Tag: Arab News

France’s Natixis to finance $2bn ACWA Power projects in 2 years (Arab News)

France-based Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking has signed an agreement to finance ACWA Power projects over the next two years - with funding of...

Lebanese president, PM and parliament speaker express satisfaction with Saudi-French agreement (Najia Houssari, Arab News)

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has affirmed his government’s commitment to honoring its undertakings for reform. Mikati said that his joint phone call on Saturday...

Biden, Putin set video call Tuesday as Ukraine tensions grow (AP, Arab News)

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin said, as tensions between the United...

Indian villagers protest as army kills 13, fearing rebels (AP, Arab News)

Angry villagers burned army vehicles in protest after more than a dozen people were killed by soldiers who mistakenly believed some of them were...

Sudanese group condemns UN’s call to support reinstated premier (AP. Arab News)

A Sudanese pro-democracy group has condemned comments by the UN chief urging citizens to support a deal that reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, so...

Saudi Translation Forum: Language plays ‘crucial role’ in shaping society (Rashid Hassan, Arab News)

The first Saudi Translation Forum recently concluded in Riyadh, wherein translation experts, both local and international, gathered for the two-day event to examine the...

President Macron’s visit to Saudi Arabia signals new era in French-Saudi cooperation (Arab News)

A joint statement covering a wide range of issues and the signing of a slew of agreements were the highlights of a visit to Saudi Arabia...

210 migrants found packed into truck in central Mexico (AP, Arab News)

Mexican immigration authorities say they discovered 210 migrants packed into a truck trailer in the central part of the country. The National Migration Institute said...

Kurdish protesters storm the chemical weapons body in The Hague (AFP, Arab News)

Dutch police arrested 50 people on Friday after Kurdish demonstrators alleging that Turkey is using chemical weapons in northern Iraq broke into the headquarters...

Clashes rock Arab town in Israel, alleged car-rammer killed (AP, Arab News)

Israel: Police on Friday shot and killed a man in an Arab town in northern Israel who had allegedly been involved in a car-ramming...

Arab coalition destroys ballistic missile launch pad in Yemen’s capital (Arab News)

The Arab coalition destroyed a ballistic missile launch pad and a warehouse used to build drones in Yemen’s capital, Al Ekhbariya reported on Saturday. The...

Pope Francis urges ‘fraternity’ at mass in divided Cyprus (AFP, Arab News)

Pope Francis appealed for a “sense of fraternity” in an open-air mass in Cyprus on Friday, the second day of a visit to the...

Experts warn upcoming Libyan elections unlikely to heal rifts (Christopher Hamill-Stewart, Arab News)

The political situation in Libya will remain unstable whether or not planned elections go ahead later this month, experts have warned, pointing to legal,...

Civilians among 10 dead in north Iraq attack blamed on Daesh: officials (AFP, Arab News)

At least three civilians and seven Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in northern Iraq in an attack blamed on the Daesh jihadist...

UAE, France sign $18 bilion deal for 80 Rafale jets as Macron starts Gulf tour (AFP, AP, Arab News)

French President Emmanuel Macron met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Friday at the start of a two-day Gulf tour that...

UN says Daesh committed war crimes at Iraqi prison (AP, Arab News)

The head of a UN team investigating atrocities in Iraq said that Daesh extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes at a prison...