22 Oct 2021; MEMO: Former Saudi intelligence official, Saad Aljabri, yesterday accused the kingdom's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of holding his children hostage in the Gulf state.
Al Jabri re-iterated his previous claims that the Saudi royal was plotting to send a hitman to kill him, adding: "Bin Salman has taken my children, Sarah and Omar, hostage as part of his plot."
22 Oct 2021; MEMO: Syria executed 24 people after convicting them on terrorism charges for igniting last year's devastating wildfires, the Justice Ministry said Thursday, AP reports.
According to the report, those executed were charged with terrorist acts as they started the wildfires, the justice ministry said in a statement carried by state media on Thursday.
No details were provided on those who were executed by the regime.
22 Oct 2021; MEMO: Two Algerian ministries have decided to end their use of the French language in official correspondence in the light of increasing tensions between Algiers and Paris, Anadolu News Agency reports.
On Thursday, the Algerian Ministry of Vocational Training published a circular on behalf of Minister, Yassin Merapi, requesting staff to use the Arabic language in their official correspondences.
22 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz today declared six prominent Palestinian human rights groups terrorists organisations which funnel donor money to outlawed groups.
RIYADH, Oct 22 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Lt. Gen. (r) Bilal Akbar Friday said that with 2 million Pakistani expatriates already working in the Kingdom, the number was expected to reach around 2.5 million in coming years due to increased human resource requirements under the 2030 vision of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz.
TEL AVIV, October 22. /TASS/: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted five hours in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday, the Israeli prime minister’s office said adding that the meeting was warm and positive, with the leaders focusing on the issues crucial in relations between the two countries.
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday sent a law amending legislative election rules back to parliament for reconsideration, the presidency said in a statement.
The development could affect Lebanon's ability to hold an election on the March 27 date agreed to this week.
Lebanon's parliament had voted on Tuesday to hold an election at that time, giving Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government only a few months to try to secure an IMF recovery plan amid a deepening economic meltdown. L1N2RF0JM
ISTANBUL, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey aims to expand its trade volume with the African countries to 75 billion U.S. dollars in the upcoming period.
Speaking at the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum in Istanbul, Erdogan pointed out that the value of Turkey's investments across the continent has exceeded 6 billion dollars.
"Our trade with the region increased to 25.3 billion dollars by the end of 2020, and our goal is to carry this figure to 50 billion dollars first and then to 75 billion," he said.
22 Oct 2021; MEMO: Turkish intelligence services have dismantled an Israeli Mossad network that was gathering information on Palestinians living in the country, the Turkish Sabah newspaper reported yesterday.
21 Oct 2021; MEMO: With a four-day Africa tour by Turkey's president having come to a close on Wednesday, Ankara enjoys a striking presence on the continent as a result of 20 years of efforts to improve relations, Anadolu News Agency reports.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid official visits to 30 out of the 54 countries in Africa, with his latest tour on 17 – 20 October comprising Angola, Togo and Nigeria.
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