Erdogan To Meet Putin, Merkel, Macron On Mar 5 Over Idlib

ISTANBUL, Feb 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A quartet summit, attended by leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France, on the Idlib crisis, will be held on Mar 5, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday. During his visit to Turkey’s western province of Izmir, Erdogan said, he “clearly” shared Turkey’s…

Iraqi Paramilitary Forces Arrest Daesh Militant In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Feb 23 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces, said that, a leading figure of the Daesh, working as coordinator for the extremist group outside Iraq, was captured in northern Iraq. A paramilitary force, affiliated with the Hashd Shaabi Operations Command of Nineveh province, conducted an operation, that resulted…

Kuwait Evacuates Citizens From Iran Over COVID-19

KUWAIT, Feb 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait received the arrival of the first flight from Iran with Kuwaiti nationals, on Saturday, as part of the country’s evacuation plan, after the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran. The flight landed at Kuwait International Airport with 130 passengers on board, Abdulaziz Al-Fawzan, Director General of…

Palestinian Universities Cooperate In Teaching Chinese Language

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Various Palestinian universities, signed a cooperation agreement on Chinese language teaching. Under the agreement, Al-Quds University, which hosts the only Confucius Institute in Palestine, will overlook the implementation of the agreement, in terms of providing educational programmes and language teachers, appointed by the Chinese…

Iran Announces Suspension Of All Sports Events For 10 Days

TEHRAN, Feb 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran will suspend all sports events in the country for 10 days, over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, also named COVID-19, official reported. From Feb 24 (tomorrow), all sports activities and events, including soccer matches, will be stopped for 10 days, the headquarters said,…

Cuba, Russia hail bilateral ties

HAVANA, Feb 22 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raul Castro Ruz, and visiting Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, lauded bilateral relations between their countries, including military-technical ties. A government statement, cited by Cuba’s National Television News, said…

Teachers’ Strike Puts Over Two Million Kids Out Of School In Canada

TORONTO, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Major teachers’ unions in the Canadian province of Ontario, went on strike on Friday (yesterday), leaving more than two million school children out of class. The strike saw 30,000 union members at Queen’s Park. Another 20,000 were picketing along a 30-km stretch on Highway 10,…

Tokyo 2020 Postpones Volunteer Training Amid Virus Outbreak

TOKYO, Feb 22 (NNN-NHK) – Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games postponed training for volunteers “as part of efforts to prevent the spread of infection of the novel coronavirus” (COVID-19). “The organising committee continues to work closely with all related organisations to prepare for a safe and secure Tokyo…

Death Toll Of Flash Flood In Indonesia Rises To Seven

JAKARTA, Feb 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll from a flash flood in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province, increased to seven, with 23 others injured, a disaster agency official said today (Saturday). The victims were swept away by the flood, as 249 students of the SMP Negeri I Turi secondary school, were…

Police Gun Down Five Militants During Shootout In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar city killed five militants, during an exchange of fire in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) launched a search operation in the provincial capital of the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on a tip-off regarding presence of…