Sudan Government Says It Wasn’t Notified Of Leader’s Meeting With Netanyahu

KHARTOUM, Feb 4 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudan’s transitional government said, it was not informed of a meeting between the African country’s leader and Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyanu, in which the two leaders agreed to normalise relations. Government spokesman, Faisal Mohamed Salih said, the cabinet was waiting for Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan…

Palestine Slams Netanyahu’s Meeting With Sudanese Leader

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 4 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine slammed the meeting between Israeli prime minister and Sudanese leader in Uganda, an official of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) said, in a press statement. “The meeting between Netanyahu and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s sovereign council, in Uganda, is a stab in…

Hong Kong Medical Workers Strike To Demand Total Border Closure

HONG KONG, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Standing at the picket line, just 200 metres from her hospital entrance, Kaddy Chan wished she could report for duty as usual. For weeks now, the outpatient nurse and her colleagues have been grappling with shrinking supplies of surgical masks and hazmat suits, avoiding trips…

Turkey Hits Back After Soldiers Killed In Syrian Gov’t Shelling

ANKARA, Feb 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey says, it struck back against Syrian military targets, after at least five of its soldiers and three civilians, attached to the Turkish army were killed, by Syrian government forces, in the war-torn country’s Idlib region. Turkey’s Defence Ministry, said that, seven of its troops were…

First UN-Supervised Medical Flight Leaves Yemen

SANAA, Feb 4 (NNN-SABA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), announced that, the first flight carrying Yemeni patients in critical need of treatment left the country’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa. According to WHO, the UN-marked plane, bound for Amman, with eight patients and their relatives, took off from Houthi-controlled airport of…

Shocking! Peter Obi Reveals Number Of Nigerians Living In Poverty

ABUJA, Feb 4 (NNN-NAIJA) – Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says, 98 million people are living under poverty in Nigeria. Obi, a former vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this, when he featured on a Channels TV programme on Sunday. He said, Nigeria has never…

Two Million Lebanese Expected To Live Under Poverty Line In 2020: Ex-Minister

BEIRUT, Feb 4 (NNN-NNA) – A former Lebanese official, said that, two million Lebanese people are expected to live under the poverty line in 2020, if the government does not focus on the social situation. “The social situation in Lebanon has reached an unprecedented level of danger, and the country…

Indonesia Saves Two Baby Orangutans From Trafficking, Detains Alleged Trader

JAKARTA, Feb 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian authorities saved two babies of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, from a wildlife trafficking, and detained a man suspected of illegal trading. The two Sumatran orangutan babies were seized at the suspect’s house, in North Sumatra province’s district of Langkat, Director General of Law Enforcement,…

Mortar Shell Kills Seven People In Pakistan’s Bajaur

ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (NNN-APP) – Officials in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal district said, a mortar shell fired from the Afghan side of the border, killed at least seven people. Gulzar Khan, deputy superintendent of police in Bajaur, confirmed the incident there, bordering Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province. Khan said, the mortar shell…

Iran Obstructed By Saudi Arabia From Attending Meeting On U.S. Peace Plan: Ministry

TEHRAN, Feb 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that, Saudi Arabia obstructed an Iranian delegation, from attending the upcoming Jeddah meeting on the U.S. peace proposal for the Middle East. Despite invitation by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the secretariat of which is located in Jeddah, Saudi…