US Pres Trump signs US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a border area seized from Syria in 1967. “This was a long time in the making,” Trump said alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House.…

Caravan of migrants in Mexico starts moving towards U.S.

MEXICO CITY, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A caravan of some 1,200 migrants from Central America and Cuba began moving towards the U.S. border from southern Mexico this weekend, migration authorities said on Sunday. The National Migration Institute said the migrants were already inside Mexico when they opted to form a…

Kenya and China sign MoU for Second Belt and Road Initiative

Outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education, Amb Amina Mohamed NAIROBI, March 25 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya and China have agreed to sign three agreements and two Memorandum of Understanding worth Shs.300 million dollars in the upcoming International Second Belt and Road Initiative that was launched by president of the People’s Republic of…

Uruguay, China agree to advance bilateral ties

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua (R) holds talks with Uruguayan Vice President Lucia Topolansky MONTEVIDEO, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — China and Uruguay vow to work together to promote bilateral ties and deepen cooperation, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua and Uruguayan Vice President Lucia Topolansky said in a meeting here.…

Suspected al-Qaida gunmen blow up security headquarters in SE Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Gunmen suspected of belonging to the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch blew up a security headquarters in the southeastern province of Hadramout on Sunday evening, a government official said. The new security building that is still under construction was detonated, causing two huge blasts that rocked…

Israel: 7 injured near Tel Aviv in Gaza rocket attack – military

JERUSALEM, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — A long-range rocket from Gaza hit a residential home in central Israel on Monday morning, injuring seven, authorities said, in the first such incident since 2014. Sirens were sounded in the Sharon area moments before the rocket hit a home in the community of Mishmeret,…

Turkey president says to file issue of Golan Heights to UN

ANKARA, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will take the issue of U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights to the United Nations. U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement on Golan Heights is a “gift” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of parliamentary…

Syria’s return to Arab League not on agenda of Arab summit: spokesman

CAIRO, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — The resumption of Syria’s suspended membership in the Arab League (AL) is not on the agenda of the Arab summit scheduled for the end of March in Tunisia, the pan-Arab body said. “Until now, the topic of Syria’s return to the AL is not on…

Some N.Korean officials return to joint liaison office with S.Korea

SEOUL, March 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Some of North Korea’s officials on Monday returned to the joint liaison office with South Korea in the North’s border town of Kaesong, Seoul’s unification ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that a part of the North Korean staff came to the liaison…

South Africa launches national plan to fight racism

PRETORIA, March 25 (NNN-SANEWS) — The South African government on Monday launch the National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. The launch is the culmination of an extensive process which started in 2015 for the development of the NAP. The process included a widespread…