Palestinian Economy Faces Unprecedented Shock: Minister

RAMALLAH, May 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Minister of National Economy, Mohammed Alamour, warned yesterday that, the Palestinian economy is facing an “unprecedented” shock, due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip. In a press statement, Alamour said that, “the war,” carried out by the Israeli government, and the…

Israel Agrees To Resume Hostage Talks With Hamas Next Week: State-Run TV

JERUSALEM, May 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel has agreed to renew talks with Hamas on a hostage deal next week, with the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, Israel’s state-owned Kan TV reported, today. According to the report, at a meeting in Paris yesterday, David Barnea, chief of the…

Hamas Announces Capture Of Israeli Soldiers In Gaza, Israel Denies

GAZA, May 26 (NNN-WAFA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, today announced the capture of an unspecified number of Israeli soldiers, during an operation in the Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. “Our fighters were able to carry out a complex operation yesterday afternoon, in the…

Egypt, Britain Concluded Joint Military Police Training

CAIRO, May 26 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and Britain concluded joint training of military police on criminal activities, the Egyptian army said in a statement, yesterday. During the training, held in Egypt, theoretical and practical activities were held for the two sides to exchange specialised expertise, said Egyptian military spokesman, Gharib…

China-Japan-South Korea Summit Expected To Refocus On Cooperation After Four-Year Hiatus

“As Asia strengthens its economic ties and continues on this trajectory, its influence on the world stage is expected to expand, cementing the 21st century as the era of Asian ascendancy,” he said. Despite ups and downs in ties among the three countries due to outside interference and their historical…

Death Toll In India’s Fire Incident Reaches 24

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, May 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll in yesterday’s massive fire, in India’s western state of Gujarat, rose to 24. Among the dead were at least nine children, confirmed a local fire department official. Besides, an unspecified number of people were injured in the mishap,…

Zee Seeks 90-Million-USD Termination Fee From Sony For Calling Off Merger

NEW DELHI, May 25 (NNN-PTI) – Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), an Indian media and entertainment company, demanded a termination fee of 90 million U.S. dollars from the Sony Group, for calling off a 10-billion-dollar merger deal in Jan, company officials said, yesterday. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, ZEEL…

More Than 300 People Buried In Papua New Guinea Landslide

SYDNEY, May 25 (NNN-AAP) – More than 300 people were buried alive by a massive landslide, in northern Papua New Guinea (PNG), local media reported today. At about 3:00 a.m. local time on Friday (yesterday morning), a landslide struck Kaokalam village, in Enga province, located over 600 km north-west of…

Singapore, Kazakhstan To Deepen Development Connectivity

SINGAPORE, May 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore and Kazakhstan have signed agreements in economic cooperation, higher education, intellectual property rights protection, legal cooperation, security cooperation, and standards, Singapore’s Foreign Ministry, said, in a statement, yesterday. The agreements were signed during Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state visit to Singapore from Wednesday to…

Japan Airlines Office Inspected After Spate Of Incidents

TOKYO, May 25 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s transport ministry, carried out an inspection at a Japan Airlines (JAL) office at Haneda airport in Tokyo, yesterday, following a recent string of incidents involving the company’s aircraft, while taxiing, local media reported. Four officials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism…