Israel’s Supreme Court Green-Lights Controversial Jerusalem Cable Car Plan

JERUSALEM, May 16 (NNN-PNA) – Israel’s Supreme Court, yesterday rejected four petitions, that seek to block a controversial plan, to build a cable car network to East Jerusalem’s Old City, the court said in a statement. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel rejected the petition, lodged by Palestinian residents,…

Israel’s Inflation Rate Hits Four Percent, Highest In Nearly 11 Years

JERUSALEM, May 16 (NNN-PNA) – Israel’s inflation reached four percent in Apr, from a year earlier, with a monthly increase of 0.8 percent, the Israeli Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. Apr’s rise also beat the 3.5-percent in March, to hit a new record high since June, 2011, mainly due to…

Two Traders Killed In NW Pakistan Attack

ISLAMABAD, May 16 (NNN-APP) – Two traders were killed, when unknown gunmen sprayed bullets at them, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday. The incident happened in a busy market area, of the provincial capital of Peshawar, where the gunmen, riding on motorbikes attacked the traders, in an apparent targeted…

British Climber Summits Mt Qomolangma For Record 16 Times

KATHMANDU, May 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – British climber, Kenton Cool, yesterday broke his own record, by scaling the world’s highest peak, Mt. Qomolangma, for the 16th time, the most ever by a non-Nepali mountaineer, said the company organising his expedition. “Cool and two other foreign climbers and five Nepali Sherpa guides,…

One Killed, Five Injured In Indonesian Oil Refinery Fire

JAKARTA, May 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – One person was killed and five others wounded, as an oil refinery, operated by an Indonesian state-owned oil and gas firm, PT Pertamina, caught fire in Balikpapan town of East Kalimantan province yesterday, a rescuer said. The accident occurred at 11:00 a.m. local time, and…

Iran Serious In Vienna Talks, But Not Trusting “Enemy”: Nuclear Negotiator

TEHRAN, May 16 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, stressed yesterday that, although the Islamic republic is serious in the Vienna talks, it is determined not to trust “the enemy,” according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Ali Bagheri Kani, who is also Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, made the…

Palestine Warns Against Allowing Israeli Settlers To Visit Al-Aqsa Mosque

RAMALLAH, May 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday warned of the consequences of allowing Israeli settlers to visit the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the old city of Jerusalem, during the “Second Jewish Passover” today. “These plans are an Israeli persistence to perpetuate visiting the Al-Aqsa as something imposed by…

Afghanistan Announces National Budget For Current Fiscal Year

KABUL, May 15 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan yesterday announced, a 231.4-billion-afghani (2.6- billion-U.S. dollar) national budget, for the 1401 fiscal year on the Persian calendar, beginning Mar 21, 2022. Of the total sum, 203.5 billion afghanis will be allocated for the ordinary budget, and 27.9 billion afghanis for the development budget,…

Vietnam To Ban Plastic Bags By 2030

HANOI, May 15 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam will ban the use of all plastic bags from 2030, including those in wet markets, it was reported today. The country has also set a target of using 100 percent environmentally-friendly bags, at commercial centres and supermarkets by 2025, the Ministry of Natural Resources…

India Records 2,487 New COVID-19 Cases, 13 More Deaths

NEW DELHI, May 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,121,599 today, with 2,487 new cases registered during the past 24 hours, showed the health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 13 deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since yesterday morning took the total death toll to 524,214. There…