PLO Slams Israeli Cable Car Project In East Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Member of Palestine Liberation Organisation executive committee, Hanan Ashrawi, slammed Israeli plan to build a cable car in East Jerusalem. “The Israeli cable car project is an obscene violation of cultural, historical, spiritual, geographic demographic character of Jerusalem. It is also an illegal assault…

Four Tourists, Among eight stabbed In Jordan’s Jerash

AMMAN, Nov 7 (NNN-PETRA) – Four tourists and four Jordanians were stabbed, on Wednesday, and sustained injuries. The tourists, comprising of three Mexicans and a Swiss, were attacked with a knife, at the Jerash tourist attraction site and the attacker was arrested. Two local citizens, a policeman and a tour…

Turkey Captures Al-Baghdadi’s Wife, Sister In Syria

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey has captured the wife of the dead leader of the Daesh group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in Syria, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Wednesday. “I’m declaring today (yesterday), for the first time, that we have also captured al-Baghdadi’s wife,” Erdogan said, at a…

10 Killed In Houthi Missile Attack On Yemen’s Mocha

ADEN, Nov 7 (NNN-SABA) – The Iran-allied Houthi rebels, fired a number of ballistic missiles, against pro-government military bases, in Yemen’s Red Sea coastal city of Mocha on Wednesday evening, leaving 10 dead. “Around four ballistic missiles were fired by the rebels, against different military bases and civil institutions in…

Lebanese President Pledges To Form New Gov’t With Experienced Ministers

BEIRUT, Nov 7 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said that, the new government will be formed with experienced ministers, who have great skills and competence, Lebanon Presidency’s website reported. “The new ministers will have great reputation and they won’t be involved in any corrupt practices,” Aoun said, during his…

Chinese, Turkish Firms Ink Strategic Cooperation Agreements On Agricultural Products

ISTANBUL, Nov 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Chinese and Turkish companies, signed in Istanbul, strategic cooperation agreements on agricultural products, including exporting quality Turkish nuts, fruits and featured produce to China. Under the agreements, the companies shall have deep cooperation on such areas as high-efficiency, recycling and smart agriculture, processing of featured…

Eight Killed In Truck-Bus Collision In Central Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, Nov 7 (NNN-SABA) – Eight people were killed on Wednesday (yesterday), when a pickup truck and a passenger bus collided in Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda. Several others were critically injured and shifted instantly to a nearby hospital for treatment. Residents said, the deadly accident occurred along al-Bayda’s…

30 Kurdish Fighters, Turkey-Backed Rebels Killed, As Battles Flare In Northern Syria

DAMASCUS, Nov 7 (NNN-SANA) – About 30 Kurdish fighters and Turkey-backed rebels were killed, during battles that flared in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa, a war monitor reported. Battles intensified on the outskirts of the town of Ayn Issa, in the northern countryside of Raqqa, over the past 24…

Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment In Fordow

TEHRAN, Nov 7 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran resumed uranium enrichment, at Fordow nuclear facility, in the early hours of Thursday, after a break-off period since the clinch of the Iranian nuclear deal, in July, 2015. The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), said, it officially started injecting Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into…

Eight Dead, Four Injured In Bus-Van Collision In Philippines

MANILA, Philippines, Nov 7 (NNN-PNA) – Eight people were killed and four others injured, in a head-on collision, between a bus and a passenger van, in Camarines Sur province, south of Manila, police said on Thursday (today). Police said, the accident occurred around 8.00 p.m. Wednesday night (last night), along…