40 Soldiers Killed In Houthi Missile Attack In Yemen’s Marib

SANAA, Jan 19 (NNN-SABA) – At least 40 soldiers were killed on Saturday, in a ballistic missile attack by Iran-allied Houthi rebels, on a Saudi-led coalition military base, in Yemen’s northeastern province of Marib. “All the killed were Yemeni government soldiers,” the medic said, adding, dozens of other soldiers sustained…

Palestine To Invest 100 Million USD In Alternative Energy Sources: PM

BETHLEHEM, Palestine, Jan 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, declared that, Palestine will invest 100 million U.S. dollars, to establish an alternative energy source. “At the World Economic Forum at Davos, we will announce the creation of a company with 100 million dollars’ investment, to support projects for…

Yemenis Feeling Isolated After 10-Day Internet Blackout

SANAA, Jan 19 (NNN-SABA) – For ten days, much of Yemen has been isolated from the rest of the world, after two major undersea cables were cut, leaving the country with limited internet connectivity. Global Cloud Xchange, the company that runs the internet services to the country, announced that the…

Uzbekistan Signs Energy Agreements With UAE’s Mubadala, Masdar

TASHKENT, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, signed project implementation agreements in strategic energy sector, with Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s investment and development fund, and its subsidiary, Masdar, the ministry’s press service said. The project agreement, signed between Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade and…

Fresh Recruits Join Troops To Boost Afghan Army Capacity

KANDAHAR, Jan 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 500 newly graduated officers and soldiers, joined the Afghan national army in the southern region, an army source said, on Saturday. “A total of 551 military officers and soldiers, received their certificates, during a graduation ceremony held at Afghan National Army (ANA), 205…

Seven Remain Missing As Over 150 Rescued Following Avalanche In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 19 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Four South Koreans and three Nepalis remained missing since Friday, following an avalanche in western Kaski district, as over 150 foreign tourists and Nepalis were rescued on Saturday from around the area, local officials said. The incessant snowfall caused the avalanche, near a popular trekking…

100 Injured In Clashes Between Protesters, Riot Police In Lebanon’s Capital

BEIRUT, Jan 19 (NNN-NNA) – Heavy clashes broke out in downtown Beirut, between protesters and riot police, causing at least 100 injuries, TV channel MTV reported. The clashes broke out, following attempts by protesters, to break barbed barriers set up by security forces, at the entrance of the roads, leading…

OPEC, Partners To Extend Production Cut Deal To End Of 2020

NEW YORK, Jan 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its partners, including Russia are expected to further extend production cut, until the end of 2020, from the end of Mar, 2020, according to a research note, by Swiss investment bank, UBS. Crude oil output from…

Jordan King Sends Letter To Iraq On Tension Deescalation In Gulf Region

AMMAN, Jan 19 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan, on Saturday, sent a letter to Iraqi President, Barham Salih, and Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, about tension deescalation in the Gulf region. In the letter, delivered by Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, the Jordanian king highlighted the centrality of maintaining Iraq’s…

Egypt Hopes For Final, Viable Deal Over Ethiopia’s Nile Dam In Washington Talks: Official

CAIRO, Jan 19 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt hopes to reach a final, viable and binding agreement with Ethiopia and Sudan, regarding filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in the coming talks in Washington on Jan 28-29, an Egyptian official said. “We are working on turning the general frameworks…