Middle East & North Africa

29 October 2022; MEMO: The Iranian authorities have dismissed two security officials, including the city's police chief, in Zahedan in the southeast region of Iran, due to the events of last month that claimed dozens of lives, according to the official media.

Zahedan, the capital of the Sistan-Baluchestan province bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, witnessed violent events on 30 September in which dozens were killed, including six members of security forces.

29 October 2022; MEMO: Qatar has summoned the German ambassador to Doha on Friday in protest against the: "Unacceptable, reprehensible and provocative statements made by a German minister regarding the World Cup, which the former will host in three weeks."

29 October 2022; MEMO: Member of the Islamic-Christian Committee in Support of the Holy Places, Father Manuel Musallam, announced on Friday that armed fighters in Nablus inspire hope, safety, the right to return and the liberation of all Palestinian lands.

29 October 2022; MEMO: The Palestinian National Initiative mourned two members of Palestinian Authority (PA) security services "executed" by Israeli occupation forces at Huwwara checkpoint on Friday.

Early on Friday, Imad Abu Rashid and Ramzi Zbara were killed by the Israeli occupation forces at Huwwara checkpoint at the entrance of the West Bank city of Nablus.

29 October 2022; MEMO: The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has threatened to ban the Tunisian team from participating in the World Cup in Qatar if the Tunisian political authority continues to interfere in sporting affairs.

ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The strategic partnership between Africa and China is "indisputably vital" to help the continent implement regional and global agendas through equipping its youth with technological capabilities, experts and officials have said.

They made the remarks at a meeting under the theme "Prospects of China- Africa Cooperation: Youth Leaders Forum," that was held Thursday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week.

28 October 2022; MEMO: Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal Bin Farhan, and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, met yesterday to discuss strengthening mutual relations.

The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the two ministers had signed a cooperation agreement between the two countries. Their meeting has come on the occasion of the fourth edition of the Political and Foreign Affairs Committee under the China-Saudi High-Level Joint Committee.

28 October 2022; MEMO: Turkiye has ensured the voluntary return of an estimated 530,000 people to the safe zones in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports.

"We have ensured the voluntary return of approximately 530,000 people to the safe zones we created in Syria," Erdogan said at an event in the capital, Ankara.

28 October 2022; MEMO: On 1 November, Israel holds an unprecedented fifth election in less than four years, with former Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vying for a comeback, Reuters reports.

Caught in an election cycle since 2019, the same year in which Netanyahu was indicted for corruption on charges he denies, voters hope to break the deadlock between the most dominant politician of his generation and his many rivals.