Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine expects to buy Turkish drones this year
Country plans to receive Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles, corvettes, says commander of naval forces …read more Source:: Anadolu...
In Ukraine, hundreds march with torches in annual tribute to Nazi collaborator
Israel slams torchlight march in Kyiv honoring Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator who murdered thousands of Jews. …read more Source:: Arutz...
Hundreds march with torches in tribute to Nazi collaborator in Ukraine
Many participants waved banners carrying the symbol of the far-right Svoboda party, whose leaders have often made antisemitic comments. …read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Luxor hotels see 16% occupancy from domestic tourism, day trippers: Officials
A total of 74% of visitors in Luxor are predominantly domestic with Egyptians keen to explore the history and civilisation of their country, according to Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani. Al-Anani, speaking on the sidelines of his visit to Luxor, also said that the figure also included those carrying out one-day trips coming...
Coronavirus: Russia ready to trial combined AstraZeneca, Sputnik V vaccine in Ukraine
Russia is ready to conduct clinical trials in Ukraine of a COVID-19 vaccine combining its Sputnik V with a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca together with Oxford University, the head of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Saturday.Russia’s sovereign RDIF, which is marketing the Sputnik V vaccine abroad, announced in December trials...
Russia ready to trial combined AstraZeneca, Sputnik V vaccine in Ukraine
…read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall
The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50 percent, a Dutch consulting firm said on Friday.Aviation consulting firm To70 said in 2020 there were 40 accidents involving large commercial passenger planes, five of which were fatal, resulting in...
The power of soil: How our precarious climate shaped the Arab Spring
The power of soil: How our precarious climate shaped the Arab Spring Olivia Lazard Fri, 01/01/2021 – 18:40 The history of the Middle East, and the recent teachings of the 2010-11 uprisings, highlight an important lesson: Ignore ecological integrity at your peril In 149 BC, Marcus Porcius Cato – a politician, soldier and citizen...
Ukraine to buy 1.9M doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine
Country set to receive 8M free doses of coronavirus vaccines as part of international COVAX program, as well …read more Source:: Anadolu...
Iran to pay $150,000 to families of Ukraine plane downed in error
The Iranian government will pay $150,000 as compensation to the families of each of the 176 victims of the Ukrainian plane downed near Tehran airport in January, IRNA news agency reported yesterday. At the time, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard admitted to shooting down the plane shortly after take-off; mistaking it for a missile at a time of...
