Arab FMs Urged Israel’s Complete Withdrawal From Gaza

CAIRO, Sept 11 (NNN-MENA) — Foreign ministers of Arab countries, yesterday, urged Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, including from the Philadelphi Corridor, and the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing. The ministers categorically rejected Israel’s plans for “the day after its aggression” and its control over any part…

Hezbollah Claims Attacks On Two Zionist Military Sites

BEIRUT, Sept 11 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah claimed yesterday, attacks on an artillery position and a command post of the Zionist forces with dozens of Katyusha rockets. Hezbollah said in a statement that, its fighters targeted “an artillery position belonging to the enemy’s 411th Battalion in the Neve Ziv community settlement,…

Egypt, EU Vow To Deepen Cooperation In Tackling Illegal Migration, Human Trafficking

CAIRO, Sept 11 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty and visiting European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, vowed here, to strengthen bilateral cooperation regarding migration and human trafficking, according to a joint statement issued yesterday. Abdelatty said, it is important to facilitate pathways for regular migration and increase…

Chinese Entrepreneurs Continue To Play Crucial Role In Regional Integration: Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Chinese entrepreneurs continue to play a crucial role in regional integration, by facilitating economic, cultural and people-to-people ties, Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said yesterday. Chinese entrepreneurs globally can assume a bigger role in safeguarding regional economic cooperation, ensuring security of crucial supply chains,…

DPRK Top Leader Calls For Stronger Economic Development, National Defence

PYONGYANG, Sept 11 (NNN-KCNA) – The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), called for greater efforts for economic development and strengthening national defence, on the occasion of the country’s 76th founding anniversary, it was reported, yesterday. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of…

Yemen’s Houthis Claimed To Shoot Down Second U.S. MQ-9 Drone

SANAA, Sept 11 (NNN-SABA) – The Houthis, yesterday, claimed that, they had shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone in northern Yemen, the second one, while the U.S. military said, it had destroyed two Houthi missile systems. “We shot down an American MQ-9 drone, while it was carrying out hostile, espionage…

Egyptian President, Danish FM Discussed Situation In Middle East

CAIRO, Sept 10 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and visiting Danish Foreign Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, discussed Middle East tensions yesterday, with a focus on reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to the Egyptian presidency. Sisi stressed the urgent need for de-escalation and a truce in Gaza,…

Japan’s Ruling Coalition Party Chief Yamaguchi Announces Departure

TOKYO, Sept 10 (NNN-NHK) – Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan’s ruling coalition party Komeito, said today that, he would step down and not run in the party’s upcoming leadership election. Stressing a smooth generational shift within the party, Yamaguchi made the announcement at a press conference during the day, marking…

New Zealanders Suffer From Orange Juice Shortage

WELLINGTON, Sept 10 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealanders have been suffering from orange juice shortage, due to lower yields on the country’s east coast, due to the Cyclone Gabrielle damage, and smaller output from Brazil. Supermarket chillers were left empty of orange juice throughout last month, according to a local media…

Six Injured As Blast Hit Polio Vaccination Team In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 10 (NNN-APP) – A bomb blast hit a vehicle carrying polio workers and policemen, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, leaving at least six people injured, police said, yesterday. According to the police in the area, an explosive device planted along the road by miscreants went off, as…