Iraq: New Kurdish PM says priority is stronger Baghdad ties, rather than independence
ERBIL (Iraq), July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two years after a failed independence bid plunged Iraq’s Kurdistan Region into months of…
Lebanon: US sanctions won’t affect government – PM Hariri
BEIRUT, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said that US sanctions targeting Hezbollah MPs moved in a “new…
Von der Leyen courts EU lawmakers in bid to become Commission chief
BRUSSELS, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen made her pitch to European lawmakers on Wednesday to be…
Soviet nuclear sub that sank off Norway in 1989 still emitting radiation
OSLO, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Soviet nuclear submarine which sank off Norway in 1989 is still emitting radiation, researchers…
Taiwan president leaves for Caribbean trip with stopovers in US
TAOYUAN (Taiwan), July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States on Thursday on a trip…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards deny trying to stop British tanker in Gulf: Report
GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards rejected on Thursday a US claim that they tried to stop a…
Italy: Deputy Prime Minister Salvini denies receiving Russian oil money
ROME, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini denied receiving any money for his party from Russian…
Egypt opens new international airport for trial period
CAIRO, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Egypt has opened a new international airport on a one-month trial basis to serve the city…
In France, a woman is killed by partner or ex-partner every three days
PARIS, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A total of 121 women were killed by their partner or former partner in France…
US: New Orleans threatened by floods as big storm forms
WASHINGTON, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The city of New Orleans was under a storm-surge watch along with a stretch of…