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Israel approves more than 1,100 new West Bank settlement homes

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Israel has approved more than 1,100 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace Now NGO said Thursday, the latest in a raft of such moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. The approvals were given on Wednesday by a defence ministry committee with authority over settlement construction. Three hundred and fifty-two homes received final approval, while the othersRead more

Sheikha Moza Speaks to International Community

The Hague - Emirates Voice

HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, member of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals Advocacy Group, arrived in The Kingdom of The Netherlands this evening on an official visit. Her Highness will tomorrow deliver an address to an audience of political leaders, NGO chiefs and the diplomatic community, at The Hague Institute for Global Justice, as part of their Distinguished SeminarRead more

Iran smuggling ‘kamikaze’ drones to Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Tehran - Arab Today

Iran has transferred so-called kamikaze aerial drone technology to Yemen’s Houthi rebels who have used them to disable Saudi-led coalition missile defences, according to a new report by an arms tracking NGO. Instead of firing missiles or other munitions, the drone contains explosives inside its body and has been used to crash into radar components of the coalition’s US-made PatriotRead more

Deaf Syrians learn the language of war

Damascus - Arab today

Twice raising the little finger represents “I” and placing a thumb on the index finger and the middle finger makes an “S” to signify ISIS, the western term for the Daesh terrorist group. At an NGO in Damascus, two young deaf Syrians, Bisher and Ryad, are working to create special sign language characters so thousands of Syrians like them canRead more

Russian Orthodox Church fuels powerful pro-life movement

Moscow - AFP

When Anna Kuzeva became pregnant with her second child, she was terrified. With no home, money or family in Moscow, she saw no way of keeping the baby. So she scheduled an abortion. But then she met an activist from an Orthodox NGO, who took her in to a shelter in central Moscow for expectant mothers, and changed her mind.Read more

War in Yemen leaves children vulnerable

Aden - Arab Today

Huda Tareq was used to being spoiled by her parents, both educated professionals, and her five older brothers. Growing up in Taez Hadad, a town about 60km from Taez city, the 13-year-old schoolgirl always had more pocket money than her classmates to buy snacks, soft drinks and sweets. But all that changed in September last year when her parents -Read more

Qatar Committed to UN Counter-Terrorism Efforts, Qatari Diplomat Says

New York - ArabToday

Qatar's permanent representative to the United Nations HE Ambassador Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani said today that the State of Qatar remains committed to all the UN's counter-terrorism efforts. HE the Ambassador praised the working plans of national and regional entities concerned with counter-terrorism and preventing extremism. Her Excellency said that violent extremism is one of the biggest securityRead more

Egyptian court sets 23 March to rule in Aya Hegazi 'child exploitation' case

Cairo - Arab Today

An Egyptian criminal court has set 23 March to issue a verdict in the case of Egyptian-American activist Aya Hegazi and six other defendants who are accused of human trafficking, kidnapping, and the sexual exploitation and torture of children. Hegazi, 29, and her husband Mohamed Hassanein was detained in May 2014 over accusations that her NGO Belady Initiative –Read more