RIYADH: Egypt is expected to obtain the last tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, amounting to $1.6 billion in June, said Central Bank Deputy Governor Rami Aboul Naga. He told broadcaster Al Arabiya that it was unlikely Egypt would need a new financing agreement with the IMF after its earlier commitment of $8 billion from the fund. He said that the program
ROME: Italy has committed to give Jordan €235 million ($286 million) in aid including grants, loans and debt-for-development swaps. A Subsidiary Agreement for the Indicative Country Programme (2021-2023) was signed in Amman by Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh and Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International
LONDON: A British teacher suspended over a row about showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad to pupils has been reinstated.
The religious education teacher was forced to apologize, having shown a class a caricature of the prophet during a lesson at Batley Grammar School, West Yorkshire, in March, prompting outrage from parents and members of the local Muslim community.
An investigation into the incident has determined that no offense had been intended, but recommended “additional management guidance and training” for staff to avoid a similar incident occurring in future.
Batley Multi Academy Trust, which runs the school, said it “deeply regrets the distress” caused by the episode, and the teacher would be permitted to return to work.
AL-MUKALLA: Amnesty International has accused the Iran-backed Houthi militia of arbitrarily abducting hundreds of journalists, human rights defenders and religious minorities, holding them in solitary confinement and dirty prisons, torturing them and using them as leverage during peace talks.
RIYADH: A health association in northern Saudi Arabia has raised nearly SR600,000 to help pay for operations for those who could not afford them.
The association in Talaat al-Temyat partnered with the Health Endowment Fund through the charitable treatment platform “Shefa” to sponsor the procedures.
The money paid for 25 people to have a range of operations including cesarean sections, eye surgery, heart surgery and surgery for a tumor.
The “Shefa” treatment platform is one of the Health Endowment Fund initiatives that supports patients unable to afford treatements
The initiative provided procedures open to any nationalities in the northern region of Saudi Arabia. Beneficiaries were citizens, residents, and individuals with visit visas.