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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his intention to cooperate with Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain, in fostering a closer bilateral relationship, the foreign ministry in Tokyo said, according to Arab News. This came Read more
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources has banned the import of live fish, their derivatives and their offal from Sibiu, Republic of Romania; citing the recommendation from the World Organization for Animal Health. The Ministry prohibits the Read more
The Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery, announced that at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, the President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez will make an official visit to Morocco on Thursday, April 7. In a press Read more
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly Monday said the Arab republic is eager to host the new headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). AMA headquarters, Madbouly hints, will be located in Egypt’s new administrative capital. Madbouly, Arab News reports, indicated Read more
Prince Hamzah, half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, relinquished his princely title on Sunday, Arab News reports. In a letter posted on his Twitter account, Prince Hamzah said he gave up his title because his “personal convictions and the values” Read more
Japan decided to extend an emergency grant aid of $3.35 million (¥400 million) to the Gaza Strip, “where the humanitarian situation is significantly deteriorating due to the COVID-19 pandemic and floods,” Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on April 1 said. Read more
Oman’s Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Riyada) has announced plans to launch an e-commerce program soon to register 100 small and medium enterprises on Amazon platform, in an effort to deliver their products and services to the world, Zawya Read more
The International Centre for Research on the Prevention of Child Soldiers was inaugurated Thursday in Dakhla, with the aim of contributing to the fight against the recruitment of child soldiers, through the dissemination of research to be carried out by Read more
Following the improvement of relations between Morocco and Spain and the end of the months-long diplomatic crisis between the two countries, King Mohammed VI and the Head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, had a phone talk Thursday, during which Read more
Agility, a Kuwait firm, has acquired Britain’s John Menzies for nearly $750 million, in a move to set up the world’s largest airport services, reports say. Agility currently holds a 19% stake in Menzies. Per the deal agreed, Menzies shareholders Read more