U.S. Peace Plan Is All About Reelection

Opinion/Commentary By Trudy Rubin WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (NNN-PI) – If anyone doubts President Trump’s long awaited Israel-Palestine peace plan was mainly an election-oriented political document, he shattered those doubts Tuesday. On the very day Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu was indicted for bribery and fraud, and Trump’s impeachment trial was…

Dozens Suffocate As Israeli Forces Attack Palestinians Protesting US-Touted Plan

HEBRON, Palestine, Feb 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians suffocated yesterday evening, during the continuous confrontations that broke out, since early morning, in the city of Hebron, the southern occupied West Bank. Israeli forces attacked Palestinians, who rallied in protest against the US-touted Mideast peace plan, during which, the Israeli…

Palestine Blames U.S. Peace Plan As “Declaration Of Hostility”

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine reiterated its rejection of the U.S. Mideast peace deal, describing it as a “declaration of hostility” against the Palestinian people. “The plan poses a serious threat to the rules-based international order, and the foundations of international law,” according to a position paper, issued…

Iranian President Lauds Nation’s “Resistance” Against U.S. Sanction Pressures

TEHRAN, Feb 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said, on Sunday, that, Iran believes resistance is the only way to overcome U.S. political and economic pressures, Press TV reported. “If today, after two years of unprecedented sanctions, our nation has stood strong, it is because the people believe that…

International Women’s Group Celebrates Kuwait’s National, Liberation Days

KUWAIT, Feb 3 (NNN-KUNA) – International Women’s Group (IWG), held a ceremony to celebrate Kuwait’s National and Liberation Days in Farwaniya Governorate. The event was attended by wives of foreign ambassadors, members of the IWG and elite women of Kuwait. During her opening speech, Rima Al-Khaldi, vice president of the…

Hundreds Of Protesters Demonstrate Against Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan Near U.S. Embassy In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Feb 3 (NNN-NNA) – Hundreds of protesters demonstrated near the U.S. embassy in Awkar, Mount Lebanon, against the Middle East peace plan announced by U.S. President, Donald Trump. Protesters chanted slogans against the U.S., saying, the Palestinian cause is the cause of the whole Middle East. Demonstrators also held…

Nearly 110 Million Square Metres Of Land Cleared Of Mines In Angola

CAXITO, Angola, Feb 2 (NNN-ANGOP) – More than 109.8 million square metres of land across Angola’s northern Bengo province, has been cleared of mines since 2006, said head of the provincial department of the National De-mining Institute (INAD). For 2020, INAD expects to clear 500,000 square metres in Bengo province,…

Air Raids Kill Seven Militants In Afghanistan’s Northern Baghlan

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Feb 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Seven militants have been confirmed dead, after fighter aircraft pounded a Taliban hideout in Baghlan-e-Markazi district, of the northern Baghlan province, in Afghanistan, said an army statement, released here today (Sunday). The airstrikes, according to the statement, were conducted late Saturday evening, in Maghal…

New Zealand’s Former PM Mike Moore Dies At 71

WELLINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealanders are mourning former Prime Minister, Mike Moore, who passed away on Sunday (today). Moore was prime minister in 1990, the 34th prime minister of New Zealand. He passed away at his home in Auckland, at the age of 71, following a battle with…

Leading Hindu Organisation Leader Shot Dead In North India

NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (NNN-PTI) – A senior leader of a leading Hindu organisation, Hindu Mahasabha, was killed by unidentified assailants, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, early today (Sunday), said media reports. Identified as Ranjeet Bachchan, he was shot at, while he was having a morning walk outside…