British Airways Suspends Flights To Egyptian Capital

LONDON, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – British Airways, on Saturday, suspended flights to the Egyptian capital for a week, over security concerns, the airline said.  “We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days, as a precaution to…

Kurdish Security Forces Capture Assassin Of Turkish Diplomat

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 21 (NNN-NINA) – The security authorities in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, on Saturday, arrested the assassin of a Turkish diplomat in the city of Erbil. A brief statement by the counter-terrorism service of Kurdistan, said that, Madhloum Dagh, whose pictures were published as wanted for the…

Hamas Says It Has Rockets Capable Of Striking All Israel

GAZA, Palestine, July 21 (NNN-WAFA) – Islamic Hamas movement’s politburo chief, Ismail Haniyeh, said that, his group has rockets that can strike any place in Israel. “In spite of the (Israeli) siege, the armed resistance (Hamas) is still powerful and its abilities have become strong,” Haniyeh said, in a meeting…

Jordan, Morocco Continue Efforts To Boost Economic Cooperation

AMMAN, Jordan, July 21 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan and Morocco agree on the need to continue efforts at all levels, to boost economic cooperation between the two sides. At a meeting with the visiting Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, Jordan’s Prime Minister, Omar Razzaz, said, the…

U.S.-Led Coalition Air Strike Kills Three Daesh Militants In Iraq’s Kirkuk

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 21 (NNN-NINA) – Three Daesh militants were killed on Saturday, and their hideout destroyed, in a U.S.-led coalition air strike, in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said. Acting upon precise information from the intelligence directorate of the federal police, the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, pounded…

Syrian Democratic Forces Agents Caught Smuggling Daesh Women In NE Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 21 (NNN-SANA) – Corrupt members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were caught smuggling Daesh women from a camp in north-eastern Syria, a war monitor reported Saturday. Two SDF members were caught at a checkpoint, in Manbij, in northern Aleppo province, while attempting to smuggle out…

Update: Death Toll Reaches Nearly 150 Due To Floods In India

NEW DELHI, India, July 21 (NNN-PTI) – The combined death toll in India’s flood-affected states of Bihar and Assam has reached around 150, official sources from the two states said. Over 11.5 million people have been adversely affected in these two states, and many lost all their belongings. While around…

Iran’s FM Zarif In Venezuela To Attend NAM Confab

CARACAS, Venezuela, July 21 (NNN-ISNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, arrived in Caracas, Venezuela, early on Saturday to address a high-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).  NAM is a multinational organisation comprising 120 developing states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.…

Iran Warns Against U.S. “Destabilising” Acts

TEHRAN, Iran, July 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that, the United States is “creating instability and insecurity” in the Middle East and Latin America. “The resistance of Venezuela to the United States is very important for the people of the world and the people of…

119 Dead In Devastating Floods In India’s North-Eastern State Of Assam, Eastern State Of Bihar

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, India, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The flood situation continued to be grim in several parts of India, particularly eastern state of Bihar, north-eastern state of Assam and parts of northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though official estimates were yet to be made, media reports claimed…