Politics

Chinese FM Urges Japan To Remove Factors Disrupting Ties

BEIJING, May 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, yesterday called on Japan to remove disturbances…

Turkish Finance Minister To Travel To Egypt For First Minister-Level Visit In Nine Years

ANKARA, May 19 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish Finance Minister, Nureddin Nebati, will travel to Egypt in early June, to attend a…

Yemeni Gov’t Accuses Houthi Rebels Of Recruiting Children In Conflict

ADEN, May 19 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s internationally-recognised government, yesterday, accused the Houthi rebels of recruiting children, in their ongoing fighting…

Over 113,000 Syrian Immigrants Gain Right To Vote In Turkish Elections: Official

ANKARA, May 19 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A Turkish migration official said yesterday that, the country now has more than 113,000 Syrians…

Sri Lankan Police Arrest Two Parliamentarians Over Recent Violence

COLOMBO, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two Sri Lankan parliamentarians, Sanath Nishanatha and Milan Jayathilake, were arrested by the Criminal Investigation…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Allies Lose Majority In Parliamentary Elections

BEIRUT, May 18 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Interior Ministry, yesterday announced the final results of the 2022 parliamentary elections, which showed…

Nearly 100 Civilians, Mostly Displaced, Killed In E. DRC: UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (NNN-IRIN) – The killing of almost 100 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

World Bank To Resume Funding Projects To Support Poor People In Sudan: Ministry

KHARTOUM, May 18 (NNN-SUNA) – The World Bank has notified the Sudanese authorities that, it would resume funding projects to…

13 Injured In Blast In Pakistan’s Karachi

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (NNN-APP) – A bomb went off in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi yesterday, leaving at least…

50 Years After Okinawa’s Return To Japan – Discrimination Persists, Economic Development Hampered

TOKYO, May 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, on Sunday, marked the 50th anniversary of its reversion to…