26 June 2023; MEMO: The Israeli military yesterday banned its soldiers from traveling to Russia and Belarus, the army's official radio station reported yesterday.
The decision came into effect yesterday and will continue until further notice.
BAGHDAD, Jun 25 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Interior said yesterday, security forces had arrested 315 drug dealers and users, during the past seven days, across the country.
The ministry’s intelligence agency said in a statement that, its forces also confiscated 22 kg of narcotic crystal, in Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces, during the week-long raids.
The raids also resulted in the arrest of 83 suspected terrorists, and the seizure of 102 weapons, six sites for smuggling crude oil and its derivatives and 21 vehicles.
ADEN, Jun 25 (NNN-SABA) – Yemeni government forces, yesterday, raised their combat readiness, in response to a large military parade held by the Houthi rebels, state media reported.
The country’s Defence Minister, Mohsen al-Daari, visited government forces in the south-western province of Taiz, where he met with commanders, to assess the preparedness for potential Houthi attacks.
Following the visit, al-Daari emphasised the importance of boosting cohesion and morale among the forces, and urged them to be on high alert for confronting any Houthi actions.
ANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) - Sweden must stop protests by supporters of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Stockholm to get a green light on its NATO membership bid, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told NATO's Secretary-General in a phone call on Sunday.
Erdogan told Stoltenberg that Turkey had a constructive attitude, but Sweden's change of terrorism laws to meet demands from Ankara was "meaningless" while PKK supporters hold protests in the country, the Turkish presidency said in a statement.
JERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised the thwarting of what he said was an Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus.
A statement from Netanyahu's office did not give any more details, but Israeli news website Ynet, without disclosing its sources, said an attack had been planned against Israelis staying in the city of Limassol.
Cyprus declined to comment on whether an attack had been foiled.
JERUSALEM, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel and Morocco have agreed to cooperate on climate and environmental issues, Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection said Sunday.
Collaborations include climate change, preservation of the marine and coastal environment, conservation of biological diversity and ecosystems, water desalination and management, air quality, environmental technologies and innovations, and regional initiatives, according to a ministry statement.
ISTANBUL, June 25 (Xinhua) -- More than 32 million tonnes of grain have been transported to the world markets through the Black Sea grain corridor since August 2022, a Turkish government minister said Sunday.
Most of the grain was transported to China, Spain, Türkiye and Italy, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu was quoted by the Ihlas news agency as saying.
BEIRUT, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Salloum, a Lebanese citizen, spends hours walking among the herds of livestock in the al-Marj market in eastern Lebanon, looking for an affordable sheep to sacrifice, as the Eid al-Adha is only a few days away.
However, he balked at the "shocking and insane prices" of a sheep, knowing it was nearly impossible for an average household to buy one to perform the yearly ritual of slaughtering livestock for the Eid festival, the man told Xinhua.
CAIRO (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a two-day visit to Egypt on Saturday, a trip that underscores the growing ties between the two countries.
Modi’s flight landed at Cairo’s international airport Saturday afternoon, coming from a four-day trip to the United States where he held talks with President Joe Biden, delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress, and met with top American and Indian executives.
It’s the first state visit to Egypt by an Indian prime minister since 1997.
22 June 2023; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday met with the leader of the Druze community in the occupied Golan Heights in an attempt to quell protests in the north of the country.
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