Aoun Says Lebanon Keen To Maintain Friendly Ties With U.S.

BEIRUT, Jan 27 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, asserted yesterday, Lebanon’s keenness to maintain friendly and cooperative ties with the United States. “Lebanon is keen to maintain friendly ties with the U.S., within a framework of mutual understanding, respect and adherence to common values,” a statement, released by Lebanon’s…

Russia’s Former Deputy Prime Minister Prikhodko Dies At 64

MOSCOW, Jan 27 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Sergei Prikhodko, died at the age of 64, after suffering from a prolonged illness, Russia’s Kommersant business daily reported yesterday. Prikhodko served as the deputy prime minister for five years, from May, 2013 to May, 2018. He became the first…

Palestinian Killed Amid Stabbing Attack: Israeli Army

JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s military said, its troops shot and killed a Palestinian man, during an alleged stabbing attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The incident took place at the Gitai Avisar Junction, south of Nablus city. An Israeli military spokesperson said, the suspect arrived at the junction…

China, New Zealand Sign Free Trade Deal Upgrade Protocol

BEIJING, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – China and New Zealand today signed a protocol on upgrading their 12-year-old free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to bring more benefits to the peoples of the two countries. Chinese Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao, and his New Zealand counterpart, signed the protocol via…

Nearly 20,000 Maldivians Register For COVID-19 Vaccination

MALE, Jan 26 (NNN-IPS) – Nearly 20,000 Maldivians have signed up to be vaccinated against COVID-19, since registrations were opened on Jan 18, local media reported here today. Health Emergency Operation Centre’s (HEOC) Spokesperson, Dr. Nazla Rafeeq, was quoted in state-owned PSM News as saying that, 19,666 people had registered…

Laos Conducts Over 100,000 Tests For COVID-19

VIENTIANE, Jan 26 (NNN-KPL) – Laos conducted 102,017 tests for COVID-19 since Jan, 2020, with 44 of them positive and 41 patients having been discharged from hospitals, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, under Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Vientiane…

PLO Factions Intend To Form Unified List In Upcoming Elections: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Jan 26 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official announced that several factions of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), intend to form a unified list, to compete in the upcoming elections that are scheduled for May 22. Wassel Abu Yousef, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, told Voice of Palestine…

Mobile Clinics To Treat COVID-19 Patients In Gaza

GAZA, Jan 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Seven mobile clinics were established in the Gaza Strip, to treat COVID-19 cases and ease the burden on the Health Ministry. Hussam al-Safady, project coordinator at the non-government Caritas Foundation, that set up the clinics, said, each mobile clinic has a doctor, a nurse and…

China, India Hold Ninth Round Of Corps Commander Level Meeting

BEIJING, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 9th round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point, according to a joint press release. The two sides had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual…

Indian Army Pilot Dies In Chopper Crash

KATHUA, Jan 26 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian Army Dhruv chopper, crash-landed at Lakhanpur in Kathua of Jammu and Kashmir, in which one pilot lost his life while the other sustained injuries. Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Shalinder Mishra, confirmed this information. “Two pilots have received grievous injuries. They have…