Politics

Voting opens in Australian general election

CANBERRA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Voting opened in Australia’s general election this morning. Polling booths across the country opened to…

Ramos-Horta Sworn In For Second Time As Timor Leste President

JAKARTA, May 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, was inaugurated and sworn in yesterday, as the president…

Iranian FM Says Agreement In Vienna Talks Within Reach If U.S. Acts “Logically”

TEHRAN, May 20 (NNN-IRNA) – If the United States acts “logically,” an agreement in the Vienna talks on the revival…

NATO Chief Vows To Settle Turkey’s Concerns Over Expansion

COPENHAGEN, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), yesterday pledged to address…

News Analysis: Israeli Gov’t Loses Majority, Stability In Question

by Keren Setton JERUSALEM, May 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The resignation of an Arab-Israeli member of the coalition yesterday, has led…

UN Mission Urges Lebanon, Israel To Resolve Rifts Through Tripartite Meetings

BEIRUT, May 20 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), yesterday called on Lebanon and Israel, to…

Pakistani PM, European Council President Discuss Relations, Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, discussed by phone, with European Council President, Charles Michel, bilateral…

Myanmar’s SAC Chairman To Hold Peace Talks With 10 Ethnic Armed Groups Tomorrow

YANGON, May 19 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s State Administration Council’s (SAC) chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, will hold peace talks…

Iranian Media Slaps U.S. “Dark History” Of Mistreating Native American Children In Boarding Schools

TEHRAN, May 19 (NNN-IRNA) – The finding of around 500 reported deaths of Native American children, who were forced to…

Turkey Threatens Not To Approve Sweden’s NATO Bid If “Terrorists” Not Extradited

ANKARA, May 19 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey will not approve Sweden’s NATO membership, if the country does not extradite “terrorists” upon…