Lebanon Receives Donation From Iran For Fight Against COVID-19

BEIRUT, May 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon received, on Monday, donation from Iran, for the fight against COVID-19. “Iran’s help is much appreciated, while the country is struggling at the same time to fight against the virus,” Lebanese Health Minister, Hamad Hassan said, during a ceremony at the airport, to receive…

Uber To End Operations In Seven Countries, Transition In UAE

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. ride-hailing company, Uber Technologies, said on Monday that, the company is closing its on-demand food operations in seven countries in a month. The company announced that it would fully discontinue Uber Eats operations in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay…

Abbas Warns Israel Against Implementing Annexation Plan In West Bank

RAMALLAH, May 5 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday, warned Israel against implementing its plans of annexing Palestinian lands in the West Bank. Abbas’s warning was made in an online speech he addressed, before the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, that was held online, on Monday evening. “If the…

Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Steps To Gradually Ease COVID-19 Restrictions

ISTANBUL, May 5 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced a series of steps to ease COVID-19 restrictions. Speaking after attending a cabinet meeting via a video conference from Istanbul, Erdogan said, the government would gradually ease the restrictions during May, June, and July. He said, elderlies who are…

Syrian Air Defences Respond To Israeli Missile Strike In Aleppo

DAMASCUS, May 5 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian air defences responded to an Israeli strike, in the country’s northern province of Aleppo on Monday. The missile strike targeted the Scientific Research Centre in Sfaira area, in the countryside of Aleppo, said the report. Citing a military source, the report said, warplanes were…

Flood In Yemen Kills Two Children

SANAA, May 5 (NNN-SABA) – Torrential rains and flooding killed two children in Yemen’s central province of Ibb, in the last 24 hours, pro-government media reported, citing local residents. According to al-Masdar news website, a nine-year-old girl was swept away by floods, in al-Mashannah district, in the centre of Ibb,…

Non-Aligned Movement Unites To Foster Global COVID-19 Response

BAKU, May 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) – A summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), in the format of a contact group, was held Monday evening, through video-conferencing in a bid to boost coordination among member states in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit, themed “United against COVID-19,” was initiated by…

29th Span Installed In Construction Of Bangladesh’s Padma Bridge

DHAKA, May 5 (Xinhua) — The 29th span of Bangladesh’s largest Chinese-built Padma bridge has been installed, amid the country’s nationwide COVID-19 lock-down, making 4.35 km of the main structure of the bridge visible. Dewan Abdul Quader, a senior Bangladeshi engineer of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, told journalists that,…

Over 46,000 Arrested In Sri Lanka For Violating Curfew

COLOMBO, May 5 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan Police, said that, over 46,000 people had been arrested from across the country, for violating a curfew in several districts, which has been in place since Mar 20. In a statement, the Police said, 46,284 people have been arrested for loitering on the…

Venezuela Denounces Maritime Invasion As “New Coup D’etat”

CARACAS, May 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Venezuelan Interior Minister, Nestor Reverol, announced that, an attempted maritime invasion “by Colombian terrorist mercenaries,” occurred in the central state of La Guaira, to destabilise the country. He stated that the objective of the attack was “to increase the spiral of violence, generate chaos and…