Ankara, Nov 7 (AP/PTI) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday dismissed the head of the country's central bank following a period of high inflation and record lows for the lira.
Former Finance Minister Naci Agbal was brought in to replace Murat Uysal, according to a presidential decree announced in the Official Gazette.
TUNIS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday discussed with visiting French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin joint efforts to fight terrorism, extremism and illegal immigration.
"Tunisia was not immune to terrorist operations. It has witnessed a number of terrorist attacks targeting Tunisians and foreigners in recent years," Saied said in a Presidency's statement.
He also highlighted importance of tackling terrorism by "following a new approach based on the fight against the real causes of terrorism."
06 Nov 2020; MEMO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared that his country experienced its worst days during Donald Trump’s presidency.
This came in a speech Rouhani delivered via video conferencing on Thursday, at the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of the water transfer and desalination project in the Arabian Gulf.
Rouhani stated that the US could not thwart Iran’s renaissance despite using the sanctions policy.
06 Nov 2020; MEMO: Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia Marwan Al-Abbasi anticipates a seven to eight per cent decline in gross domestic product (GDP) this year, after recording a two per cent contraction in the first quarter of 2020 and 20 per cent during the second quarter.
This came during a parliamentary session on Thursday on the economic situation and the policies and role of the Central Bank during the coronavirus crisis.
06 Nov 2020; MEMO: The Saudi authorities have decided to exclude five professions from the amendments to the sponsorship system aimed at improving the contractual relationship between Saudi employers and expatriate workers.
The five professions include: private driver, guard, domestic worker, shepherd and gardener.
06 Nov 2020; MEMO: Iran believes the US government no longer can “control what’s happening in the world” or show other countries how to protect citizens’ rights, the Iranian foreign minister said on Thursday during a visit to ally Venezuela.
Speaking two days after the US presidential election, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the era of “Western hegemony had ended” as he praised Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for resisting a US-coordinated campaign to oust him.
RIYADH, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia has announced it will ease some of the contractual restrictions giving employers control over the lives of some 10 million migrant workers.
The reforms will allow private sector workers to change jobs and leave the country without an employer’s consent.
The Saudi government said it was seeking to “improve and increase the efficiency of the work environment”.
Rights groups say the current “kafala” (sponsorship) system leaves workers vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
BAGHDAD, Nov 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Iraqi President Barham Salih approved the new parliamentary elections law despite his reservations on some of its articles, but stressed the need to fulfill the requirements of holding early elections.
“In compliance with my constitutional duty, I approved the election law, in preparation for holding early, fair, and just elections,” Salih said in a televised speech after signing the law.
ALGIERS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Algerian Health Minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid said on Thursday that his country was determined to acquire the vaccine against COVID-19 regardless of its price.
Benbouzid made the remarks at a press conference in the Algerian capital Algiers, the official APS news agency reported.
The minister added that Algeria has joined the COVAX group with other countries to guarantee the protection of its citizens through use of the vaccine against COVID-19.
05 Nov 2020; MEMO: Israeli occupation police have banned the deputy director of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the sanctuary compound, Quds Press has reported. Sheikh Najeh Bkeerat was handed the banning order on Wednesday.
Last week, also on Wednesday, the police raided Bkeerat’s office in Al-Aqsa and detained him. They banned him for a week and told him to report to the intelligence services in occupied Jerusalem after seven days.
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