Chinese Embassy Urges U.S. Official To Stop Smearing China-Pakistan Cooperation

ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (NNN-APP) – The United States should stop spreading fabricated cliches repeatedly, about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan said, in a statement. “Although you can never wake up a person, who is pretending to be asleep, we have to make our position clear and…

Lebanese President Urges New Cabinet To Deal With Financial, Economic Crises

BEIRUT, Jan 23 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, urged the new cabinet to start dealing with economic and financial crises, the Presidency said. “The cabinet has been formed amid very tough economic circumstances, which require extra efforts to restore confidence of the Lebanese, and the international community,” Aoun said,…

Kremlin Aide Slams US Policy On Palestine

MOSCOW, Jan 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – US actions have crippled efforts, to launch talks between Israel and Palestine, Russian presidential aide, said. “We believe that the US unilateral actions, undermine the international efforts to restart direct talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis,” Yury Ushakov said. “I mean, in first turn,…

Palestinian President Meets Macron Over Efforts To Save Two-State Solution

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Jan 23 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, over the latest developments of the peace process, and regional affairs. Abbas highlighted France’s role in “saving the political process from the stalemate, caused by Israel’s…

10 Killed, 250 Injured In Wooden Bench Collapse At Ethiopia Religious Gathering

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (NNN-ENA) – The death toll from a sudden collapse of a wooden bench, at a major religious gathering, in northwestern Ethiopia’s Gondar city, climbed to 10, while 250 people were injured, local government officials confirmed. The deadly incident occurred, as a congested wooden bench, that was…

Sri Lanka Earns Record 5.3 Billion USD From Apparel Exports In 2019

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka earned a record 5.3 billion U.S. dollars from its apparel exports in 2019, showing a 5.1 percent year on year increase, according to the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF). However, a slight decline in export earnings was recorded in Dec, 2019, due to…

Uzbekistan’s Parliament Approves Incumbent Prime Minister To Lead Gov’t

TASHKENT, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The legislative chamber and the senate of Uzbekistan’s newly-formed parliament, approved Abdulla Aripov, as the prime minister of the Central Asian nation, in its joint session on Tuesday (yesterday). Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, nominated Aripov as a candidate to lead the government for a new…

Omani FM Visits Iran Amid Escalating Regional Tensions

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (NNN-ONA) – Oman Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran on Tuesday, for talks with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, over a number of issues, Khabar Fouri news website reported. The Omani minister will discuss regional, international and bilateral ties…

Israel’s Netanyahu Calls For Global Opposition To ICC

JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (NNN-PRESS TV) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, urged a global “sanction” against the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the wake of a possible war-crime investigation against Israel. In an interview to be broadcast later today in TBN, the world’s largest Christian Network, Netanyahu hailed U.S. President,…

10 Killed In Iraq’s Anti-Gov’t Demonstrations Over Past Two Days

BAGHDAD, Jan 22 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), said, 10 protesters were killed and 159 others injured, during the past two days of anti-government protests. A statement by IHCHR said that the commission’s teams, deployed in the protests sites of Baghdad and a number of…