The Ministry of Local Government and UN-Habitat, under the HAYA Joint Programme, launched the first in a series of thematic workshops to ensure safe and inclusive public spaces in the Grand Park Hotel in Ramallah. This thematic workshop focused on “innovative approaches to the design and implementation of safe and inclusive public spaces,” and participants included representatives from various ministries, diplomatic missions, UN Agencies, the private sector, civil society organizations, academic institutions,"...

Saturday, November 02, 2019 (WAFA) – UN Women, PACES Charity, and UNICEF organized yesterday a one-day sports event in Ramallah to raise awareness on the importance of promoting gender equality in every aspect of life, including sports, within the framework of UN Women’s “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal future” campaign, as well as the global celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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BEIJING/WASHINGTON: The US government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s $1 billion acquisition of US social media app Musical.ly, according to three people familiar with the matter.
While the $1 billion acquisition was completed two years ago, US lawmakers have been calling in recent weeks for a national security probe into TikTok, concerned the Chinese company may be censoring politically sensitive content, and raising questions about how it stores personal"...

RAMALLAH, Monday, October 28, 2019 (WAFA) – The Palestinian government decided today to pay around $100 million in outstanding debt to its creditors, including hospitals, according to a statement issued at the conclusion of the weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah.

'In light of the government's consideration of priorities in the payment of dues to the private sector, the government decided to initiate disbursement of 350 million"...

RAMALLAH, Saturday, October 26, 2019 (WAFA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riad al-Malki, praised Malaysia on Sunday after the country’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad declared his country’s plan to open an embassy in Jordan accredited for Palestine.

“Malaysia's stance is a blessed initiative by a courageous Malaysian leadership with a vision committed to supporting the Palestinian cause and international"...

DUBAI — Zu’bi & Partners, Attorneys & Legal Consultants (Z&P), Bahrain’s oldest established and leading law firm, and one of the region’s top tier law firms, has for the fifth time won the prestigious Most Innovative and Law Firm of the Year award for the Kingdom of Bahrain. The award was presented to the firm at a grand ceremony at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, UAE organized by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), the market-leading financial law publication for lawyers in financial"...