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UN Member States Vow to Intensify Fight to End AIDS Epidemic by 2030

New York - QNA

UN member states pledged to intensify the fight against AIDS and reaffirmed their resolve to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The renewed commitments came during the opening session of a UN high-level meeting on eradicating the disease. The political declaration, which was adopted by consensus by all UN member states, is seen as a victory by many for itsRead more

Assad vows to continue fight against suicide

Damascus - Arab Today

Syrian President Bashar al Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria’s war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April, euronews reported. Assad said he would win back “every inch” of Syria and said Aleppo would be a graveyard for the hopes and dreamsRead more

Egypt's mufti calls for strategic approach to fight extremism

Amman - Arab Today

Egypt's Mufti Dr Shawqi Allam has called for a strategic and professional way to fight violence and extremism so that stability is restored. Addressing an international conference on extremism and takfiri ideology, which opened here earlier Tuesday, Allam said this gathering is very important, coming at a time that entails big responsibility to correct the misconceptions about Islam. Muslim scholarsRead more

FAO: Near east region faces unprecedented escalation in water scarcity

Rome - Arab Today

Conflicts are impeding the fight against hunger in the Near East region, where growing food insecurity is compounded by rising water scarcity and a challenging natural resource situation that is exacerbated by climate change, FAO Director-General Graziano da Silva said today. He stressed how recent significant progress in curbing hunger - 15 out of 19 countries in the regionRead more

Iraqi Prime Minister seeks UN support to fight corruption

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi urged the UN on Tuesday to help his country to fight corruption and restore funds smuggled abroad. Addressing a workshop, co-organized by the Iraqi Cabinet and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Abadi said the Iraqi government sees corruption and terrorism as "one enemy". He stressed that the Iraqi government is capable of winningRead more

3 People detained in algeria for link to suicides Groups

Algiers - Arab Today

Three individuals suspected of supporting terrorist groups were arrested in Boumerdes and Bordj Bou Arreridj, the Algerian Ministry of National Defense said Friday in a statement carried by the official APS news agency. "As part of the fight against terrorism, combined detachments arrested, on 5 May 2016, three individuals supporting terrorist groups in Boumerdes (1st military region) and Bordj BouRead more

Arab League urges media to play role in fighting suicide

Cairo - MENA

The Arab League (AL) urged on Thursday Arab media outlets to play a role in the fight against terrorism and extremism. Addressing a meeting of Arab media experts, Director of the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information Fawzy el Ghoil called for activating the Arab media strategy and its five-year executive plan as soon as possible.Read more

Bonn University Mathematicians' Model to help fight Cancer

Berlin - QNA

University of Bonn mathematicians and physicians have developed a new model for immunotherapy of cancer. The method could help to develop new treatment strategies and to understand why some approaches do not work with certain tumours. One of the greatest problems in the fight against cancer is the great hardiness of the tumours, says the study published by technical journalRead more