Palestinians Slam Israeli Senior Officials’ Statements Over West Bank Annexation

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Jan 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, on Tuesday, slammed Israeli officials, over statements pledging the annexation of parts of the West Bank to Israel. “The statements blow the basis of the peace process and puts the entire region through a new dangerous phase of conflict and instability,” said Spokesperson…

Jordan Gives Initial Approval To Build Oil Refinery

AMMAN, Jan 22 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan announced that, it gave initial approval to build a petroleum refinery and petrochemicals complex in the south of the country. Jordanian Energy Ministry Spokesperson, Mashhour Abu Eid, said that, the daily capacity of the project stands at about 150,000 barrels, which will be produced…

Lebanon Forms New Cabinet, PM Vows To Exert Efforts To Save Country

BEIRUT, Jan 22 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, announced the formation of a new cabinet of 20 ministers, in one month, following his appointment, local TV channel LBCI reported. “The new cabinet will exert all its efforts to save Lebanon. We ask the Lebanese expatriates and all citizens,…

Trump Impeachment Trial Formally Starts In Senate

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The impeachment trial against U.S. President, Donald Trump, kicked off Tuesday in the Senate, as the chamber debated, and would later vote on, a resolution stipulating rules guiding the process. With Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Roberts, presiding over the session and the Senate clerk…

Iran Seeks U.S., French Help To Decode Crashed Ukrainian Plane’s Black Box

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (NNN-PRESS TV) – Iran asked the French and U.S. accident investigation agencies, the BEA and NTSB respectively, for the equipment to decode the black box of the crashed Ukrainian plane. The latest report by Iran’s civil aviation agency noted that, two Tor-M1 missiles were fired at the…

World Bank Finances 450,000 Small Projects In Egypt: Minister

CAIRO, Jan 22 (NNN-MENA) – The World Bank financed nearly 450,000 small projects in Egypt, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, said. “These projects offered more than 640,000 jobs nationwide,” said a ministry statement. Meanwhile, Nevine Gamea, head of the Egyptian ministry, revealed that, an agreement to finance small projects…

WEF Annual Meeting Opens With Focus On Cohesive, Sustainable Development

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, opened here yesterday with a focus on renewing the concept of stakeholder capitalism, to overcome income inequality, societal division and the climate crisis. Themed “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World,” the meeting convened around 3,000 participants…

ASEAN Willing To Further Enhance ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership

JAKARTA, Jan 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), stands ready to work with China, to lift the ASEAN-China strategic partnership to a new high, ASEAN Secretary-General, Lim Jock Hoi, said here. He made the remarks while receiving credentials presented by China’s new Ambassador to ASEAN, Deng…

Iran’s FM Not To Attend Davos Meeting: Spokesman

TEHRAN, Jan 21(NNN-ISNA) – Foreign Minister,Mohammad Javad Zarif will not attend the 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi announced on Monday. Speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference, Mousavi said Zarif was scheduled to attend the Davos meeting,…

Update: Death Toll In Russia’s Tomsk Region Residential Fire Rises To 11

MOSCOW, Jan 21 (NNN-TASS) – The death toll from a fire that broke out in a one-story wooden residential building, in the village of Prichulymsky in Russia‘s Tomsk region, rose to 11 people, Russia‘s Emergencies Ministry said today (Tuesday), as investigators announced the opening of a criminal case into the…