23 June 2021; MEMO: Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has reiterated his support for Saad Hariri as Prime Minister-designate, saying Hariri enjoys the support of his sect, Lebanon's Dar Al-Fatwa and members of the parliament.
Speaking to Annahar newspaper, Berri said his initiative to form a government is still in place, and he will not back down unless another acceptable initiative is proposed.
23 June 2021; MEMO: Iran said today that Washington had agreed to remove all sanctions on Iran's oil and shipping, and take some senior figures off a blacklist, at talks to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with global powers which are now on a pause, Reuters reported.
23 June 2021; MEMO: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok yesterday announced an initiative to unify the factions steering the country through its transition phase following the ouster of long time dictator Omar Al-Bashir.
Local media reported Hamdok warning of "deeply worrying" fractures within the country's security forces yesterday, and calling for reconciliation between civilians and military political factions who make up the transitional government.
23 June 2021; MEMO: The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the principal investment arm of the government of Dubai, incurred 15.5 billion dirhams ($4.2 billion) in losses in 2020, new data revealed yesterday.
Statistics published by the corporation showed that revenues fell 40.3 per cent in 2020 on an annual basis to 136.1 billion dirhams ($37.1 billion).
23 June 2021; MEMO: Two extremist members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, raided the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Tuesday afternoon and told three Palestinian families that they had to leave their homes, Wafa news agency has reported. The two MKs were Bezalel Smotrich and Orit Strock from the far-right Religious Zionism Party, accompanied by a number of illegal Jewish settlers and protected by Israeli police officers.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news site close to security services says that authorities have thwarted a “sabotage attack” on the country’s civilian nuclear program, without providing further information.
Nournews, a website believed to be close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported Wednesday that the attack was foiled “before causing any damage to the building.” It said the case was “under investigation.”
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran likely conducted a failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days and now appears to be preparing to try again, the country’s latest effort to advance its space program amid tensions with the West over its tattered nuclear deal.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading disinformation, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
DAMASCUS, June 22. /TASS/: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov in Damascus Tuesday.
Speaking in the name of the Russian authorities, Borisov congratulated Assad with his decisive victory at the recent presidential elections, which fully proved the political authority and people’s trust to Assad’s course towards the prompt stabilization of the situation.
CAIRO, Jun 22 (NNN-MENA) – Two people were killed and six others injured yesterday, in a train-bus collision, in Helwan City, near the capital, Cairo, Egyptian Health Ministry said, in a statement.
The injuries were minor and varied between fractures and bruises, spokesperson for the ministry, Khaled Mujahid, said in a statement, adding that, 16 ambulances rushed to the scene to evacuate the injured.
Mujahid confirmed that all the injured are receiving necessary treatment at hospitals.
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