Yemeni education minister, UNICEF deputy executive director review efforts to improve education 

Yemen’s Minister of Education Tariq Al-Akbari and the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) discussed ongoing efforts to improve education in the country. (File/AFP)
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Updated 25 August 2022
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Yemeni education minister, UNICEF deputy executive director review efforts to improve education 

Yemen’s Minister of Education Tariq Al-Akbari and the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) discussed ongoing efforts to improve education in the country in a meeting in Aden on Wednesday, the Yemen News Agency (SABA) reported. 

Al-Akbari highlighted the challenges the ministry was facing, including difficulties printing textbooks, providing sufficient salaries for teachers, and the importance of finding ways to develop the education sector with the help of various organizations, according to SABA.


King Hamad says Bahrain 'committed to peace' as Iran attacks continue

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King Hamad says Bahrain 'committed to peace' as Iran attacks continue

LONDON: Bahrain is committed to the "path of peace" King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa said on Saturday as the kingdom continued to be targeted by Iranian attacks.

Bahrain supports efforts that "enhance security and stability in the region and the world," the king said during a phone call with Spain's King Felipe VI.

"The people of the Kingdom of Bahrain are peaceful and believe in tolerance and coexistence," Bahrain News Agency reported him saying.

 His comments came on another day of Iranian strikes against Gulf countries in response to the US-Israeli attack on Iran.

Bahrain, which hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, has been targeted by waves of drone and missile strikes since the conflict started on February 28.

Loud explosions were heard Saturday evening in Bahrain's capital Manama, AFP reported. Bahrain's interior ministry said there was fire and material damage to a house and surrounding building in Manama following strikes from Iran.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said it had targeted US forces at Bahrain's Jufair base.

Another wave of attacks were directed at the kingdom earlier in the morning.

The UAE said its air defences intercepted 15 missiles and 119 drones on Saturday morning as attacks disrupted flights in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Qatar said on Saturday it had intercepted a missile, shortly after AFP journalists heard explosions and sirens sounding in central Doha.
"Armed forces intercepted (a) missile attack which targeted (the) State of Qatar," the defence ministry said.

*With AFP