06 Nov 2021; MEMO: Tunisian politicians on Friday strongly criticised the issuance of an international arrest warrant by their country's judiciary against former President Moncef Marzouki, describing the move as "a setback and a disgrace".
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported Sunday, less than a month before upcoming nuclear talks with the West.
The report said navy and air force units as well as ground forces were participating in a more than 1 million square-kilometer (386,100 square-mile) area east of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Nearly 20% of all oil shipping passes through the strait to the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean.
AMMAN, Nov 5 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, yesterday discussed with his visiting Irish counterpart, Simon Coveney, on joint efforts to resolve regional crises and bolster bilateral ties.
The two ministers stressed keenness to deepen cooperation in all fields, and agreed to form a working group, to develop a programme to enhance cooperation on food security, water, education, tourism, technology, and cultural and research exchange, said the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, in a statement.
PORT SAID, Egypt, Nov 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt concluded yesterday, a three-day annual conference on vascular surgery and treatment, in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, where more than 70 scientists discussed the latest medical researches and techniques on the disease.
Organised by Egypt’s Mansoura University, the 8th Mansoura EndoVascular Annual Conference (MEVAC), included a number of workshops on how to use the duplex in diagnoses and treatment of peripheral vascular disease.
RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday, condemned Israeli soldiers, for killing a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, during clashes near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
“Killing the child, Mohammed Da’das, 13, is an awful crime; therefore, the international community and human rights organisations must condemn the Israeli crimes, and act on stopping these actions against the Palestinian people.”
CAIRO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Talks to resolve Sudan's political crisis after last month's coup have hit "semi-deadlock" because the military has refused to return to a path of democratic transition, two sources from the ousted government said on Saturday.
The sources told Reuters the military had tightened restrictions on ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was placed under house arrest during the Oct. 25 takeover when his government was dissolved.
The new restrictions further limited his ability to hold meetings or make political contacts, they added.
TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- One Iranian soldier was killed on Friday in Iran's northwestern West Azerbaijan province during a border patrol, a semi-official website reported on Saturday.
Conscript serviceman Reza Hedayati was hit by bullet fire on Friday morning around Mount Bolfat, an area "used as a transit point by terrorists," Jame Jam Online which affiliated with state TV wrote.
Hedayati was transferred to a medical center, and died of severe injuries, the outlet added.
06 Nov 2021; MEMO: A Turkish charity has distributed food aid to some 360 needy families in Nepal, in the wake of deadly floods, an official said on Friday.
The aid was delivered to people in several villages of the eastern Morang province, Hasan Aynaci, Deputy Chair for Foreign Relations of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), said in a statement.
06 Nov 2021; MEMO: Greece has adopted brutality against asylum seekers as a policy, German weekly Der Spiegel said.
The EU has clear rules regarding the treatment of asylum-seekers, giving them the right to apply for asylum once they are within EU territory, but Greece violates these rights, Der Spiegel noted on Thursday.
06 Nov 2021; MEMO: The Sudanese Professionals Association, which is leading the anti-military coup, announced on Friday that there would be no talks or partnership with the Military Council, Anadolu Agency reported.
The association posted in a statement on Facebook: "The revolution forces raised its flags and said: 'No talks, no reconciliation and no partnership."
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