The Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development signed Thursday a Grant Agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) worth $1.2 million to contribute to the rehabilitation and maintenance of homes for displaced persons in Yemen.
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,515, and the number of injuries has risen to 111,941, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation's genocidal war on October 7, 2023.
The Qatar Central Bank's (QCB) international reserves and foreign currency liquidity increased by 3.81 percent in February to 255.916 billion riyals, compared to 246.509 billion riyals in the same month last year.
Saudi Arabia's Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League semi-finals after defeating Iran's Tractor S. 4-2 on penalties, after both teams finished 2-2 after regulation and extra time.
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The Charge d' Affairs of Yemen's Embassy here and the Permanent Representative to UN Environment Program Abdulsalam al-Awadhi discussed Thursday with the Executive Director of the UN Environment Program Angria Anderson situations of Safir tanker swimming on the Red Sea.
In the meeting held through Video Conference, al-Awadhi touched upon letters directed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad al-Hadhrami to the UN Secretary General and to the Security Council on situations of the tanker and possible dangers to the international environment if the tanker exploded because Houthi rejection of allowing UN team to check it up and examine it.
He stressed significance of UN and international community's pressure on Houthi militia to allow to the team examine the tanker before causing catastrophe hit Yemen and the regional countries.
He renewed government's keenness to exert all efforts for facilitating arrival of the UN technical team to do maintenance work to the tanker.
For her part, the UN official praised cooperation of the government of Yemen with the technical team, pointing out to the possible catastrophe if the tanker leaks or explodes.
She said she is in continuous communication with the UN Secretary General for finding out quick solutions.