Iran’s Foreign Ministry quashed rumors that it is getting ready to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the multilateral nuclear agreement from which the US has withdrew in May, Tasnim News Agency reported. In a statement on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassem»»»

Princess Lalla Hasna has met the Japanese minister of education, Masahiko Shibayama, in Tokyo to discuss means to develop Morocco’s educational tools. Rabat- Princess Lalla Hasna, King Mohammed VI’s younger sister, is the chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection. During t»»»

NNA - "Loyalty to Resistance" bloc on Wednesday held its periodic meeting at its headquarters in Haret hreik, under the chairmanship of bloc head, MP Mohammed Raad. The bloc discussed an array of matters on the local and regional arena. In a statement issued in the wake of the meeting, well-wished »»»

Montenegro and Macedonia have excellent relations. We strongly support the Prespa Agreement implementation and the constitutional revision that open NATO and EU doors, which is important for Macedonia and the region's long-term stability, said Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic on Wedne»»»

(TAP) – "My goal is to see Tunisia as the best tourist destination in the world," said Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts René Trabelsi, before the first hearing by the Committee of Agriculture, Food Security, Trade and Related Services, of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR). Trabelsi, ca»»»

Will the war in Yemen come to an end? Will there be a new president or will a presidential council sit at the helm as a prelude to restoring stability? What will Martin Griffiths, the UN envoy to Yemen, do to revive resolutions reached in previous peace talks and proposed at the Security Council? W»»»

Minister of Education, Lindita Nikolla has presented on Wednesday the 2019 Education Budget, where she declared that the teacher salary will grow by 7%. According to her, The World Bank Manager underlined that Albania has achieved the greatest results of Piza 2015. "The budget of the Ministry of Ed»»»

Senior Hamas and Fatah sources, speaking from Gaza and Ramallah, say their latest meetings with the mediation team sent by Cairo have raised the possibility of a deal being signed before the end of the year. The basis of the deal Hamas and Fatah have tentatively agreed is built on the reconciliatio»»»

NNA - "Loyalty to Resistance" bloc on Wednesday held its periodic meeting at its headquarters in Haret hreik, under the chairmanship of bloc head, MP Mohammed Raad. The bloc discussed an array of matters on the local and regional arena. In a statement issued in the wake of the meeting, well-wished »»»

Dubai: The Indian government’s new online registration will be applicable to all Indians working in the UAE and 17 other notified countries from January 1, 2019, Gulf News can reveal. Those who fail to do so will not be allowed to board their flights to these countries. On Tuesday, Gulf News report»»»

Montenegro had no legal grounds to stop former prime minister Nikola Gruevski during his transit, which was reported by the Montenegro services to the Macedonian counterparts, said Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srgjan Darmanovic on Wednesday. The fullnews article is available only to subscribers of »»»

JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli minister said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan for peace with the Palestinians was “a waste of time.” “I think that the gap between the Israelis and Palestinians is much too big to be bridged,” Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said at a conferen»»»

CAIRO: In an attempt to further boost its booming real estate sector and attract foreign investment, Egypt will grant residency permits to foreigners who invest at least $100,000 in the country’s property market. The growth rate of Egypt’s property market stands at 133 percent in 2018. This has bee»»»

Israeli intelligence sources said Tuesday that the Mossad Israeli intelligence agency has contributed to thwarting a "terrorist operation" that Lebanon’s Hezbollah party was planning against Jewish targets in Buenos Aires. The sources said that the Mossad had obtained “verified and accurate” inform»»»

(TAP) – Tunisia Automotive 2018, the International Exhibition of Components and Spare Parts will be held from 27 to 30 November at El Kram Exhibition Centre, at the initiative of the société des foires internationales of Tunis in partnership with the Tunisian Automotive Association (TAA ) and the t»»»

Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) accused on Wednesday the Prime Minister Edi Rama for corruption regarding the 'Big Ring' road project. It was the Chairwoman of this Party, Monika Krymeadhi who called Prime Minister for transparency as according to her, 2 km of road cannot cost EUR 40 milli»»»

NNA - "Loyalty to Resistance" bloc on Wednesday held its periodic meeting at its headquarters in Haret hreik, under the chairmanship of bloc head, MP Mohammed Raad. The bloc discussed an array of matters on the local and regional arena. In a statement issued in the wake of the meeting, well-wished »»»

Dubai: Married couples who have to go through marriage counselling can now do so without leaving home. The Ministry of Justice on Wednesday held its first electronic reconciliation session in Fujairah via a smartphone at the Federal Court of First Instance. Reconciliation sessions are required for »»»

Macedonia will preside over the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) in 2019 after Minister of Information Society and Administration Damjan Mancevski officially took over the baton at a session of the institution's governing board in Brussels on Wednesday. The fullnews article is avail»»»

President Salva Kiir met with the Turkish Ambassador to South Sudan Hassan Sevilir Asan on Wednesday during which a memorandum of understanding on education was signed. After the meeting the South Sudan Ambassador in Charge of the European Desk in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nickson Deng said t»»»

Nigeria says it will grant a three-year tax exemption and export incentives to intending tourism investors. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday at the fourth edition of the Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition (NTIFE) that the incentives would ensure th»»»

The Ministry of Science and Technology is to establish the National Science and Technology Museum in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said in Abuja on Wednesday that the museum, when established, would provide the needed platform for kn»»»

CAPE TOWN - Provincial MEC for Community Safety Alan Winde on Wednesday said the Western Cape Government has made R5 million available in its budget to fund the deployment of additional reservists. This comes after a report compiled by the Provincial Police Ombudsman detailed the significant declin»»»

Washington - US President Donald Trump's backing of Saudi Arabia following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has sparked a backlash from members of Congress who insist the US consider additional sanctions and further investigation into the killing. Both Republicans and opposition Democrats w»»»

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Wednesday that the final program form of the presidency of the Council of the European Union will be voted shortly in the Romanian Parliament. "I want to assure you from the very beginning that Romania is ready to take over the presidency of the Council o»»»

A Turkish opposition leader, Meral Aksener, on November 21 caused consternation by calling for consideration of a possible repeat invasion of Cyprus, amid rising tensions over who has the rights to tap potential oil and gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean. Aksener, a former interior minister »»»

National leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea said on Wednesday that is endorsing Lia Olguta Vasilescu for any office. “I have been fully endorsing Olguta – and not from now – since it was a scandal at the Craiova City Hall,” Dragnea said before the start of a meeting of the Na»»»

The President of the European Council Donald Tusk received the letters of credentials of the following Ambassadors: H.E. Mr Gunnar Pálsson, Ambassador, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Iceland to the European UnionH.E. Mr Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Ambassador, Head of the Mission of the Re»»»

The European Commission has rejected Italy's proposed 2019 budget over excessive spending and asked its government to come up with a new plan within three weeks, a first in European Union history. The European Union's executive arm, which supervises national budget plans, has invited eurozone count»»»

Srinagar: In a dramatic development, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was dissolved on Wednesday night after three mainstream parties came together to stake claim to form a government that was countered by Peoples Conference leader Sajad Lone with the BJP’s backing. Governor Satya Pal Malek made a te»»»

NNA - Beirut Governor Judge Ziad Shbib said on Wednesday that independence was derived from genuine citizenship, far from confessionalism. "Confessionalism is a form of racism," Governor Shbib said during a ceremony held at Haigazian University on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Lebanon's I»»»

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) State Secretary Viktor Dimovski met Wednesday with Yaqoub Alateeqi, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Macedonia, based in Sofia. The fullnews article is available only to subscribers of the MIA web-service. Sign in or contact our marketing sector for more infor»»»

Moscow/Washington — Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina starting on Nov. 30, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the Kremlin was closely w»»»

Okaz/Saudi Gazette/SPARIYADH – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is scheduled to inaugurate the first phase of Waad Al-Shamal Industrial City project worth SR55bn and lay foundation stones for the second phase projects and facilities worth SR30bn in Turaif governorate, Northern Border R»»»

Johannesburg - "You will now receive a Gupta minister and he will arrive with his advisors". This is what former Treasury director-general Lungisa Fuzile told the Zondo commission on Wednesday. He said that ANC head of economic transformation Enoch Godongwana revealed this to him during a phone cal»»»

(TAP) - The standard of living of the Tunisian has deteriorated by 40%, because of the depreciation of the dinar which has lost 60% of its value since 2014. This deterioration is also due to a galloping inflation which reached 7.4% in October 2018, most of which is imported, as well as to higher en»»»

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Thursday will preside in Bucharest a joint meeting of the Romanian and Moldovan governments, to be attended including by her Moldovan counterpart Pavel Filip, and ministers from areas of shared interest. The officials will approach the current stage and future of t»»»

A 25-year-old man from Armenia was found dead Tuesday on the runway of Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. The embassy of Armenia in Moscow had confirmed the information that the person who died under airplane chassi on the airport runway was A. Yepremyan. He had been deported from Spain,»»»

Essaouira has signed the “Cordoba Declaration for Peace, Dialogue, and Diversity.” a peace initiative created to fight religious discrimination. By Shaquile Goff Essaouira’s vice mayor made history by leading the city to become the first and only non-European member of the pact. The alliance consis»»»

A major highlight of the Eighth Katara Traditional Dhow Festival, which opened on Tuesday, is a spectacular fireworks show that will light up the Katara skyline this evening (Thursday) from 8 pm to 8. 20pm. The fireworks display themed on maritime traditions will continue tomorrow (Friday) the same»»»

The ECOWAS Bank for Development has agreed to construct a 115 kilometer road estimated to cost $100 million in southeastern Liberia, according to a transmittal from Abuja. The road to be constructed will cover the key economic corridor from Buchanan in Grand Bassa County to Greenville in Sinoe Coun»»»

NNA - 'Education is the future, it offers children a ladder out of poverty to transform their communities and countries. As the world celebrates World Children's Day, the UK is proud to be a committed partner to education in Lebanon. I am pleased to announce that the UK Secretary of State for Inter»»»

[21/November/2018] SANAA, 21 Nov. (Saba) - The Foreign Ministry demanded the Security Council to adopt a binding resolution ending the aggression and the siege imposed on Yemen. In a memorandum to the Security Council, the Foreign Ministry reiterated the keenness of the political leadership, repres»»»

A senior Israeli Cabinet minister on Wednesday threatened to kill the leader of the militant Hamas movement ruling Gaza, vowing that another "large campaign" looms in which Israel will hit the militants hard. A senior Israeli Cabinet minister on Wednesday threatened to kill the leader of the milita»»»

After Nissan chairman and Renault CEO, Carlos Ghosn, was found to have improperly disclosed his finances, Renault has named COO Thierry Bollore as temporary deputy CEO. Rabat – Following Japan’s arrest of Ghosn on Monday, Renault’s board of directors held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the»»»

The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) adopted the Morocco-European Union agricultural deal on Wednesday in Brussels. Rabat – The vote reflects the positive position of political groups that represent the commission at the EU Parliament concerning the partnership between EU a»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Schoolchildren in Qatar will be granted holiday when the country hosts the FIFA World Cup in November and December 2022, Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Wahid al Hammadi has said. The leave has been granted as the classrooms will be use»»»

Egyptian Ambassador to Beirut Nazih El-Naggary met Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Cesar Abi Khalil. They discussed ways of cooperation in the fields related to energy and gas.The meeting came in on slid of Egypt's role in the energy field in the region in the framework of the special relatio»»»

(TAP) - The Cabinet meeting met on Wednesday at El Kasbah Palace, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, in the presence of the newly appointed ministers and secretaries of state. The meeting reviewed the government's action plan and its priorities for the next period and passed o»»»