House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Thursday met with Catholicos Patriarch of Cilicia for Armenian Catholics, Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian. Discussions reportedly focused on general national issues and various public concerns. Speaker Berri also received caretaker Minister of Education and Higher Education, Judge Abbas Halabi, for talks that addressed the current political developments, general conditions in the country, and educational matters. Source: National news agency - Lebanon
Jordan Advances Efforts to Improve Rankings in Global Growth, Human Development Indices
Amman: The Executive Program of the Economic Modernization Vision has included a number of measures aimed at improving Jordan’s rankings in international indices.
According to Jordan News Agency, the report covering the first half of this year indic…