The Speaker of Arab Parliament, Adel Abdurrahman Al-Asoumi, welcomed the agreement signed Friday by the parties to the Joint Military Committee of the Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army for a permanent ceasefire in all parts (...)
Algeria has welcomed the ceasefire agreement, signed by the Libyan parties participating in the Military Committee (5 + 5) dialogue in Geneva, under the auspices of the United Nations, hoping that it would be permanent, calling on all Libyan parties (...)
More than 40.62 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,120,183 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
India has recorded 54,044 new coronavirus infections, taking its tally to 7.65 million, Health (...)
An Alstom-led consortium, together with its partner Hyundai Engineering & Construction, have signed a Letter of Intent with the Iraqi Ministry of Transport to define a framework for all the appropriate steps to accelerate the implementation of the (...)
While perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence must be held accountable, capital punishment and torture are not the answer, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday.
Bachelet has issued a statement (...)
Lebanon and Israel on Wednesday concluded the first-round of US-mediated indirect talks to resolve their maritime border dispute. The second round of talks is scheduled for Oct. 28, Lebanese state media reported.
The two countries, still technically (...)
The need for the World Food Program, the recipient of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, to exist is starker than ever. From conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to flooding in South Sudan, and the civil war in Yemen, man-made and natural (...)
A "rare opportunity" for peace in Libya should be seized by all those involved directly or indirectly in the conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday at a high-level virtual meeting convened to end the fighting.
"Libya's future (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delivered yesterday 350 tons of dates to the World Food Program (WFP) in Algeria.
This aid comes as part of the dates grant provided annually by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the WFP, to be (...)
The overall regional risk score in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region in Q2 2020 was 55.6, according to GlobalData's proprietary Global Country Risk Index (GCRI).
The risk score of the MEA region was higher as compared to the score of 48.8 in (...)
The global energy market is on the brink of a major transition to cleaner sources of energy. To adjust and transform, the world's largest oil and gas firms are revising their long-term oil price and demand outlook, and need to streamline their (...)
The number of COVID-19 cases in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region crossed 1,514,375 on Wednesday.
Countries in the Gulf account for 47 percent of all regional cases, while Iran comprises 24 percent of all Mena infections.
Egypt, Iraq, (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic is still expanding, but the rise in cases and deaths has slowed globally, except for southeast Asia and the eastern Mediterranean regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
In its latest epidemiological update, issued (...)
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at US$45.19 a barrel on Wednesday, 19th August 2020, compared with $45.49 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
The OPEC Reference Basket of (...)
The United Arab Emirates will launch a navigation satellite next year aimed at demonstrating the country's technological capabilities, a top official told Emirates News Agency (WAM).
"The first satellite will be launched in 2021 and the second — a (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan made a whirlwind tour of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco on Tuesday to discuss regional development and build Arab consensus on the Libyan crisis.
Prince Faisal held day-long talks on (...)
Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues, at local, regional, and international arenas.
Al-Riyadh newspaper reported in its editorial that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia always seeks to unify the views and stances of (...)
Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Aboul Gheit said on Wednesday that Israel plans to legitimize its occupation of Palestinian lands before the international community with its annexation plan.
Aboul Gheit, in an interview with the Editor in Chief (...)
African countries must carry out more coronavirus testing and make people use masks, a regional disease control body said as cases topped half a million in the continent.
New cases in Africa were up 24 percent over the past week, with data from (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
In his (...)
On World Refugee Day, Google is renewing its commitment to work together with nonprofits and find more long-term solutions. Google is supporting the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with $550,000 Google.org and YouTube grants to provide refugees with (...)
The 2020 release of Rystad Energy's annual global energy outlook reveals that the COVID-19 downturn will expedite peak oil demand, putting a lid on exploration efforts in remote offshore areas and as a result reducing the world's recoverable oil by (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has virtually signed here the basic charter of the Arab Group for Space Cooperation with the participation of 14 countries.
The charter, which will be signed by 14 Arab countries as follows: (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, (...)
Algeria further relaxed its coronavirus lockdown on Sunday, easing a curfew, allowing public transport to resume in the cities and reopening some more businesses, the government said.
The government ended the curfew in 19 provinces and shortened it (...)
