Middle East & North Africa

17 Nov 2021; MEMO: Four Moroccan lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Israel's National Security Adviser and Chief of Staff for National Security, Meir Ben-Shabbat, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday.

Ben-Shabbat is accused of committing a "war crime and a crime against humanity that claimed the lives of four Moroccan children" during the latest offensive on Gaza.

17 Nov 2021; MEMO: The former head of the Israeli police service in Jerusalem has been sentenced for sexual misconduct, Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday. Nissan Shaham was also accused of fraud and breach of trust, and will apparently serve just 10 months in prison, starting on 30 December.

17 Nov 2021; MEMO: Palestinian lawmaker and member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khalida Jarrar, has recounted her painful experience as a female prisoner in Israeli jails including the death of two of her family members while in detention.

New Delhi, Nov 17 (PTI) The Delhi government has decided to shut schools and other educational institutions, and ban the entry of vehicles from outside, except for essential services, till further orders amid rising pollution levels in the national capital, Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced on Wednesday.

It has also decided to extend work from home for Delhi government employees and the ban on construction and demolition activities till Sunday.

DUBAI, November 16. /TASS/: The latest drone swarm control system presented by the Russian tech firm Kronshtadt at the Dubai Airshow 2021 can be mounted on an aircraft or a warship to create an integrated information space for Russia’s combined armed forces, a Kronshtadt representative told TASS on the airshow’s sidelines on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, November 16. /TASS/: The Iranian side is ready to conclude a long-term agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Russia, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said during a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. 

"We are ready to conclude the document on long-term comprehensive cooperation between the two countries in order to accelerate the process of the further expansion of bilateral interaction," the presidential press service quoted the Iranian leader as saying.

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iranian foreign minister and his visiting Turkish counterpart on Monday agreed on designing a long-term "cooperation roadmap" and vowed to further comprehensive ties.

At the joint press conference held in the capital Tehran, the Iranian Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that during the Monday talks, both sides agreed to draw up a new roadmap for a long-term cooperation between Tehran and Ankara.

16 Nov 2021; MEMO: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare appearance at his corruption trial today but an expected courtroom encounter with an ex-aide who has turned state's witness never happened as judges postponed his testimony, Reuters reports.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus raked in more orders at the Dubai Air Show on Tuesday, reaching one valued over $3.3 billion to sell 28 new aircraft to Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways.

The European plane maker’s agreement includes 20 single-aisle A320neos and eight A321neos, which competes directly with Boeing’s 737 Max, along with an option to sell another five planes to the low-cost, fast-growing airline.

16 Nov 2021; MEMO: Sudanese authorities have released Al Jazeera Media Network bureau chief in Khartoum, El Musalmi El Kabbashi, Al Jazeera reported this morning.

Sudanese authorities did not give a reason for El Kabbashi's detention in a night raid on his home, the news organisation said. He spent two days in prison.