CAIRO — Egypt and Bahrain stressed the importance of strengthening the mechanisms of joint Arab action within the framework of the effort to maintain the state of peace and security in the face of various diverse and escalating challenges in the region.During their meeting on Saturday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa discussed bilateral and regional issues of common interest, Egyptian presidential spokesman Ahmad Fahmy said.In addition, both leaders exchanged views and visions, reiterating the importance of intensifying cooperation between the two brotherly countries, the spokesman added.King Hamad, now on a visit to Egypt, held the summit talks with President El-Sisi in the Mediterranean port city of New Alamain, northwest Egypt. They...
August 06, 2023

Egypt, Bahrain seek to maintain regional peace

Lebanon on Friday marked with a peaceful protest three years since one of history’s biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked Beirut.
Lebanese PM commissions FM to reassure Arabs about nationals’ safety
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati commissioned Saturday Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Abdullah Bou Habib to communicate with Arab brothers to reassure them about the safety of their nationals in Lebanon.In a statement issued by Mikati’s media office, the premier followed up with Bou Habib and Minister of Interior and Municipalities Bassam Mawlawi on the developments related to the “warning statements” issued by the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Germany for their nationals in Lebanon.It added that available information reached after discussing with the military and security leaders revealed that the “overall security situation in general does not call for concern or panic”.It noted that the political and security contacts on...
August 05, 2023

Lebanese PM commissions FM to reassure Arabs about nationals’ safety

Smoke rises from Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp during Palestinian faction clashes, in Lebanon.
Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
BEIRUT — At least six people have been killed during clashes at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon over the weekend.Clashes at the Ein el-Hilweh camp broke out between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and rival Islamist groups.Among the six dead was a Fatah commander, the movement confirmed.Established in 1948, the restive Ein el-Hilweh camp is the largest in Lebanon with more than 63,000 registered refugees, the UN says.Some estimates say the population is higher.The camp, situated near the southern city of Sidon, falls outside the jurisdiction of the Lebanese security forces.It is left up to rival factions within the camp to maintain its security, but factional disputes are common.The weekend's violence erupted on Saturday when a member of the...
July 31, 2023

Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

Israelis protest against plans to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, on July 27, 2023.
Opposition warns of Netanyahu 'coup' if Supreme Court blocks controversial law
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to say if he would abide by any potential Supreme Court ruling striking down his controversial judicial reform law, as Israelis agonize over a looming showdown between their government and the court.In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Netanyhu warned that the country could enter “uncharted territory” if the Supreme Court overturned the law, which strips the court of its power to block government actions.“What you’re talking about is a situation, or potential situation, where in American terms, the United States’ Supreme Court would take a constitutional amendment and say that it’s unconstitutional, Netanyahu said. “That’s the kind of the kind of spiral that you’re talking about, and I hope we...
July 28, 2023

Opposition warns of Netanyahu 'coup' if Supreme Court blocks controversial law

The operation to pump more than one million barrels of oil from the decaying FSO Safer to another vessel gets under way. — courtesy David Gressly
Yemen: High stakes UN operation under way to avert catastrophic oil spill
SANAA — The UN has started a complex operation to transfer crude oil from a decaying supertanker stranded off the coast of Yemen since 2015.The 19-day operation will pump more than one million barrels out of the rusting vessel, the Safer, which was abandoned over eight years ago, to a nearby replacement vessel.Secretary-General António Guterres said the UN has taken on the delicate operation as a spill would spell environmental catastrophe for the region.“United Nations has begun an operation to defuse what might be the world’s largest ticking time bomb. This is an all-hands-on-deck mission and the culmination of nearly two years of political groundwork, fundraising and project development" said the UN chief.Lying north of the Yemeni port Hodeidah, UN officials have warned for...
July 25, 2023

Yemen: High stakes UN operation under way to avert catastrophic oil spill

Thousands of Yemenis voiced anger at Sweden and Denmark over desecration of the Quran
Muslim nations condemn Qur'an burning in Denmark
BAGHDAD — Iraq and other Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned the burning of a Qur'an on Monday by a group called "Danish Patriots" outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen.The far-right group livestreamed a similar act on Facebook on Friday.Nearly 1,000 demonstrators in Baghdad tried to reach the Danish embassy after that incident.Last week, crowds set fire to Sweden's embassy in Baghdad after the planned burning of a Qur'an copy in Stockholm.In Monday's incident in Denmark, two anti-Islam protesters stamped on the holy book and set it alight in a tin foil tray next to an Iraqi flag on the ground.Iraq's foreign ministry said such acts allowed "the virus of extremism and hate" to pose "a real threat to the peaceful coexistence of...
July 25, 2023

Muslim nations condemn Qur'an burning in Denmark

Police use water cannon to disperse protesters blocking a highway in Jerusalem.
Israeli parliament restricts Supreme Court sparking fresh protests
JERUSALEM — Israeli police clashed with crowds of protesters at night after parliament adopted a highly controversial law to limit the Supreme Court's powers.The measure -- part of a big reform package -- will prevent the court from overruling government actions it considers unreasonable.Police in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv used water cannon to disperse protesters blocking highways.Critics say the hard-right government's reforms threaten Israeli democracy.After months of mass street protests over the judicial reform Monday's Knesset (parliament) vote was an important victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.But the battle is not over. It may go on for months.A political watchdog group and centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid plan to petition the Supreme Court to annul the...
July 25, 2023

Israeli parliament restricts Supreme Court sparking fresh protests

Protesters blocked roads outside Israel's parliament
Water cannon used outside Israeli parliament ahead of key vote
TEL AVIV — Police have used water cannon and arrested protesters outside Israel's parliament ahead of a key vote on reforms which have caused uproar.The vote brings to a head months of turmoil with some of the biggest demonstrations in Israel's history.About 150 major firms, including banks, are striking on Monday in protest.The reforms aim to curb the powers of the courts, which the government says have grown too wide. Opponents say the reforms imperil Israel as a democracy.Israeli President Isaac Herzog said the country was "in a state of national emergency" and implored political leaders to reach a compromise.On Monday morning protesters blocking a boulevard outside the Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem were sprayed with water cannon and pulled off the road by police...
July 24, 2023

Water cannon used outside Israeli parliament ahead of key vote

Children carry WFP food rations in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Marib, Yemen. — courtesy WFP/Abdullah Al-Garadi
WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen
SANAA — A long-serving staffer with the UN World Food Program (WFP) has been shot and killed in Yemen.Moayad Hameidi, a Jordanian national, was working in Turbah, in the country’s southwest. He came under fire on Friday afternoon, and the identity of the assailants is not yet known.WFP released a statement expressing deep sadness at the news, noting that he had only recently arrived in Yemen to assume a new job as head of the agency’s office in Taiz.Since 2015, a Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally-recognized government has been battling for control of the Arab nation, with Houthi militia, who control the capital and much of northern Yemen.Taiz is the country’s third largest city and has been under siege by Houthi rebels for around seven years, creating a blockade...
July 22, 2023

WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen

Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Tahrir Square, Thursday، July 20, 2023 in Baghdad, Iraq. The protest was in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden
Muslim countries and leaders strongly denounce Qur'an desecration in Sweden
JEDDAH — Muslim countries and organizations across the world voiced their strong disagreement on Friday over the desecration of the Qur'an in Sweden.Outraged over the issue, thousands of people took to the streets in several countries to express their anger following midday prayers.Sweden’s ambassadors have been summoned in various countries including Saudi Arabia anad Qatar following a second event to desecrate Islam’s holy book was held in Stockholm.The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed in the strongest terms the Kingdom’s condemnation and denunciation of the Swedish authorities' decision to repeatedly grant permission allowing extremists to burn copies of the Holy Qur'an. The ministry described this as irresponsible behavior and disgraceful acts provoking...
July 21, 2023

Muslim countries and leaders strongly denounce Qur'an desecration in Sweden

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