Dubai As Global Investment Hub At World Forum For FDI

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate, June 17 (NNN-WAM) – Dubai Investment Development Agency, Dubai FDI, announced its participation as Event Sponsor, to the World Forum for FDI 2019, set to take place from today, June 17-19, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The event will discuss future trends in the next…

Al-Moallem In Beijing To Discuss Relations Between Syria And China

BEIJING, China, June 17 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem, on Sunday started an official visit to China, upon an invitation by Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi. During his visit, the Foreign and Expatriates Minister will meet senior Chinese officials, and will discuss with…

Terrorists Fire Shells At Mhardeh In Syria’s Hama Countryside

HAMA, Syria, June 17 (NNN-SANA) – Terrorist groups, on Sunday, violated once again, the deescalation zone agreement, by firing rocket shells at Mhardeh city, in Hama province’s northern countryside. SANA’s reporter in Hama said, terrorists fired several rocket shells at residential neighbourhoods in Mhardeh, causing material damage to houses and…

People Of Occupied Syrian Golan Will Stage A General Strike On Tuesday Against Israeli Occupation Project

QUNEITRA, Syria, June 17 (NNN-SANA) – The people of occupied Syrian Golan will stage a general strike on Tuesday, in rejection of the Israeli occupation entity’s settlement plan of setting up wind turbines on their agricultural lands in Majdal Shams, Boqatha, Mas’ada, and Ain Qania villages. The Israeli occupation entity…

Lebanon’s Nabo Chekka Museum Opens Its Exhibition Of Impact Paintings

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 17 (NNN-NNA) – The Nabo Museum, in the region of Chekka-Al-Heri, opened Sunday, its “Illustrations with an Impact” Exhibition, an anthology of Lebanese art, including the works of pioneers and modernists. The opening ceremony was attended by MP Roger Azar, representing the President of the Republic, alongside…

Elephant Tramples Man To Death In Botswana: Police

GABORONE, Botswana, June 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – A 67-year-old cattle farmer was trampled to death, by a stray elephant, in north-western Botswana on Friday, local police said. The incident took place at a cattle farm, near Dukwi village, some 530 km north-west of Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, Azhani Mokokomani, an assistant superintendent,…

Cyclone Vayu May Re-curve Towards India’s Gujarat Again

NEW DELHI, India, June 15 (NNN-PTI) – The very severe cyclonic storm, Vayu, which was likely to make a landfall in India’s western state of Gujarat on Thursday, but changed its trajectory, could again re-curve in the next two days, meteorological department officials said today (Saturday). “The very severe cyclonic…

Over 100 Apartments Evacuated As Another Sydney High-rise Shows Signs Of Cracking

SYDNEY, Australia, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Residents living in Sydney’s Mascot Towers were evacuated from their homes on Friday evening, after “movement” and “cracking” were detected in the building. Mascot Towers are Located in the harbour city’s inner-south, near Sydney’s International Airport. New South Wales State Fire and Rescue Service,…

New Zealand Police Confirms Pilot Dead In Plane Crash

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand Police confirmed today (Saturday), a pilot was found dead, in a light plane crash, in Coromandel of the North Island. The small aircraft had just one person on board, and it failed to arrive on time, at the airport on Friday,…

10 Syrian Nationals Arrested For Illegal Entry Into Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 15 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s state security, arrested Friday, a Syrian national for facilitating the illegal entry of nine Syrian refugees to Lebanon, local media reported. All 10 Syrian nationals were arrested in the south of Litani and they were referred to a police station in Rashaya al-Fakhar…