Lebanon Calls For Financial Support To Secure Import Of Food, Raw Materials

BEIRUT, Dec 7 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese care-take Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, appealed for international financial support, to help secure Lebanon’s import of food and raw materials. Hariri’s office said, the appeal was made in his letters sent to the King of Saudi Arabia, presidents of France, Turkey, Russia, Egypt and…

Gaza’s Economy Keeps Deteriorating With 100 Million USD Monthly Loss

GAZA, Dec 7 (NNN-WAFA) – The monthly economic loss in the Gaza Strip has grown to 100 million U.S. dollars, because of the continuing deterioration, a Palestinian committee said Friday. “The crises of the economic sector are directly caused by Israeli siege imposed on the coastal enclave since 2007,” said…

37 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, Dec 7 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 37 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel. He added that 10 children were among the injured. Palestinian demonstrators resumed on Friday, the weekly anti-Israel protests and…

China-Turkey Intangible Cultural Heritage Exchange Held In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Dec 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish and Chinese inheritors gathered in Istanbul on Friday, for an exchange and display of each other’s intangible cultural heritage items. Addressing the event, hosted by the Information Office of Sichuan Provincial People’s Government of China, Zhou Qing, deputy head of the Publicity Department of…

Qatar In Talks With Saudi Arabia Over Gulf Crisis

DOHA, Dec 7 (NNN-QNA) – Qatari foreign minister said that, his country is under talks with Saudi Arabia on the Gulf crisis, expressing hopes for positive results. “We moved from a dead end in the Gulf crisis to a talk of future vision, on relations between the two sides,” Sheikh…

Palestine Close To Elections But “Not Without East Jerusalem:” President

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 7 (NNN-WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas said, an agreement on elections with Gaza-based factions is close, but the issue that remains is, how to hold it in East Jerusalem. “Now after overcoming the issue with Gaza, there remains another essential issue about East Jerusalem,” said Abbas, emphasising…

16 Killed, 47 Wounded In Gunmen Attack On Demonstrators In Central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Dec 7 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 16 protesters were killed and some 47 others wounded on Friday, in an attack by unknown gunmen on demonstrators in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, a security official said. The attack took place in the evening, when unidentified gunmen in four-wheel drive and pick-up vehicles…

Nine Killed After Bus Hits Stationary Goods Truck In India’s Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (NNN-PTI) – At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured, after a passenger bus hit a stationary goods truck today (Thursday), in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said. The accident took place at 6:30 am (local time), in Rewa district, about…

Five Killed In Shooting On Aid Agency Vehicle In Eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five employees of an aid agency were shot dead, and one international staff member of the agency was wounded, when terrorists attacked their vehicle in Jalalabad, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, a provincial government spokesman said. “Terrorists fired on a passing vehicle of an…

Iran, Azerbaijan Discuss Defence, Security Cooperation

TEHRAN, Dec 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and visiting Azeri Deputy Prime Minister, Shahin Mustafayev, discussed defence and security cooperation between the two countries. The two sides vowed to do their best to deepen bilateral relations, especially in defence and security.…