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Poverty and unemployment scourge the lives of Iraqis
Iraqi non-governmental organizations reported that in recent period the poverty rate in Iraq has increased in parallel with increase in the unemployment rate, calling on new Iraqi government, headed by Mohammed al-Sudani, for solutions that…
Government plans to sack 24,000 employees over the next 4 years
Tunisian authorities are planning to lay off about 24,000 employees from the public sector in the next four years, through a program it called “voluntary layoffs” as part of a plan to contain the wage bill.
Labor union, which has strong…
Lazzarini: UNRWA needs US$50-80 mil to continue providing services to Palestinian refugees
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, revealed that poverty rates among Palestinian refugees, especially in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza Strip,…
Jordan’s King Abdullah II delivers throne speech before National Assembly
During the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s second ordinary session on Sunday, King Abdullah II of Jordan praised the vision of economic modernization that binds governments. He pointed out that comprehensive modernization with its…
National Reading Championship concludes in Tunis
The National Reading Championship concluded Sunday in capital Tunis, with the participation of 1440 people of different ages from all Tunisian governorates. The national competition began its second edition last February, in which thousands…
Saudi Arabia says US ties are solid as it defends oil policy
Saudi Arabia defended its decision to lower oil production and said its relationship with the US was strong enough to survive the fallout.
“We have had a disagreement with regard to the oil market,” Adel Al-Jubeir, the kingdom’s minister…
Jordanian man starts his project to spread Arabic calligraphy in Arab world
Arabic Calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting based on the Arabic alphabet that people tend to learn as one of the fine arts. It features cursive letters that result in a variety of wonderful designs and geometric shapes.…
Mine victims in Taiz protest against UN’s support for Houthis
Mine victims in Taiz governorate in southwestern Yemen staged a protest Saturday against the United Nations’ support to the Houthi group for demining, which Houthis ignored.
The group continued to lay mines that left thousands of victims…
Jordanian Ministry of Culture organizes regional workshop on children’s theater
The National Center for Culture and Arts organized a regional workshop in Amman to discuss the content of children's theater in partnership with the City Artists Network and the International Association for Children and Youth Theater…
Syrian refugee determined to realize his dream of creating world’s largest Holy Quran
Visual artist, Riyad Al-Radi, has returned again to work on his project of creating the world’s largest version of Holy Quran made entirely out of wood, after the parts he had created were destroyed and burnt during the events of 2011 in…