Middle East & North Africa

RIYADH, Nov 8 (NNN-SPA) – A Saudi Air Force F-15S fighter jet, crashed due to a technical fault, during a routine training mission on Sunday evening, the Ministry of Defence reported, yesterday.

The ministry’s spokesman, Turki Al-Malki, said, the incident occurred on Sunday evening at the King Abdulaziz Air Base training area, in the kingdom’s Eastern Province.

The aircrew of two officers survived the incident after ejection, the spokesman added.

No injuries nor ground damage were recorded.

Investigation into the incident is underway.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to work with the international community to promote the comprehensive, balanced and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, a Chinese delegate said Tuesday.

ANKARA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye said on Tuesday it has been coordinating efforts to remove obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertilizer.

The deal that paved the way for the resumption of Ukrainian grain to world markets also envisaged shipment of Russian grain and fertilizer, the semi-official Anadolu Agency quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying.

"Export of Russian fertilizer is part of the agreement. Russians have some concerns that these demands are not met. Now diplomacy is working to remove these concerns," Cavusoglu said.

IZMIR/ISTANBUL, Türkiye, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish companies view the on-going 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE) as a premium platform to seek business opportunities and further tap into the vast consumer market of China and beyond.

The expo has become a major platform for global businesses including Turkish companies to explore market opportunities and expand business in China, Mehmet Ali Isik, chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters Association, told Xinhua in a recent interview.

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Albert Muchanga, African Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals has called for pragmatic interventions to inject dynamism into Africa's inclusive and sustainable industrialization.

The AU commissioner made the remarks at the joint meeting of African ministers in charge of industry and economic diversification that was held in Niger's capital, Niamey on Monday, an AU statement indicated.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Assailants fatally shot an American aid worker Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said.

The man was shot in his car as he entered the street where he lives in Baghdad’s central Karrada district on the east bank of the Tigris River but the reason for the killing was not immediately clear, they said. They said the man’s wife and child were in the car with him but were not hurt.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The world should confront climate change the way it does nuclear weapons, by agreeing to a non-proliferation treaty that stops further production of fossil fuels, a small island nation leader urged Tuesday.

The proposal by Tuvalu came as vulnerable nations pushed for more action and money at international climate talks in Egypt, while big polluters remained divided over who should pay for the damage industrial greenhouse gas emissions have done to the planet.

08 Nov 2022; MEMO: The leader of Israel's extreme right-wing Otzma Yehudit party met with Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu today as part of the negotiations to form the next coalition government. Right-wing parties won a simple majority of parliamentary seats in last week's General Election.

08 Nov 2022; MEMO: The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition held meetings this weekend to discuss its plan to resume efforts to break the siege on Gaza in 2023.

Organisers said that the meeting was sponsored by the Palestinian Forum in Britain and was attended by representatives of the international coalition in Sweden, Norway, France, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Malaysia, Turkiye, Canada, the United States and South Africa, in addition to the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza.

World leaders gathered in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday for UN climate summit COP27 to discuss ways of tackling climate change, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Addressing the Summit, which officially began on Sunday, Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, called on world leaders to act with urgency to implement their commitments.