Israel’s Forex Reserves Drop Below 200 Billion USD

JERUSALEM, May 9 (NNN-PNA) – Israel’s foreign exchange reserves decreased to 197.63 billion U.S. dollars at the end of Apr, down from 206.16 billion dollars in Mar, according to data issued by the country’s central bank yesterday. It is the fourth consecutive monthly drop in Israel’s forex reserves since an…

India Reports 3,207 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, May 9 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,105,401 today, with 3,207 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Of the new cases, 1,422 were reported from Delhi. Presently there are 5,939 active cases in the…

Vietnam Exports Seafood Mostly To China In Jan-Apr

HANOI, May 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam raked in around 3.6 billion U.S. dollars from seafood export, during the period from Jan to Apr this year, with China being the biggest market, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). China accounted for 32 percent of Vietnam’s seafood…

UN Report Calls For Strategic Approach To Address Palestinian Economic, Fiscal Crisis

RAMALLAH, May 9 (NNN-WAFA) – A UN report published Saturday, called for a strategic approach to address the economic and fiscal crisis facing the Palestinian Authority, and urged all parties “to respond in a coordinated and integrated way to solve this precarious situation.” “The current political, economic and security challenges…

Colombia, Saudi Arabia To Meet In June Football Friendly

BOGOTA, May 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Colombia will play an international friendly against Saudi Arabia in Spain next month, the South American country’s football federation (FCF), said. In a statement, the entity said, the teams would meet at the Enrique Roca stadium in Murcia, on June 5. It added that,…

Gas Ship Allowed Into Yemen’s Hodeidah Port As Part Of Truce

SANAA, May 9 (NNN-YPA) – A ship carrying cooking gas was allowed to enter Yemen’s blockaded Red Sea port of Hodeidah yesterday, as part of the ongoing truce between the country’s warring sides, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen agreed to grant the ship access to…

Two Palestinians Shot Dead In West Bank Amid Flaring Tensions

RAMALLAH, May 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Two Palestinians were shot dead yesterday, in separate incidents in the northern and central West Bank, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. Mo’tasem Attallah, 17, was killed by a Jewish civilian, at an Israeli settlement in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian…

Over 24 Million Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 In Myanmar

YANGON, May 9 (NNN-MNA) – Over 24 million people in Myanmar have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 until Saturday, and more than 6.8 million others have received their first jabs, according to the ministry of health on Sunday. The ministry’s figures showed more than 1.5 million people in Myanmar received…

Lebanon Condemns Deadly Attack In Egypt’s Sinai

BEIRUT, May 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, yesterday, condemned the deadly attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that killed 11 troops a day earlier, Lebanon’s Council of Ministers said in a statement. In a phone conversation with Egypt’s Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, Mikati said, “We condemn this terrorist…

Syrian President Meets Iran’s Supreme Leader

TEHRAN, May 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, met with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, on a brief visit to Tehran yesterday, Iran’s state TV reported. During the meeting, Khamenei praised the Syrian people and government’s resistance against foreign pressures, over the past…