21 Feb 2023; MEMO: The United Arab Emirates signed defence deals worth 8.14 billion dirhams ($2.22 billion) on the second day of a major industry expo in Abu Dhabi, with the bulk of the business signed with a state-owned firm, a state defence acquisitions agency said.
21 Feb 2023; MEMO: Arabi 21 learned that the Egyptian General Shura Council of the Muslim Brotherhood and its International Shura Council elected the historic leader of the group, Dr. Salah Abdel-Haq acting Supreme Guide, succeeding the late Ibrahim Mounir and that the move will be officially announced in the coming period.
22 Feb 2023; MEMO: A shipping company in the UAE is to deliver a fleet of naval corvettes to Angola following the signing of a €1 billion deal. The deal was announced yesterday during this week's IDEX defence show in Abu Dhabi.
21 Feb 2023; MEMO: An Algerian court sentenced four people to pretrial detention and placed another under judicial monitoring over the smuggling of Algerian-French activist Amira Bouraoui out of the country to France via Tunisia.
The Constantine Court Prosecution said in a statement that the investigating judge ordered the temporary detention of four persons and placed a fifth person under judicial monitoring on Sunday.
21 Feb 2023; MEMO: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on Tuesday for a dialogue with opponents of his proposals to overhaul the judiciary which have drawn mass protests and criticism from around the world, Reuters reports.
21 Feb 2023; MEMO: A 14th-century bazaar in Turkiye's south–eastern Kahramanmaras province, the epicentre of 6 February earthquakes, is one of the several historical structures damaged due to strong tremors in the city, Anadolu News Agency reports.
The historical Maras Grand Bazaar, consisting of nine entrances and 495 shops, was built in the 1500s by the Bozkurt of Dulkadir, or Alauddevle, – the chief of Turkish principality in Anatolia.
ANKARA, February 21. /TASS/: The death toll from devastating earthquakes in Turkey has climbed to 42,310, Turkey’s Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said on Tuesday.
"According to the latest data, the death toll from the earthquakes that rocked the Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, and Elazig has reached 42,310. As many as 448,000 people have been evacuated from the disaster area," it said.
According to AFAD, more than 7,000 aftershocks have been registered since the first powerful quake on February 6.
ISTANBUL, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The major twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on Feb. 6 have raised serious concerns about the country's agricultural capacity as the 10 hardest-hit provinces are home to about 3.58 million hectares of agricultural land, or 15 percent of the nation's total.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to seek dialogue and compromise after it pushed ahead with controversial judicial overhaul in a turbulent parliamentary session overnight.
Isaac Herzog said it was a “difficult morning” following the late night parliamentary vote that saw two contentious pieces of legislation — part of sweeping changes that have prompted vocal criticism in Israel and abroad — pass a preliminary hurdle.
ISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, authorities and media said Tuesday.
Turkey’s disaster management authority said six people were killed and 294 others were injured with 18 in critical condition after Monday’s 6.4-magnitude quake. In Syria, a woman and a girl died as a result of panic during the earthquake in the provinces of Hama and Tartus, pro-government media outlets said.
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