23 Sep 2021; MEMO: Tunisia's former President, Moncef Marzouki, has called for the dismissal and prosecution of President Kais Saied before holding presidential and legislative elections. He made his comment during a live Facebook speech on Tuesday.
23 Sep 2021; MEMO: Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid yesterday renewed threats that Baghdad would take Iran to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in relation to his country's water rights, Al Khaleej Online reported.
Mahdi said that Iraq had received information that Iran is digging tunnels and trying to alter the natural water flows.
"We have important cards to use to secure our water rights," the Iraqi minister said in an interview with Al Iraqiya News on Tuesday.
23 Sep 2021; MEMO: Algeria's supreme security council yesterday closed the country's airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircraft, the Algerian presidency said, less than a month after it cut diplomatic relations with the kingdom, Reuters reports.
The decision came "in view of the continued provocations and hostile practices on the Moroccan side," it said in a statement.
TRIPOLI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Vice President of the Presidency Council of Libya, Musa al-Koni, met with Jean-Paul Cavalieri, chief of mission in Libya of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) here on Wednesday to discuss illegal migration, border control, among others.
"The Vice President of the Presidency Council confirmed that illegal migration is mainly a humanitarian issue. He stressed the importance of uniting international efforts to come up with successful solutions to it," said a statement issued by the Presidency Council.
BEIRUT (AP) — There was a time not long ago when uprisings and wars in the Arab world topped the agenda at the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York.
With most of those conflicts in a stalemate, the world’s focus has shifted to more daunting global challenges such as the still raging coronavirus pandemic and climate change, as well as new crises in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,177,919 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 207,132.
Some 7,534,544 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far, it was noted.
TEHRAN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the government of President Ebrahim Raisi will resume nuclear talks aimed at the revival of 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Wednesday.
22 Sep 2021; MEMO: Turkey is to start talks with the United Arab Emirates over funding its energy sector, the deputy power minister said yesterday.
According to Reuters, Alparslan Bayraktar told reporters that Turkey is in talks with the UAE on energy cooperation.
"There are such a lot of areas where we will cooperate," he said.
22 Sep 2021; MEMO: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok yesterday confirmed that the special committee established to dismantle the regime of former President Omar Al-Bashir will speed up its operations.
"We will speed up the completion of the transitional authority structures," Hamdok said, adding that "real urgent decisions will be issued to fortify the transition" stressing that "the current partnership must be strengthened."
22 Sep 2021; MEMO: President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that the Paris climate agreement would be presented to the Turkish parliament for approval next month, which would make it the last G20 country to ratify the deal, Reuters reports.
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Erdogan said Turkey had not ratified the deal due to injustices regarding responsibilities.
"Following the distance covered in this framework, I want to announce the decision we have taken to the world from here," he said.
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