France: Reporters pressured on leaked secret documents

PARIS, April 26 (NNN-ANADOLU) – France on Thursday launched an investigation of three journalists for “compromising national defense secrets,” referring to one of their stories on French weapons allegedly used in war-torn Yemen. According to a joint statement by several French media organs, French prosecutors urged the journalists to give…

World leaders welcome second Belt and Road forum in Beijing

BEIJING, April 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — With the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) taking place here, leaders around the globe are speaking highly of the initiative and voicing their expectations for the gathering. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a reference to the Silk Road Economic Belt…

Thieves steal 35 rare saxophones from Italian collector

ROME, April 26 (NNN-NEWS VISION) – Thieves have stolen 35 rare saxophones from an well-known Italian collection but missed the crown jewel: one which belonged to jazz great Sonny Rollins. Attilio Berni told Thursday that his collection of 600 saxophones, which has been exhibited at the Louvre museum in Paris,…

EU, UN launch joint project to prevent nuclear terrorism acts

UNITED NATIONS, April 26 (NNN- Xinhua) — The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) launched Thursday a joint project to prevent acts of nuclear terrorism through the promotion of the universal ratification and effective implementation of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT).…

Sri Lanka revises death toll from multiple terror attacks to 253 from 359: health ministry

COLOMBO, April 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Sri Lanka on Thursday revised the death toll from multiple terror attacks on Sunday to around 253 from 359, Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said on Thursday. The statement said the death toll from Sunday’s bombing attacks had been revised to between 250 to 253 and…

Mahathir holds talks with China’s top leaders, consolidates China-Malaysia ties

BEIJING, April 26 (NNN- Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Thursday held talks with China’s top leaders, further underlining the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries. Dr Mahathir, who arrived here Wednesday night, met President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Li Zhanshu, chairman of the…

Foreign Ministry looking into mysterious death of Palestinian child in Belgium

RAMALLAH, April 26 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs said in a statement today, that it is carefully following up with competent Belgian and Lebanese authorities on the mysterious death of Palestinian-Lebanese child Daniel Al-Alali in Belgium. Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Riyad Al-Malki issued…

Lebanon´s Budget To Exempt the Poor from more Taxes

BEIRUT, April 26 (NNN- Prensa Latina) – The modified State budget of 2019 will exempt the most disadvantaged classes in Lebanon from more taxes, Finance Minister Ali Hasan Khalil was quoted as saying by local media on Thursday. The new budget will have neither major tax burdens, nor increases in…

Honduras: Displaced People at ‘State of Emergency’ Levels

People stand next to the coffin of Saylin, 14, killed by gang members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in July. Photo courtesy of Telesur TEGUCIGALPA, April 26 (NNN-TELESUR) – State and civil society organizations gathered in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to report on the number of displaced and trafficked people within the country. They…

UN Evacuates 350 Migrants as Fighting Rages On Tripoli’s Edge

Migrants are seen at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli. | Photo courtesy of Telesur TRIPOLI, April 26 (NNN-TELESUR) -The group of migrants, mainly Eritrean, Sudanese and Nigerian, was transferred from the Qasr Ben Gashir district to a detention center in Zawiya, a town 40 km…