Netanyahu To Quit Four Ministerial Portfolios

TEL AVIV, Dec 4 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to quit four ministerial portfolios he holds, following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Haaretz newspaper reported. According to the Israeli newspaper, the decision is based on the Supreme Court ruling from 1993,…

Israeli PM Cancels Trip To London

TEL AVIV, Dec 4 (NNN-AAA) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will not fly to London to participate in the NATO summit and meet with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on the sidelines. Instead, Netanyahu spoke with US President, Donald Trump, over the phone and the two discussed Iran…

Hundreds Of Syrian Refugees In Lebanon Return Home

BEIRUT, Dec 4 (NNN-NNA) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees have headed home, in the first batch to leave Lebanon, since protests broke out in the small Arab country, more than a month ago. Since the early hours of Tuesday, scores of Syrians boarded buses in several locations in Lebanon, before…

New Protests In Lebanon As Hariri Backs Businessman Khatib For PM

BEIRUT, Dec 4 (NNN-NNA) – New protests erupted in Lebanon on Tuesday, following caretaker Prime Minister, Saad Hariri’s announcement, to support businessman, Samir Khatib, as the next prime minister. “Everybody is working to overcome the current difficulties, but there are still a few details that need to be tackled,” Hariri…

Turkey Repatriates Five Foreign Fighters To Germany

ANKARA, Dec 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey repatriated five foreign terrorists to Germany, on Tuesday, Turkish Interior Ministry said, in a statement. “Extradition of foreign fighters to their home countries continues,” said the statement. The five German nationals were sent back to their country of origin, as part of the continued…

Kuwait Launches Conference On Healthcare Of Detainees

KUWAIT, Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait launched a conference for Arab states, on healthcare in detention, aiming to improve health service for detainees. The three-day conference, themed “Detainees’ health is our health,” was held in collaboration with Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Health. At the opening speech, Farraj…

Egypt Says New Meeting On Nile Dam Dispute To Be Held In Washington

CAIRO, Dec 4 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt said, a new trilateral meeting on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), will be held in Washington on Dec 9. Irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will attend the meeting, to evaluate the results of the first and second rounds of talks…

Syrian Foreign Ministry: WMD’s Used By Washington Led To Humanitarian Disasters

DAMASCUS, Dec 3 (NNN-SANA) – An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said, the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is an occasion on which we should remember all the wars waged by the United States, under the pretext of WMD’s, devastating states and peoples…

Thai PM Instructs Immediate Assistance To Flood Victims In Thai South

BANGKOK, Dec 3 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, today instructed state agencies, to provide immediate assistance to flood victims in Thailand’s deep southern province of Narathiwat. Thai government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat told the media that, Prayut acknowledged the flooding situation in 13 districts of Narathiwat, where 41,369 people…

ADB Approves 400-Million-USD Loan, To Boost Philippines’ Youth Employment

MANILA, Dec 3 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today (Tuesday) that it has approved a 400-million-U.S. dollar policy-based loan, to support the Philippine government’s efforts, to reduce the number of out-of-school and unemployed young Filipinos, that impedes more inclusive growth in the country. The Manila-based ADB said,…