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First Deputy Speaker elected IPU standing committee member

Luanda, The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today approved MP Abdulnabi Salman, First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, as a member of IPU’s Standing Committee on Peace and International Security, representing t…

REHC holds season’s inaugural race

Manama, In the presence of His Highness Shaikh Turki bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, Deputy Chairman of the National Council for Arts, and His Highness Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid bin Isa Al Khalifa, Vice-President of the Supreme Council for

HEZBOLLAH CHIEF MEETS HAMAS, ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS

The Hezbollah chief has met leaders of the Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, al-Manar TV reported. Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah met Hamas’s deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri and Islamic Jihad chief Ziad al-Nakhala, to assess what…

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE, BIDEN DISCUSS SITUATION IN GAZA

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with US President Joe Biden about the ongoing military escalation in Gaza and the efforts being made to address the situation during a call on Tuesday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA)

ISLAMIC RESISTANCE MOURNS THREE MARTYRS

The Islamic Resistance on Wednesday said in a statement that it has ‘mourned three martyrs who fell while performing Jihadi duty: Ismail Hasan Al-Mawla, Adel Mahmoud Zaiter, and Haidar Jawad Tarshishi.’ Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

TENENTI: NO UNIFIL PATROLS WERE TARGETED OR HIT IN FIRE EXCHANGES

UNIFIL spokesperson, Andrea Tenenti, on Wednesday said that ‘Exchanges of fire have continued along the Blue Line today. Contrary to some reports, no UNIFIL patrols were targeted or hit in these exchanges. Our peacekeepers remain on task and continue