Israel’s Longest-Serving PM Struggles For Political Future

JERUSALEM, Feb 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing the battle of his life, with crucial national elections to take place on Mar 2, and a corruption trial to be opened only two weeks later. Last July, Netanyahu became the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history,…

Syrian Air Defences Intercept Israeli Missiles Over Damascus

DAMASCUS, Feb 24 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian air defences intercepted a number of Israeli missiles, over the capital Damascus, on Sunday night (last night), state TV reported. Several explosions were heard reverberating across the capital, in what appeared to be a fresh Israeli missile attack, targeting military sites in Syria.…

Five Insurgents Killed In Clashes With Thai Special Task Forces

BANGKOK, Feb 24 (NNN-TNA) — Five suspected southern insurgents were shot dead by security forces, on a mountainous area, in Thailand’s restive south. The clash took place in the southern border province of Narathiwat on Sunday (yesterday). The security forces also seized five M16 assault rifles, one HK rifle and…

S. Korea Raises Virus Alert To Highest, As COVID-19 Cases Soar To 602, Death Toll At Five

SEOUL, Feb 24 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea raised its four-tier virus alert to the highest “red” level on Sunday, as the number of COVID-19 infection cases soared to 602 in recent days, with the death toll rising to five. South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, chaired an emergency meeting, to tackle…

COVID-19 Contained In Australia: Health Minister

CANBERRA, Feb 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government relaxed its coronavirus travel ban, to allow students from China into the country, after Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, said COVID-19 has been contained in Australia. As a result, Chinese students enrolled in Australian secondary schools, excluding those from Hubei, will be…

UAE Continues Dispatching Food Convoys To Hadramaut

HADRAMAUT, Feb 23 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, continued dispatching new food convoys to Arrayda and Qusay’ir districts, in Hadramaut Governorate, as part of its humanitarian response programme, to ease the suffering of Yemeni families and bringing life back to normalcy. The…

Two Sons Of Egypt’s Ex-President Mubarak Acquitted Of Corruption Charges

CAIRO, Feb 23 (NNN-MENA) – An Egyptian court acquitted Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of ousted Egyptian president, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, in a corruption case, state-run Ahram Online news website reported. According to Ahram Online, the Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Alaa and Gamal, and others, in the case known in…

APEC Senior Officials Wrap Up Meeting On Key Topics

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, Feb 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Senior officials from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, concluded the First Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) here on Saturday, after deliberating on several key topics for the agenda this year. Hairil Yahri Yaacob, an official from Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Ministry, who chaired…

Nine Dead, Five Injured As Vehicle Falls Into Deep Gorge In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Feb 23 (NNN-PTI) – Nine people died and five others were injured, when a vehicle fell into a deep gorge, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a local police official said, over the phone. The accident occurred in the Malhar area of Kathua district, on Saturday evening (last night), the police…

Cambodia Says ASEAN Fully Confident In China’s Capacity To Contain COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Feb 23 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia said, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is fully confident in China’s capacity to control and contain the spread of COVID-19. “ASEAN Foreign Ministers expressed full confidence in the government and people of China, to overcome the epidemic and, in return, their…