Politics

News Analysis: Israeli Government Stays Wary On The 1st Anniversary Of 11-Day War

By Xinhua writer Wang Zhuolun JERUSALEM, May 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Although the recent clashes between Israel and the Palestinian militant…

UN Envoy Presses Yemeni Warring Factions To Uphold Ceasefire

ADEN, May 11 (NNN-YPA) – The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, yesterday arrived in the southern Yemeni…

Sri Lankan Military Authorised To Maintain Law, Order Amid Unrest

COLOMBO, May 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry, yesterday, ordered the country’s armed forces to open fire on anyone…

Kyrgyzstan Celebrated 77th Anniversary Of Victory In Great Patriotic War

BISHKEK, May 11 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan celebrated the 77th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Kyrgyz…

Yoon Suk-yeol Sworn In As S.Korea’s New President

SEOUL, May 11 (NNN-YONHAP) – Yoon Suk-yeol of the biggest conservative People Power Party, yesterday, was sworn in as South…

Preliminary Results Show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Wins Philippine Presidential Election

MANILA, May 10 (NNN-PNA) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr., 64, won yesterday’s presidential election over his main rival, incumbent Vice President,…

Lebanon Starts Second Phase Of Expat Voting In Parliamentary Elections

BEIRUT, May 9 (NNN-NNA) – The second phase of Lebanese expatriates voting in parliamentary elections kicked off in the United…

Gas Ship Allowed Into Yemen’s Hodeidah Port As Part Of Truce

SANAA, May 9 (NNN-YPA) – A ship carrying cooking gas was allowed to enter Yemen’s blockaded Red Sea port of…

Two Palestinians Shot Dead In West Bank Amid Flaring Tensions

RAMALLAH, May 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Two Palestinians were shot dead yesterday, in separate incidents in the northern and central West…

Lebanon Condemns Deadly Attack In Egypt’s Sinai

BEIRUT, May 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, yesterday, condemned the deadly attack in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that…