New Boron Carbide Plant To Strengthen Turkey’s Defence Industry: Minister

ISTANBUL, Oct 26 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey is preparing to strengthen its national defence industry, through a boron carbide plant, to be built by a Chinese company, and operational in 2021, in the northwestern province of Balikesir, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Fatih Donmez, said. The groundbreaking ceremony of…

Turkey Issues Diplomatic Note Over U.S. Planned Talks With Syrian Kurdish Leader

ANKARA, Oct 26 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey issued a diplomatic note to the United States, over the latter’s plan to meet with leader of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), Ferhat Abdi Sahin, also known as Mazloum Kobani, Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on Friday. “Mazloum Kobani is a…

77 Palestinian Demonstrators Injured In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, Oct 26 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 77 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers, stationed on the borders between the eastern Gaza Strip and Israel. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the health ministry in Gaza, told reporters that, the injured include 31 shot by Israeli…

Egypt Suspends All Tourist Activities For 48 Hours Due To Stormy Weather

CAIRO, Oct 26 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, decided to suspend all tourist trips across Egypt for two days, citing the unstable stormy weather conditions, hitting the North African country. A ministry statement said, the decision was made for the safety of tourists, tourist bus drivers and tour…

At Least 30 Killed, Over 2,300 Wounded As New Wave Of Anti-Gov’t Protests Sweep Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 26 (NNN-NINA) – At least 30 people have been killed and more than 2,300 wounded, as thousands of angry Iraqis rallied Friday, in some Iraqi cities, including the capital, in a new wave anti-government demonstrations over living conditions. Since early morning, protesters swarmed into the Tahrir Square in…

Morocco Seizes Eight Tonnes Of Cannabis

RABAT, Oct 26 (NNN-MAP) – The Moroccan police seized eight tonnes of cannabis in the suburb of the northern city of Tangiers. Five people were arrested for their alleged links to an international drug trafficking network, during the operation, said the Moroccan police, in a statement. The security operation took…

Egypt Rejects European Parliament’s Human Rights Resolution As “Unacceptable” Intervention

CAIRO, Oct 26 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian parliament, rejected a European Parliament (EP) resolution, which condemns human rights conditions in the country, describing it as an “unacceptable” intervention into the internal affairs of Egypt. The EP’s resolution represents a continuation of an unacceptable approach of previous resolutions, that are not…

Tropical Storm Olga Forms In Gulf Of Mexico, Likely To Result In Flooding

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tropical Storm Olga has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and coastal flooding is possible, across portions of the northern Gulf coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said, Friday. The NHC said that, gale-force winds, associated with Olga and its remnants, should spread…

EU Voices Support For Lebanese PM’s Economic Reform Measures

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct 26 (NNN-NNA) – A European Union (EU) official, announced on Friday that, the EU supports Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri’s economic reforms. “The EU has been a partner for Lebanon since a long time, and it has been following up on the latest developments in the country,”…

Number Of Syrian Refugees Crossing Into Iraq Increases Significantly: UN

BAGHDAD, Oct 26 (NNN-NINA) – The number of refugees crossing the border from northeastern Syria into Iraq has increased significantly in recent days, after Turkish military operations in the area. The World Food Programme (WFP), so far, provided food assistance to 8,850 newly-arrived Syrian refugees in Bardarash Camp, located in…