Новости за 22.02.2020

NAJAF, Iraq — Populist cleric Moqtada Sadr returned to Iraq Saturday with a threat to organise protests outside parliament unless lawmakers back the government of prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi in a confidence vote.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah will hold talks in Amman with Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, who starts an official visit to Jordan on Sunday, according to a Royal Court statement. 

ALGIERS — Several thousand people gathered in the Algerian capital Saturday on the first anniversary of a protest movement that seeks an overhaul of the political system and forced the former president to resign.

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has intercepted missiles fired towards its cities by Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, the Riyadh-led military coalition said, in the insurgents' latest cross-border attack.

BEIJING — Fears mounted Saturday over the growing spread of infections outside China from the new coronavirus outbreak, as the World Health Organisation warned of a shrinking window to stem the spread of the deadly disease.

AMMAN — Farmers on Wednesday staged a sit-in at the central market for fruits and vegetables in Amman in response to the Greater Amman Municipality's (GAM) January decision to impose taxes on each tonne of vegetables and fruits exported through the new “exports yard” built last year, according to a source in the sector. 

AMMAN — Under the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Yousef Issawi and a ministerial team on Saturday inspected a group of development and service projects in Tafileh and Karak governorates.

AMMAN — Representatives of regional civil society networks and organisations from five Arab countries — Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria — are convening in Amman from March 2-4 within the framework of the Vision Med 2030 Mashrek Workshop, according to a statement from the organiser, the EU-funded Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality Programme. 

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Thousands on Saturday rallied against poor public services and "corruption" among the ruling elite in their autonomous region, an AFP correspondent said.

ABU DHABI — Eid Al Qobeissy's two birds perch majestically in the waiting room of Abu Dhabi's falcon hospital, awaiting a routine check-up ahead of their hunting trip to Azerbaijan.