Abbas Reiterates Commitment to Peace Based on Two-state Solution
Berlin, March 24 (QNA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he is committed to the option of achieving a just and comprehensive peace according to the two-state solution and based on the 1967 borders by ending the occupation and reaching a permanent peace agreement so that Palestine and Israel would live side by side separated […]
Human Rights Council Approves Myanmar Fact-finding Committee
Geneva, March 24 (QNA) – The U.N. Human Rights Council has approved the dispatching of a fact-finding committee to investigate the reports of wide-scale murder, rape and torture of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state in Myanmar at the hands of military and security forces. The 47-member council unanimously approved an EU resolution calling […]
Aboul-Gheit Stresses Importance of Two-state Solution
Cairo, March 24 (QNA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit stressed the need to stick to the Arab-backed Palestinian stance of a two-state solution and the creation of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, saying that the Arab Peace Initiative remains the most fitting way of handling the Palestinian issue. […]
Trump Urges Vote on Health Care Act Friday
Washington, March 24 (QNA) – US President Donald Trump is urging a vote in the House of Representatives on the American Health Care Act on Friday after the vote was postponed Thursday due to a lack of sufficient support to pass it. According to the Washington Post, he delivered an ultimatum: ‘pass the bill or […]
Two Killed, Three Injured in Ain El Helwi Shooting
Beirut, March 24 (QNA) – Exchanged shooting in Ain El-Helwi camp last night left behind a toll of two killed and three injured, among them a woman, National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday. The security situation in the camp escalated on Thursday night after a personal dispute erupted between an element of the Fatah […]
Six Gunmen Killed in Chechnya
Moscow, March 24 (QNA) – members of an armed gang who attacked a unit of Russia’s National Guard in Chechnya have been killed, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee told TASS on Friday. A group of six unknown individuals carried out an armed attack on a facility of Rosgvardiya’s military unit in Chechnya’s Naursky district. During the […]
IOF Close Hebron-area Crossroads, Arrest Young Man in Qalqiliya
Hebron, March 24 (QNA) – Israeli occupation forces have closed entrances of the Beit Einun crossroads in the northern part of the Hebron district, located in the southern occupied West Bank. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces closed various entrances of the crossroads with iron gates, preventing vehicles from passing through the crossroads, which connects […]
Greek-Saudi ties in focus as Greece marks 196th National Day anniversary
Author: RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR.Fri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490306679074759600 RIYADH: Greek Ambassador Polychronis Polychroniou said Thursday that Greece and Saudi Arabia’s “core issues are identical, as both countries are pillars of stability in their respective regions, while there is remarkable progress on the fields of economic cooperation.” Polychroniou made his remarks as Greeks in the Kingdom prepare to celebrate […]
International schools in KSA see enrollment drop 25%
Author: ARAB NEWSFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490306678974758400 JEDDAH: The number of expatriate students enrolled in international schools in Saudi Arabia has dropped by 25 percent, according to a report published in Al Watan newspaper. The newspaper reports that the drop is due to economic fluctuations in the country, but adds that the percentage is expected to rise so that […]
Research laboratory for smart network village to be established
Author: MOHAMMED RASOOLDEENFri, 2017-03-24ID: 1490306679054759300 RIYADH: A research laboratory of a smart network village, similar to an existing French facility, will be established in the Kingdom under a joint venture program. The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Electricitie de France Company (EDF) to set up the facility. Smart network villages are […]
