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Industry Minister Launches Strategy, Academy for Developing Human Capability at HCI Conference

Date: 2024-02-28 15:03:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:10602370

RIYADH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef launched today the Strategy for Developing Human Capability in the Industrial and Mining Sectors and the National Academy for Industr The launch came during the ....

Saudi Arabia aims for 150k new jobs in chemical plants, renewable energy, says minister

Date: 2024-02-28 15:02:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:10602377

RIYADH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia is poised to create 150,000 new jobs in chemical plants and renewable energy facilities with a commitment to achieving 75 percent localization, said a top official. During the Human Capability Initiative in ....

Speaker meets Brazilian Federal Deputy

Date: 2024-02-28 14:42:02 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:10602386

MANAMA, Feb 28 (MENA) - Ahmed bin Salman Al Musallam, Speaker of the Council of Representatives, met with Federal Deputy Paulo Bilynskyj, Member of the Bahrain-Brazil Parliamentary Group. The Speaker affirmed Bahrain’s keenness to enhance ....

UN reaffirms strong commitment to inclusive Libyan political process

Date: 2024-02-28 11:51:53 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:10602032

NEW YORK, Feb 28 (MENA) - The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their strong commitment to an inclusive, Libyan-led and Libyan-owned political process, facilitated by the United Nations, which builds on the updated electoral laws agreed by ....

Arab custom directors urge speeding up ratifying "transit" agreement

Date: 2024-02-28 11:30:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:10601943

CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Arab customs directors on Wednesday urged accelerating finalizing procedures of signing and ratifying the amended "transit" transport agreement among Arab countries. Both of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have announced ....

Hezbollah fires salvo of rockets at north Israel

Date: 2024-02-28 09:34:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:10601632

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Hezbollah fired Wednesday a salvo of rockets from southern Lebanon at Israeli military sites and towns in the Upper Galilee region and the border areas. Israeli media sources said sirens sounded several times in “Kiryat ....

A quarter of Gaza’s population is one step from famine , UN says

Date: 2024-02-28 09:11:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:10601648

NEWYORK, Feb 28 (MENA) - At least one quarter of Gaza’s population – 576,000 people – are one step away from famine and virtually the entire population desperately needs food resulting in some aid trucks being shot at, looted and overwhelmed by ....

US secretary of state meets with KRG PM

Date: 2024-02-28 08:45:07 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:10601636

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in Washington, according to a statement of the US Department of State. Blinken and Barzani ....

Saudi FM and Blinken discuss developments in Gaza during call

Date: 2024-02-27 21:46:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:10601187

RIYADH, Feb 27 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Tuesday received a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Kingdom’s foreign ministry announced. During the call, the two sides discussed ....

Saudi CP, Zelensky discuss Russian-Ukrainian crisis updates

Date: 2024-02-27 19:52:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:10601188

RIYADH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky bilateral relations and the latest developments of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. During their meeting in Riyadh, Bin ....