Iraq No Longer Needs U.S.-Led Coalition Forces: PM

BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, said yesterday that, Iraq does not need military advisors from 25 countries, to work within the mission of the U.S.-led international coalition, to fight the Daesh group. Al-Sudani made the comments during a press conference, in which he stressed…

Egypt Regrets UNSC’s Failure To Adopt Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

CAIRO, Feb 21 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt expressed deep regret yesterday, for the inability of the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after a U.S. veto. The United States earlier in the day vetoed a resolution submitted by Algeria, for the…

Laos To Improve Well-Being Of Children, Mothers In Rural Areas

VIENTIANE, Feb 21 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao Ministry of Health has been taking steps to improve the well-being of children and mothers in rural communities, with the launch of a new health project. The ministry signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to kick off the Community Health and Nutrition System…

Indonesia’s New Copyright Regulation Requires Platforms To Pay Press Companies For Contents

JAKARTA, Feb 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, said yesterday that, the government has issued a regulation on publishers’ rights, which aims to set business relations between digital platforms and mass media in terms of content publications. The regulation, initiated three years ago, will require online platforms to coordinate…

Pakistan’s Major Parties Agree To Form Coalition Gov’t

ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), agreed to form a coalition government, leaders of the two parties said last night. “Both the parties have agreed on a power-sharing formula, as we have the required number of seats…

Yemen’s Houthis Warn EU Not To Join U.S.-British Coalition In Red Sea

SANAA, Feb 21 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis warned the European Union (EU), not to join the coalition of the United States and Britain in the Red Sea, otherwise its ships would be targeted as well, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported, yesterday. “A message to the EU, don’t play with fire and…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 29,195 Amid Israeli Ongoing Attacks

GAZA, Feb 21 (NNN-WAFA) – The Gaza-based Health Ministry said yesterday that, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 29,195, with 69,170 others wounded as the Israeli attacks continue. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 103 Palestinians and wounded 142 others, in the Strip,…

14 Injured In Israeli Drone Strikes In Lebanon’s Southern Town Of Ghazieh

BEIRUT, Feb 21 (NNN-NNA) – Israeli warplanes on Monday afternoon, hit multiple targets in the southern town of Ghazieh, with air-to-surface missiles, injuring 14 people, Lebanese military sources said. Ghazieh, adjacent to the southern city of Sidon, is around 45 km from Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut. The sources, who spoke…

Australia To Double Naval Warships

CANBERRA, Feb 20 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian government has committed to more than doubling the size of the nation’s naval warships. Richard Marles, minister for defence and deputy prime minister, and Defence Industry Minister, Pat Conroy, today announced the major overhaul. Under the plan, Australia’s fleet of combat-ready warships will…

Oxygen Shortage Kills Eight Patients In Besieged Gaza Hospital: Minister

GAZA, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Eight patients have died in a major hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis city, after days of power outage and oxygen supply shortage, due to continuous Israeli strikes on the facility, said Palestinian Health Minister, Mai al-Kaila, yesterday. Conditions of some other serious patients became…