All the top stories in Qatar today on #TheRoundUp 🤝 Qatar FM meets with UK’s Dominic Raab 🇵🇸 UN sec-gen thanks Qatar for Gaza aid ⚫ Kenyan security guards in fatal crash ⚽ FIFA Arab Cup taster for World Cup..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: The Round Up | 2 September 2021 – Doha News | Qatar
Winners of Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum-ISESCO Prize announced
The award is presented every two years to those chosen from leading educational projects in the Islamic world..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Winners of Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum-ISESCO Prize announced
Cabinet formation up in the air as Aoun, Mikati trade barbs
President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati Thursday locked horns over responsibility for obstructing the formation of a new government, in a negative development that shattered hopes for breaking the Cabinet formation stalemate this week..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Cabinet formation up in the air as Aoun, Mikati trade barbs
Hezbollah totally bypassed state in importing fuel from Iran
Statements of caretaker energy minister confirm that Hezbollah has bypassed the state with a move to import Iranian fuel..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Hezbollah totally bypassed state in importing fuel from Iran
Herzog asks foreign diplomats to urge their nations to boycott Durban Conference
Herzog was speaking at the annual state reception hosted just ahead of Rosh Hashanah by the president of Israel and the Foreign Minister for the foreign diplomatic corps.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Herzog asks foreign diplomats to urge their nations to boycott Durban Conference
Egypt boots public servants from railways over Brotherhood links
Egyptian authorities blame Muslim Brotherhood-linked staff for a series of deadly rail accidents and have moved scores of them from operational roles.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt boots public servants from railways over Brotherhood links
Birthright trips to resume, no need for quarantine for those jabbed
Participants must be fully vaccinated with two or three shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or with one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, to join a Birthright trip.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Birthright trips to resume, no need for quarantine for those jabbed
Extreme heat takes toll on Egypt's archaeological heritage
Extreme heat, in addition to rising sea levels, is having an impact on antiquities and cities overlooking the Mediterranean in Egypt.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Extreme heat takes toll on Egypt's archaeological heritage
Qatar helping to facilitate opening of Afghanistan humanitarian corridor: official – Doha News | Qatar
Qatar is helping to facilitate the opening of humanitarian corridors for the entry of aid to Kabul and other Afghan ports, a senior Qatari official said on Friday..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Qatar helping to facilitate opening of Afghanistan humanitarian corridor: official – Doha News | Qatar
Senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader dies of ‘illness’: IRNA
A senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader who served as the country’s highest-ranking military official after the supreme leader for nearly three decades, has died “of an illness,” the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday, with other domestic outlets attributing his death to COVID-19.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.IRNA did not elaborate on the exact cause of 70-year-old Hassan Firouzabadi’s death. Other Iranian domestic news agencies, including ISNA and Fars, reported that Firouzabadi died of COVID-19.Firouzabadi was promoted to the rank of major general and appointed chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces in 1968 by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, making him the highest-ranking Iranian military official after the supreme leader, despite never serving in any of Iran’s military forces.He retained that position until 2016, after which he was appointed by Khamenei as a senior adviser to the supreme leader.He was also a member of the Expediency Council, which advises Khamenei.Firouzabadi was under EU and US sanctions for human rights abuses.Read more:Taliban to follow Iran model, appoint Supreme Leader as highest authority: ReportIran’s supreme leader appoints Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi as new judiciaryIran protests spread to Tehran with chants against supreme leader
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader dies of ‘illness’: IRNA