Day: August 18, 2024

Damascus, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad stressed Saturday The world is witnessing a resounding fall in values in light of its silence on the Israeli genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people

In a speech delivered via video to the third Voice of Global South Summit (VOGSS) hosted by India, Mikdad added that Western countries that claim respecting human rights have supported that criminal entity which continues its crimes and massacres in the occupied Syrian Golan and occupied Palestine.

‘We must work together to force those countries to stop imposing inhumane unilateral coercive measures that are destroying economies Mikdad said, , adding that the effects of these measures have badly affected people livelihood in light of the hostile acts by US and its allies against Syria.

The Minister thanked India and the group countries that stood by Syria, asserting Syria’s support for the countries of the South in achieving the goals of sustainable development and achieving security and peace
in the region as a whole.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Doha: The Supreme Judiciary Council has launched the “Virtual Employee” service for litigants via WhatsApp, as part of its efforts to develop a comprehensive digital judicial system.

The Council has started the pilot application of the first services provided by the “Virtual Employee” which includes filing memoranda electronically via the platform, which will be fully registered by the Virtual Employee using robotic technology and artificial intelligence.

The new service aims to facilitate the process of submitting memoranda to the competent department via electronic channels at any time. The Virtual Employee completes the process of registering and filing the memorandum and depositing it in the case file determined by the litigant.

The service was activated and its trial launch was conducted in the Civil Court, the Court of Appeal and Cassation, and the Family Court. A number of litigants (parties to the lawsuit) tried the new service and successfully filed and registered their memoranda by the Virtual Em
ployee via WhatsApp.

The Virtual Employee service adds to other electronic channels provided by the Council to facilitate procedures to litigants. The litigant can file a memorandum for an existing lawsuit during the litigation stage, before or during the session dates.

The service is highly secured, and the WhatsApp platform was selected to implement the service because it is widely used and easy, and is compatible with simple and frequent judicial services that do not require data or attachments from litigants.

The Council also activated the new service in its trial form with a selected group of law firms and a group of users, with the aim of testing and developing it before officially making it available to all users during the fourth quarter of this year.

Meanwhile, the Council is currently working on employing artificial intelligence to provide a new package of digital services, especially after the success of the “Court Mzadat” application which allows the preparation of reports and minutes related
to auctions through a virtual employee, to simplify and facilitate the service, accelerate the sale procedures after the end of the auction, improve the quality of procedures, and save time and effort for the administrative and judicial staff.

The Supreme Judiciary Council is also working on the pilot operation of artificial intelligence services for the judicial staff to prepare comparisons with judicial precedents, present laws and legal materials directly related to the case under consideration, and prepare legal summaries.

The Supreme Judiciary Council is keen to leverage artificial intelligence to support decision-making processes, enhance the quality of judicial work and develop the judicial system in order to achieve prompt justice.

Source: Qatar News Agency

An earthquake measuring four on the Richter scale struck on Sunday the Bushehr province in southern Iran.

According to the Iranian Seismological Center, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km, at 28.31 degrees north latitude and 49.99 degrees east longitude.

There have been no reports of material or human losses as a result of the earthquake so far.

Iran is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location in an active seismic zone, the most violent of which was a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest of the country in 1990, killing 37,000 and wounding 100,000.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Three people were killed and three others remained missing following a coal mine accident in Weixin County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, local authorities confirmed on Sunday.

The accident, which took place at around 5:40 a.m. on Sunday at a coal mine in Santao Township, is suspected to involve a coal and gas outburst, according to the county’s emergency management department.

Rescue operations are currently underway at the site.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Israeli occupation forces bombarded various areas of the Gaza Strip throughout Saturday night, martyring 19 Palestinians and injuring others.

Four Palestinians were martyred and six others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Khan Younis.

Israeli aircraft also struck two residential apartments in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, resulting in the death of three Palestinians whose bodies were transported to Kamal Adwan Hospital.

The Palestinian Red Crescent announced the recovery of seven martyrs, including a woman and her six children, after an Israeli artillery strike on a house in Deir al-Balah.

Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that four martyrs were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital due to the targeting of an apartment on 20th Street.

In Gaza City, a woman was martyred and several Palestinians were injured as a result of an Israeli strike on a house in the al-Sabra area.

Israel’s continuous genocide against the Gaza Strip resulted in over 40,000 martyrs and nearly 100,000 injured, with de
struction affecting all aspects of life in Gaza. The Strip is also experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis due to the blockade and the prevention of medical supplies and foodstuffs.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has approved the appointment of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister, two days after being elected by the parliament.

The royal order was read by Secretary-General of the Thai House of Representatives, Arpat Sukanan, appointing Paetongtarn as Prime Minister, after she received a majority vote of 319 votes in favor, 145 against, 27 abstentions, and 2 members not voting from Parliament on Aug., as reported by Thai News Agency (TNA).

Paetongtarn, 37, became the country’s youngest prime minister and second woman to hold the post after receiving the royal approval from Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

Source: Qatar News Agency

The Turkish Defense Ministry announced Sunday that it has eliminated nine militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.

The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement that nine PKK members were eliminated in an airstrike targeting their positions in the Hakurk region.

Turkish security forces have been conducting operations for years to track down individuals suspected of belonging to the PKK and ISIS, who carry out attacks and bombings targeting both civilians and military personnel.

Source: Qatar News Agency

Four Palestinians were martyred and others were injured at dawn Sunday in Israeli airstrikes targeting two residential apartments in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that rescue teams recovered the bodies of four Palestinians, including children and women, from the rubble of the two apartments on Al-Huja Street in the Jabalia camp, according to Palestinian news agency (WAFA).

In a separate attack, an Israeli airstrike hit a home belonging to the Musbbeh family in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, resulting in the murder of a woman and a child, with additional injuries reported.

Furthermore, the occupation warplane targeted a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, while artillery shelling struck an apartment in the Al-Nouri Tower in the northern part of the camp, causing a fire to break out in the apartment.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since Oct. 2023 has so far claimed the lives of 40,074 Palestinians, with ove
r 92,537 others injured, while thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Source: Qatar News Agency

China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Sunday that heavy rains will hit many parts of the country’s northern and southern regions over the next three days.

Some areas in Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia provinces will witness heavy rainfall exceeding 100 mm, Xinhua reported.

Rainstorms are expected to hit coastal areas in southern China, with Guangdong Province facing the worst impact today, according to the NMC.

Early today, the NMC renewed a blue alert, the lowest level in China’s four-tier severe weather warning system, for rainstorms, urging people to avoid dangerous locations as heavy rains could lead to water pooling in urban areas and flash floods in mountainous areas.

Source: Qatar News Agency