Iran To Hold Conference On Peace Plan For Strait Of Hormuz In Jan

TEHRAN, Dec 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s capital, Tehran, will host a conference next month, on its peace initiative for the Strait of Hormuz. The conference is scheduled for Jan 7-8, and will focus on regional cooperation plans, particularly on Iran’s initiative of Hormuz Peace Endeavour. Senior Iranian and regional political…

Australian Citizen Held In Iran On Security Charges: Spokesman

TEHRAN, Dec 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said, an Australian citizen is being held in detention in Iran, for violating the country’s national security, Tehran Times daily reported, on Sunday. Australian woman, Kylie Moore Gilbert, was arrested in Iran in Sept. She was accused of spying.…

Four Rockets Hit Military Base Housing U.S. Troops Near Iraq’s Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (NNN-NINA) – Four Katyusha rockets hit a base that houses U.S. troops, near the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. The incident took place in the evening, when the rockets struck al-Taji military base, some 30 km north of Baghdad, the official said. The attack…

Palestine Slams Israel’s Deduction Of Palestinian Tax Revenues

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 30 (NNN-MA’AN) – Palestine slammed Israel’s decision to freeze millions of dollars from Palestinian tax revenues it collects, on behalf of the Palestinians. “The Israeli government’s decision to withhold 150 million shekels (43.4 million U.S. dollars) from Palestine’s tax revenues, is a blatant act of theft and…

Israel Appoints New Health Minister To Replace Corruption-Suspect Netanyahu

JERUSALEM, Dec 30 (NNN-WAFA) – A Jewish ultra-Orthodox lawmaker was appointed on Sunday, as Israeli health minister, succeeding Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was forced to resign from the post amid corruption indictment. The cabinet approved Yaakov Litzman, leader of the ultra-Orthodox party of United Torah Judaism, as the new…

19 Hashd Shaabi Members Killed In U.S. Attack In Western Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 19 paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and 35 wounded, when U.S. forces attacked their bases, near the border with Syria, in Iraq’s western province of Anbar. Jawad Kadhim al-Rebi’awi, a Hashd Shaabi leader, said, the attacks targeted headquarters of the Hashd Shaabi…

Bangladesh Records Lowest Temperature This Year

DHAKA, Dec 30 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh recorded the lowest temperature of this year on Sunday, as mercury dipped to a chilling 4.5 degrees Celsius, in the country’s northernmost Tentulia region. The severe cold brought normal life and businesses to almost a standstill in parts of Bangladesh, specially in the northern…

Iranian Navy Chief Urges U.S. Forces To Leave Regional Waters

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 30 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian navy commander said on Sunday that, the U.S. naval forces should leave regional waters. “The era of American free action in the region is over, and they (the U.S. naval forces) must leave the region gradually,” Hossein Khanzadi said, on the sidelines…

Russia Spends Over 24 Billion USD On Weapons, Defence Activities In 2019

MOSCOW, Dec 29 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Defence Ministry, spent more than 1.5 trillion rubles (24.2 billion U.S. dollars) this year, on weapons and state defence activities, Deputy Defence Minister, Aleksey Krivoruchko, said. These funds made it possible to further develop the armament system of the Armed Forces, Krivoruchko told…

Nigerian Police Foils Bank Robbery In Abuja, Kills One

ABUJA, Dec 29 (NNN-NAMPA) – Nigerian police foiled, on Saturday, a bank robbery, in a satellite town of Abuja, capital of the west African country, killing one suspect and arresting four others. Bala Ciroma, commissioner of police in Abuja, while confirming the incident, said, one suspect was killed and four…