First Chinese Haute Couture Show In Qatar Enchants Audiences

DOHA, Jan 30 (NNN-QNA) – Doha, on Wednesday, hosted the first ever Chinese fashion show, where Chinese culture and fashion were interwoven, to impress the audiences. The show, the first of its kind in Qatar, and also the first ever, by renowned Chinese designer, Lan Yu, in the Middle East,…

Israeli Warplanes Strike On Gaza Military Sites

GAZA, Jan 30 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli fighter planes carried out, late on Wednesday night, several airstrikes on military sites and facilities in the Gaza Strip, in response to an earlier rocket attack, security sources said. The sources said, at least two successive airstrikes were carried out in southern and northern…

Palestinians Join Mass Protests In West Bank, Gaza Against Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Jan 30 (NNN-WAFA) – For the second day in a row, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, joined mass protests against the U.S. Middle East peace plan, also known as the Deal of the Century. Officials and eyewitnesses said, clashes broke out between hundreds of Palestinian…

Palestinian Refugees All Over Lebanon Protest Against U.S. Mideast Peace Plan

BEIRUT, Jan 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Palestinian refugees’ camps all over Lebanon, organised, on Wednesday, marches, sit-ins and general strikes, against the announced U.S. Middle East peace plan, also known as the “Deal of the Century.” All schools belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) were closed, in…

Former Lawyer Of Ex-Nissan Chief Ghosn Has Office Searched By Tokyo Prosecutors

TOKYO, Jan 30 (NNN-NHK) – The office of a lawyer, who formerly represented ex-Nissan chief, Carlos Ghosn, who recently jumped bail and fled to Lebanon, was searched by Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday (yesterday). Junichiro Hironaka, who represented Ghosn, prior to resigning from the case on Jan 16, after his client…

Pakistan Closes Major Border Crossing With Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan “temporarily” closed Torkham, one of its major border crossings with Afghanistan, over “security concerns,” officials said. Aisha Farooqui, spokesperson of Pakistan Foreign Ministry, said, the decision was taken hours after two mortars, fired from Afghanistan, landed on the Pakistani side of the border on…

Syria Condemns Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan

DAMASCUS, Jan 30 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, condemned the peace plan put forward by U.S. President, Donald Trump, saying it represents a surrender to Israel. In a statement, the ministry said, it condemns the so-called “Deal of the Century” that was announced on Tuesday by Trump. “The latest…

Afghan Air Raids Kill Two Taliban Commanders

HERAT, Afghanistan, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two Taliban commanders have been confirmed killed, as fighting planes struck a Taliban hideout, in Zawal district of Afghanistan’s western Herat province, provincial governor’s spokesman, Jilani Farhad, said Wednesday (today). According to the official, acting upon intelligence report, the planes struck Taliban’s hideout in…

Update: Death Toll From India Bus Accident Rises To 26

MUMBAI, Jan 29 (NNN-PTI) — The death toll from a state transport bus accident on Tuesday afternoon, in India’s state of Maharashtra rose to 20, with 30 other injured passengers admitted to hospital, local police said. The accident happened when the driver of the bus lost control, after one of…

Cambodian Economy Projected To Grow 7.1 Percent This Year

PHNOM PENH, Jan 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s economy is projected to remain robust in 2020, despite stronger external headwinds, the Singapore-based ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said. “Real GDP (gross domestic product) growth is forecast to moderate to a more sustainable rate of 7.1 percent in 2019 and 2020, supported…