23 Sep 2022; MEMO: The Saudi Monarch, King Salman, has issued a Royal Order appointing Hala Al-Tuwaijri as the Chief of the Human Rights Commission, the first woman to hold this position, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
24 Sep 2022; MEMO: Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas told world leaders gathering at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Friday that Israel has decided not to be a partner for Palestinians in the peace process.
24 Sep 2022; MEMO: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez surprised observers after he ignored the Moroccan autonomy proposal to solve the Saharawi issue and concentrated on the United Nations (UN) resolutions regarding the case. In his speech before the 77th session of the General Assembly, he took a step forward in courting Algeria.
24 Sep 2022; MEMO: The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan called on the African Union (AU) on Friday to "correct" its decision to freeze his country's activities in the AU after measures taken on 25 October.
This was raised during his meeting with Senegalese President Macky Sall at his residence in New York City.
24 Sep 2022; MEMO: The Tunisian Workers' Party announced on Friday that Laws No. 54 and 55 are "fascist and are a serious threat" to the people's aspirations for freedom and democracy.
The party stated that the two laws "do not have any legitimacy" because they are based on an "illegal Constitution".
24 Sep 2022; MEMO: The National Investigation Agency (Indian Intelligence) and the Enforcement Directorate (specialising in financial crimes) on Thursday arrested at least 100 Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders and prominent Islamic figures. The arrests were part of a campaign of raids by Indian intelligence and other state agencies on the offices and
24 Sep 2022; MEMO: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned against the UK moving its embassy to the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Late on Thursday, in response to journalists' questions regarding the announcement by British Prime Minister Liz Truss's office that it was considering moving the location of its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Safadi announced: "No official decision has been issued yet in this regard."
CAIRO, Sept 23 (NNN-MENA) – As the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rates by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday, the third such rate hike in a row, and the fifth increase in a year, Middle Eastern countries look set to suffer more from their already dramatic depreciation in the local currency and high inflation.
Yesterday, the Turkish lira was trading at a record low of 18.42 to the U.S. dollar, having plunged more than 50 percent from a year ago, and more than 35 percent since the beginning of this year.
RIYADH, Sept 23 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia, yesterday, launched the kingdom’s first manned space trip programme, that aims to send two Saudi astronauts, a man and a women, next year.
The programme involves training Saudi qualified candidates, to undertake long-term and short-term space flights, and conduct scientific experiments and research, in areas of health, sustainability and space technology, at the same time, according to the Saudi Space Commission.
ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chief of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Thursday called on the international community to drastically change its long-standing approach to dealing with his country's years-long crisis.
Rashad al-Alimi said during his speech at the general debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York that there's a necessity for the international community to adopt a new approach to Yemen's crisis and put an end to the world's worst humanitarian sufferings.
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