UN To Reduce Aid To Houthi-Controlled Area In Yemen Due To Rebels’ Restrictions

SANAA, Feb 13 (NNN-SABA) – The humanitarian assistance to Yemen’s northern areas could be reduced next month, due to escalating restrictions imposed by the Houthi rebel group, a UN official said, Wednesday. “Threats, intimidation and restrictions against aid workers have been increasing in recent months, in the Houthi-controlled areas,” the…

Australian Military To Assist Flood Recovery Efforts, As Cyclone Bears Down On East Coast

SYDNEY, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – With homes and businesses battered by the extreme weather on Australia’s east coast, energy provider Ausgrid asked for help from the military, to clear debris and repair electricity. Speaking with Sky News Wednesday (this) morning, New South Wales (NSW) Minister for Energy and Environment, Matt…

Donations top 700,000 USD to assist victims of Thailand’s mass shooting

BANGKOK, Feb 12 (NNN-TNA) – Cash donations and funds raised, to assist victims of Thailand’s weekend mass shooting, have reached up to 23 million baht (735,764 U.S. dollars), said Nakhon Ratchasima governor, Wichian Chantharanothai, on Tuesday. The 17-hour shooting spree by a soldier, claimed 30 lives, including the gunman, and…

465 Petroleum Companies Participate In Egypt Petroleum Show “EGYPS 2020”

CAIRO, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The fourth edition of Egypt Petroleum Show “EGYPS 2020” kicked off on Tuesday in Cairo, with the participation of some 465 petroleum companies. Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, inaugurated the three-day event, which includes a conference and an exhibition, and is held under the theme “North…

Pakistani Gov’t Announces Subsidy To Rein In Rampant Inflation

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (NNN-APP) – A meeting of Pakistan’s federal cabinet, with Prime Minister, Imran Khan in the chair, decided to provide subsidy of 10 billion rupees (65 million U.S. dollars) on five essential food items, in a bid to control rampant food inflation. Briefing journalists after the cabinet meeting,…

Kuwait Launches Exhibition To Support Homegrown Industrial Projects

KUWAIT, Feb 12 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait launched an International Makers Exhibition, in Hawalli Governorate, to support its homegrown industrial projects. More than 170 projects from 12 Arab nations participated in the five-day exhibition. At the opening ceremony, Kuwait’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Khaled Al-Roudhan, said that, Kuwaiti-made projects, dealing…

Turkish Forces Shot Down Syrian Helicopter In Idlib, Killing Three Pilots On Board

DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces shot down a Syrian helicopter, in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, killing three pilots on board, a war monitor reported. The Turkish forces targeted the helicopter, over al-Nayrab, in the northeastern countryside of Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The…

UN Envoy Asks For Reflection On Way Forward In Wake Of U.S. Mideast Plan

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, called for reflection on ways to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to negotiations, as the U.S. Middle East peace plan has been rejected by the Arab world. In a briefing to the Security…

Egypt’s Population Hits 100 Million: Statistics

CAIRO, Feb 12 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, said that, the population in the country has reached over 99 million. Khairat Barakat, head of the agency, told a press conference in Cairo that, the population of Egypt at home has hit 100 million, compared to…

Palestinians Demonstrate Against U.S. Mideast Peace Plan

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, against the U.S. Mideast peace plan. A main rally was held in the centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah, in the aftermath of demonstrations all over the West Bank. Demonstrators waved…