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Local Administration and Environment Minister Hussein Makhlouf discussed with head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria (UNHCR) Sivanka Dhanapala and the accompanying delegation latest developments regarding the commission’s work, the possibility of expanding the projects currently being implemented, and issue of the return of refugees to their country. Makhlouf underscored that the facilitating return of refugees and providing all requirements are priorities for the government, in addition to providing the refugees’ needs and implementing projects that guarantee their stability. He hailed the steps taken by the UNHCR on the refugee return, including, humanitarian aid and livelihoods support.…

The central event, the General Assembly High-level Week 2023 to take place on September 19-25, will gather global leaders and foreign ministers who will present their vision of the international situation and outline directions for the fight against global challenges The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opens in New York on Tuesday. The agenda of yet another session that traditionally lasts a year includes major international issues and conflicts, climate change and sustainable development issues as well as efforts to address the indebtedness of developing economies. The central event, the General Assembly High-level Week 2023 to…

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin added that there were no reports about injured people or damages to infrastructure Russian Air Defense Forces have destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying towards Moscow in the air over the Kaluga Region and over Istra District, Moscow Region, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin wrote on his Telegram channel on Tuesday. “The Air Defense Forces early on Tuesday downed attack drones that were targeted at Moscow. They were destroyed in the air over the Kaluga Region and the Istra District in the Moscow Region,” Sobyanin said. The Moscow mayor added that there were no reports of injured people or…

“A government session is scheduled for September 5 and it will be traditionally chaired by President Erdogan,” the source said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will chair on Tuesday a government session, which will focus in particular on results of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 4, a source in the Turkish leader’s office told TASS. “A government session is scheduled for September 5 and it will be traditionally chaired by President Erdogan,” the source said. “The foreign policy agenda of the meeting will include among other issues the outcome of the talks in [Russia’s] Sochi.” “Other…

The Palestinian presidency today warned Israel of its policies of killings and incursions into Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps, holding the US responsible for Israel’s return to these policies, which, it stressed, lead to a dead end and dangerous path. The official spokesman for the presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said in a statement reacting to the Israeli army incursion this morning into Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm and the killing of 21-year-old Ayed Samih Abu Harb and the heavy destruction caused to the infrastructure, that the United States bears responsibility for the…

A Palestinian youth, identified as Ayed Samih Abu Harb, 21, was killed this morning during an Israeli army assault on Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, which left heavy destruction in the infrastructure in the camp and city, according to medical and local sources. The Ministry of Health said Harb was shot in the head and declared dead at Thabet Thabet Government Hospital in Tulkarm. Another youth was shot by a live bullet in the upper left side of his body which caused him to fall and hit his head hard on the ground resulting in hemorrhaging in the brain, according…

The Tunisian Ministry of Trade and Export Development said on Monday that it is reviewing the terms of the free trade agreement with Turkey, with the aim of reducing the growing trade deficit with Ankara.The ministry explained, in a statement, that “limiting the worsening of the trade balance deficit with Turkey will be through expanding the negative list of products not concerned with differential standards, with a focus on products that have an analogue manufactured locally, and on sectors that are going through difficulties as a result of the intensification of imports of Turkish origin,” according to  Agency Tunisia Africa News.…

The Turkish Statistical Institute reported on Monday that the annual inflation rate in Turkey witnessed a rise during the month of August, compared to July.He noted, in  statement Therefore, the annual inflation rate in Turkey rose in August 2023 to 58.94%, from 47.8% last July. “There was a change in the general consumer price index (2003=100) in the previous month by 9.09%, and in December last year by 43.06%,” the institute said in its statement. The statement added that the change also occurred “in the same month of the previous year by 58.94%, and on the 12-month moving averages, a basis…

Brazilian statistics agency data revealed that Brasilia this year purchased the first batch of enriched natural uranium from Russia, for the first time since 1999. Data from Brazil’s statistics agency indicated that after a local company signed a contract with the Russian company “Rosatom” last year, to fully supply it with enriched uranium at Brazil’s only nuclear power plant in the Angra region, for the period 2023-2027. This spring, the state company said it had also signed another contract with the company, but for the supply of natural uranium, as Brazil this summer, for the first time since 1999, imported…

In turn, the yuan rate grew by 0.24%, trading at 13.332 rubles MOSCOW, September 5. /TASS/. The dollar exchange rate rose by 0.2% compared to Monday’s close, with the greenback trading at 97.065 rubles on the Moscow Exchange at the start of trading on Tuesday. The euro rate rose by 0.31%, reaching 105,00 rubles, while the yuan rate grew by 0.24%, trading at 13.332 rubles. Source: Tass