Day: 25 July 2023

The Teacher and Education Support Fund announced the start of disbursing the transportation allowance for school workers, starting tomorrow, Tuesday.

The Executive Director of the Fund, Hussein Amer Jabal, confirmed, in a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the completion of all procedures related to the payment of transportation allowances for school workers for the month of Muharram 1445 AH.

He added, “The Ministry of Education, represented by its Minister, Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi, pays great attention to the educational cadres, and is doing its best to ease the difficult burdens that Yemen lives as a result of the aggression and siege.”

Jabal explained that the disbursement process, which will last for 15 days, targets 154,699 male and female teachers, distributed among schools in the governorates of Sana’a, Amran, Hajjah, Hodeidah, Dhamar, Saada, Al-Mahweet, Al-Bayda, Ibb, Al-Mahweet, and Raymah, in addition to the liberated districts of Marib governorate.

Source: Yemen News Agency

A protest stands by the people of the As-Sawma’a district in Al-Bayda governorate, denouncing the crime of burning copies of the Noble Qur’an in Sweden.

The participants affirmed the refusal of the sons of the Islamic nation to violate religious symbols and sanctities.

A statement issued by the stand indicated that the crime of burning copies of the Holy Qur’an is behind the Zionist lobby, calling on the Islamic nation to form a global public opinion for these violations against Islam and its sanctities.

Source: Yemen News Agency

A man who shot and wounded his ex-fiancee in the city of Irbid on Tuesday is in police custody, the Public Security Directorate’s media spokesman said.

The woman was rushed to a hospital, where she was listed in a stable condition, he said.

The spokesman added that the shooter, who was identified as the woman’s ex-fiance, was arrested and the firearm was confiscated.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Very hot conditions are expected to continue today in Palestine with the temperature remaining at 5°C above the seasonal average, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD).

Winds are westerly to northwesterly, light to moderate, and sea waves are low.

The temperature in the capital, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem is expected to reach a high of 36°C and a low of 25°C, and in Ramallah and Hebron a high of 35°C and a low of 24°C. In Jericho, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan Valley temperature is expected to reach a high of 46°C and a low of 29°C, while it is expected to reach a high of 36°C and a low of 27°C in Gaza and the coastal areas.

No change in temperature or weather conditions is expected for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with unseasonably hot conditions in all of the country.

The PMD warned people against direct exposure to the sun for long periods during peak hours of the day, and against setting fire to dry grassy areas.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency

Three Palestinians have Tuesday been killed after Israeli forces opened fire at their vehicle in al-Tur area in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a statement by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

WAFA correspondent said that, according to security sources, Israeli forces prevented medical staff from approaching the scene before proceeding to seize the bodies of the three slain Palestinians, who later identified as Noureddine Tayseer Al-Ardah, 32, Montaser Bahjat Ali Salameh, 33, and Saad Maher Al-Kharraz, 43.

Additionally, the soldiers also seized the targeted vehicle.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency

Israeli forces Tuesday demolished a number of agricultural structures in the town of al-Zayyem, to the east of the occupied city of Jerusalem.

According to local sources, Israeli forces also demolished shacks, yarns and uprooted several olive trees owned by the family of al-Sa’eedi as well other families from al-Issawiya.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of condolences to HE President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the victims of the wildfires that erupted in several areas of the country, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

Source: Qatar News Agency

An earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Tuesday South Sandwich Islands, which is one of the British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic Ocean.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the tremor occurred at a depth of 73 km.

There have been no reports of material damage or causalities as a result of the earthquake.

The South Sandwich Islands are an archipelago that forms part of the “South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,” which is an overseas territory of the UK.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Three Palestinians were martyred Tuesday after the Israeli occupation forces targeted their vehicle with live bullets at the gate of Mount Gerizim in Nablus.

The Israeli occupation forces prevented medical staff from approaching the scene and moved their bodies, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) quoted security sources as saying.

An eyewitness said that occupation forces fired live bullets for more than 10 minutes at the three young men. Another eyewitness reported that the Israeli forces deliberately targeted surveillance cameras in the area in an attempt to hide evidence from the scene.

Towns and cities across the occupied West Bank see almost daily confrontations between the Palestinians and the occupation forces who have been carrying out intensive incursions and raids since March, using live bullets and tear gas, which result in the death and injury of dozens of civilians.

Source: Qatar News Agency

An earthquake measuring 6 magnitude on the Richter scale struck East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia on Tuesday.

The Indonesia Geophysics Agency stated that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 kilometers in the eastern Indonesian region, close to Timor Leste. Due to the distant location of the epicenter, the quake was felt weakly on land in some areas on East Nusa Tenggara.

There is no potential threat for tsunami, and there were no immediate reports of damage, according to the agency.

Indonesia is regularly exposed to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire where many tectonic plates meet and cause frequent volcanic and seismic activity.

Source: Qatar News Agency