Militants Kill Policeman In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 20 (NNN-PTI) – A policeman serving as personal security officer (PSO) of a pro-India Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, was shot dead by militants yesterday, in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir. The policeman was attacked in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district, about 44 km south of Srinagar city,…

Cars Vandalised In Anti-Arab Hate Attack In Israel

JERUSALEM, July 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s police, said that, vehicles belonging to Palestinians were vandalised, and racist slurs were sprayed, in an Arab town in northern Israel, in an alleged hate crime carried out by ultra-nationalist Israeli Jews. The incident took place in Jish, a town in the Upper Galilee,…

Daesh Ambush Kills Five Syrian Soldiers In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 20 (NNN-SANA) – A total of five Syrian soldiers were killed and four others wounded in an ambush by the Daesh militants in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. The militants ambushed the Syrian soldiers in the desert region of the city of al-Mayadeen, in the eastern…

One Dead, Six Missing In Flash Floods In North-Western Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 20 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish rescue teams, on Friday, recovered the body of a person, listed as missing, in the flash floods that hit north-western Turkey, during the last two days. A day earlier, seven people, including four children, were reported as missing, in the Esmahanim village of…

74 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, July 20 (NNN-WAFA) – A total of 74 Palestinian demonstrators were injured, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip on Friday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. Among the injured were two journalists and four field paramedics, a ministry report said, adding, 36 were injured…

Lebanese Parliament Passes 2019 State Budget: PM

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 20 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, announced that, parliament passed the 2019 state budget, after several sessions held by the government and parliament, over the past few months. “This is only the beginning of reforms … We will be working on the 2020 budget, hoping…

Iraqi PM Orders Probe Into Drone Attack On Hashd Shaabi Camp

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 20 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, ordered a probe into the attack by an unmanned aircraft on a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi camp, in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin. Mahdi, also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, issued a directive “to form a fact-finding committee, composed of…

10 Daesh Militants Killed In U.S.-Led Coalition Air Strike In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 20 (NNN-NINA) – A total of 10 Daesh militants were killed on Friday, in an air strike by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports, the coalition aircraft attacked a Daesh hideout, at a desert in…

Russia Ready To Deliver Su-35 Fighter Jets To Turkey

MOSCOW, Russia, July 20 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s Rostec State Corporation, is ready to supply Su-35 fighter jets to Turkey, if Ankara expresses an interest in their purchase, Rostec chief, Sergei Chemezov, said. “If our Turkish colleagues express an interest, we are ready to discuss the deliveries of the Su-35,” the…

Russia Slams Possible New U.S. Sanctions Over Kerch Strait Incident

MOSCOW, Russia, July 20 (NNN-TASS) – Russia denounced Washington’s intention to impose new sanctions against Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers, over last year’s Kerch Strait incident as “pointless and harmful.” “Representatives of American political circles continue to put forward anti-Russian initiatives … There is no benefit from them, as…