Britain Should Apologise For Balfour Declaration – Peer

LONDON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two years ago, a peer called on the British government to apologise for the “suffering” of Palestinians, 100 years after the Balfour Declaration. The UK government’s declaration was the first commitment by a world power to a “Jewish national home” in Palestine. Lord Warner said,…

PLO Urges Britain To Apologise Over Balfour Declaration

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, on Saturday, demanded that Britain apologise for the Balfour Declaration, that allowed Israel to be established on Palestine land 102 years ago. “Marking 102 years of the Balfour Declaration should serve as a reminder…

Iraqi Parliament To Work Continuously To Meet Protesters’ Demands

BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Mohammed al-Halbousi, said that, parliament will work intensively and continuously, for the popular demands of the anti-government protests. Parliament “will be on continuous open session and will work day and night, in order to speed up the implementation of the reforms demanded…

Pilot Killed In Plane Crash At Florida Air Show

WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – A plane crashed Friday afternoon, at an air show in Stuart, Florida, killing the pilot, authorities said. The male pilot was the only person aboard and no one on the ground was injured, Martin County Sheriff, William Snyder, told reporters. The National Transportation Safety Board…

Update: 53 Soldiers Killed In Attack On Mali Military Post

BAMAKO, Mali, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The death toll from a “terrorist attack” on a military post in northeast Mali has risen to 53, Communication Minister, Yaya Sangare, said today (Saturday). Thirty-five soldiers were killed, on the spot, Friday, in Indelimane, about 70 km west of Menaka, near the border…

Morocco, Italy Sign Strategic Partnership Declaration

RABAT, Nov 2 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco and Italy signed a declaration of multidimensional strategic partnership, in the Moroccan capital, Rabat. The two sides expressed their determination to preserve and consolidate the level of relations they’ve achieved in the declaration, which was signed by Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita…

Botswana’s President Vows To Fight Corruption

GABORONE, Nov 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Botswana President, Mokgweetsi Masisi, pledged to fight corruption by promoting transparency in the southern African country’s institutional frameworks. Botswana inaugurated Masisi for the second time in exactly 18 months after an election, following his initial inauguration as the country’s fifth president on Apr 1 last…

UK’s Liver Cancer Deaths Rise Significantly Between 2007 And 2017

LONDON, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – 5,700 deaths from liver cancer have been recorded in the UK in 2017, increasing from 3,200 deaths in 2007, according to the latest figures, released by Cancer Research UK. Of all cancer types, liver cancer has had the largest increase in death rates between 2007…

Brazil Targets Greek-Flagged Ship Suspected Of Spilling Oil

BRASILIA, Nov 2 (NNN-CMA) – The Federal Police of Brazil announced the launch of Operation Taint, to investigate a Greek-flagged ship, suspected of spilling oil along the country’s northeast coast. “The Greek-flagged ship is initially linked to a Greek company, but there is still no data on who owned the…

Four Killed In Halloween Party Shooting In Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four people were killed and several others wounded, in a shooting at Halloween house party in Orinda, Northern California, local TV network KTVU reported. Police in Orinda, a city in Contra Costa County, Northern California, tweeted that, they are investigating a mass shooting that…