Muscat: The Ministry of Education has praised the decision of the Council of Ministers chaired by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on declaration of 24 February every year, which coincides with the Omani Teacher’s Day, as an official holiday for al…
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Official holiday for teachers announced in Oman
Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik announced official holiday on Omani Teacher’s Day, which falls on February 24 for both public and private schools.The decision comes after the approval in the Council of Ministers’ meeting, which was preside…
Read moreCivil society organizations welcome Barcelona’s suspension of institutional relations with Israel
RAMALLAH, Eight-eight Palestinian, regional and international civil society organizations welcomed the announcement by the Barcelona City Council to suspend all institutional relations with apartheid Israel.On 8 February, the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Co…
Read moreThe historical Book of Esther, stolen by Israel’s rescue team from Antakya, returned to Turkey
The theft of a historical manuscript by the Israeli rescue team dispatched to Turkey to help those affected by the earthquake sparked an ethical scandal after pictures and videos showed the team members displaying the stolen manuscript.The Turkish “Hab…
Read morePalestinian students suffocated in Israeli raid near Nablus
A number of Palestinian citizens and students Thursday suffered from suffocation during an Israeli forces’ raid in the village of Burqa, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors colonial settlement activities in …
Read moreSettlers attack schools, homes in north of West Bank, and others slash car tires in the south
NABLUS/HEBRON, Israeli settlers today attacked schools and homes in a village in the north of the West Bank and slashed car tires in the south.Dozens of settlers attacked two schools and homes in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, throwing rock…
Read moreForeign Ministry welcomes Barcelona city council’s decision canceling twinning agreement with Tel Aviv
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the decision of the Mayor of Barcelona Ada Colau to suspend all institutional relations with Israel, including the cancellation of the twinning agreement with the city of Tel Aviv in protes…
Read moreUN official says 47 kids affected by school demolition order
RAMALLAH, The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory, Lynn Hastings, expressed today her worries over an Israeli High Court’s ruling ordering the demolition of a donor funded school in Khashm al-Karm village, south of Hebron….
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