Arrest Warrants Issued For 49 Turkish Suspects Over Ties To Daesh, Gulen Movement

ANKARA, Dec 20 (NNN-TRT) – The Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 49 suspects in two investigations, over their alleged ties to the Daesh and the Gulen Movement, the Chief Public Prosecutor’s office said, yesterday. Among the 16 suspected members of the Gulen Movement, 11 people were detained in…

UN Official Warns Attacks Likely To Rise In Gaza Over Holiday Period

GENEVA, Dec 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – A senior United Nations (UN) official, yesterday warned that, the holiday period would likely bring an increase in attacks in the Gaza Strip, as the world turns its focus elsewhere during Christmas. Around 7,000 children have been killed in Gaza so far, while around 1,000…

Syrian, Iranian FMs Condemn Ongoing Israeli Military Operation In Gaza

DAMASCUS, Dec 20 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, yesterday, condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in Gaza. In a phone conversation, both ministers expressed grave concern about the escalating situation in Palestine, particularly the Gaza Strip, and condemned “the continuous Israeli and…

Palestinian Death Toll From Israeli Attacks In Gaza, West Bank Nears 20,000

GAZA, Dec 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 19,667, and 52,586 others were wounded, since Oct 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, late yesterday. Meanwhile, Palestinian deaths and injuries from Israeli raids in the West Bank climbed to…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Fresh Attacks On Two Ships In Red Sea

SANAA, Dec 19 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia, yesterday claimed responsibility for attacks on an oil ship and a cargo ship, in the southern part of the Red Sea, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. “Our naval forces carried out a qualitative military operation against two ships linked to Israel. One…

Palestinian Death Toll Rises To 19,453 In Gaza: Ministry

GAZA, Dec 19 (NNN-WAFA) – The death toll of Palestinians has risen to 19,453 in the Gaza Strip, since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict on Oct 7, the health ministry said yesterday. Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qedra, said during a press conference in the southern Gaza Strip that, 52,286 Palestinians…

Iranian FM Urges Pakistan To Designate Jaish-Ul-Adl As Terrorist Group

TEHRAN, Dec 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, yesterday called on Pakistan, to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as a terrorist group, as it was behind a recent deadly attack on police forces in south-eastern Iran. In a phone call with Pakistani caretaker Foreign Minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani, Amir-Abdollahian mentioned the…

Sri Lankan Authorities Suspend Licences Of 400 Foreign Employment Agencies In Past 12 Months

COLOMBO, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan authorities have suspended the licences of 400 foreign employment agencies in the past 12 months, for violating the terms of their licences, a minister said, yesterday. Addressing an event in Colombo, to mark International Migrants Day, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha…

Filipino Politicians, Business Leaders, Scholars Call For Dialogue Over South China Sea Situations

MANILA, Dec 19 (NNN-PNA) – Some politicians, business leaders and scholars in the Philippines, have expressed their views that the maritime issues do not comprise the sum-total of relations between the Philippines and China, and called on the two sides to strengthen dialogue and consultation. Philippine Foreign Undersecretary, Jesus Domingo,…

Chinese FM Wang Yi Met DPRK Deputy FM

BEIJING, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, met with Deputy Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Pak Myong Ho, yesterday, in Beijing. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said, the traditional friendship between…