Daily Times, United Arab Emirates: - President Bashar Al-Assad has submitted a nomination application for the post of President of the Republic, and he will be competing with Muhannad Nadim Shaban and Muhammad Muwaffaq Sawan, according to the Syrian news agency "SANA".

Daily Times, United Arab Emirates: - A Chadian army spokesman announced on state television that President Idriss Deby Itno, who has ruled the country for 30 years, has died after being wounded in battles against rebels in the north of the country.

Daily Times, United Arab Emirates: - The Minister of Regional Cooperation in Israel, Ofir Akunis, discussed with the head of the Moroccan Liaison Office in Tel Aviv, Abd al-Rahim Bayyoud, the peace agreement and the expected ratification of it in the Knesset, and cooperation between the two countries, while Bayoud discussed the activation of a direct flight line between Israel and Morocco after Ramadan 2021.

President of Tunisia: I am the supreme commander of the military and civilian armed forces

Tunisia / Follow-ups // The President of the Republic of Tunisia, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Qais Said, on Sunday morning, April 18, 2021, supervised the procession celebrating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Day of the Internal Security Forces, and delivered a speech on this occasion, carrying implicit messages to the Tunisian people, the armed forces, the government and the parliament.

Daily Times, United Arab Emirates: - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed said that the second phase of filling the dam will take place in the next rainy season, that is, during the months of July and August, but he considered that the second filling “will limit the floods in Sudan.”

Daily Times, United Arab Emirates: - The funeral of Prince Philip was transferred to St George's Chapel in Windsor Palace, and was farewell to his last resting place Queen Elizabeth II and the four children of the late Prince: Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward after the royal guards saluted him, accompanied by his grandsons William and Harry.

The road to SHADE MED has started! Shade Med is the annual conference on Mediterranean, organized in Rome, Italy. This year is the second edition organized by Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, the EU military mission in the Central Mediterranean Sea.

Daily Times, United Arab Emirates: - Sixty-nine people were killed or wounded in a shooting accident in Indianapolis, at a FedEx facility.