Ramallah, Jan 19 (IANS) Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said that the Israeli government was racing to build more settlements before US President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Wednesday."The Israeli decision to construct 760 new settlement units in the West Bank shows that Israel races...
Readmore Geneva, Jan 19 (IANS) The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that its Davos Agenda event would take place virtually from January 25-29 under the theme "A Crucial Year to Rebuild Trust".On Monday, the Geneva-based forum said it would bring together the world's foremost leaders to address the ec...
Readmore Baghdad, Jan 19 (IANS) A leading Iraqi political bloc has confirmed it would not retreat from demanding the government to implement Parliament's decision to withdraw foreign forces from the country.Monday's confirmation by the al-Fatih Coalition, headed by Hadi al-Ameri, came because "the decision o...
Readmore Rome, Jan 19 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has won the first of two confidence votes at the Lower House of Parliament by 321 in favour, 259 against and 27 abstaining.Conte sought the confidence vote after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, now a senator who leads the Italia Viva part...
Readmore Khartoum, Jan 19 (IANS) The death toll due to the bloody tribal violence which broke up in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan's West Darfur State, has increased to 129, while the number of the injured stood at 198, according to authorities.In a statement on Monday, the Doctors' Committee of the W...
Readmore Cairo, Jan 19 (IANS) In a first since 2017, Egypt has resumed commercial flights to Qatar following a milestone agreement between the two Arab nations to resume bilateral ties.The official Egyptian TV announced that EgyptAir flight MS935 on Monday took off from the Cairo International Airport to Doh...
Readmore Geneva, Jan 19 (IANS) Following two weeks of lower reporting towards the end of 2020, an overall upward trend of the Covid-19 pandemic has been witnessed in the first several weeks of 2021, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said.On Monday, Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's H...
Readmore United Nations, Jan 19 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned last week's attack against a peacekeeping mission in Mali, which killed one personnel from Egypt.In a statement on Monday, the members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the f...
Readmore Addis Ababa, Jan 19 (IANS) The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) disclosed that it has only received 39 per cent of the $385.1 million it needs to meet the needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in Ethiopia.The UNHCR in its monthly fact sheet published on Monday said it was working to mee...
Readmore Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): Outgoing US President Donald Trump's approval ratings have reached a record low among the American public, according to the latest Gallup survey.Thirty-four per cent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president, a Gallup poll on published Monday stat...
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