Politics

Algeria, Italy Ink MOU To Boost Political, Security Partnership

ALGIERS, Dec 6 (NNN-APS) – Algeria and Italy, yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic dialogue, over bilateral…

Voting Began In Kuwait For Parliamentary Elections

KUWAIT, Dec 6 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait yesterday held its parliamentary elections, with 326 candidates running for 50 seats. The voting…

Iran’s National Security Council Endorses Law Reducing IAEA Inspections

TEHRAN, Dec 6 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), endorsed the parliament-ratified “Strategic Action to Lift Embargoes”…

Afghan Supreme Court Judge Killed In Kabul Shooting

KABUL, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A judge of the Afghan Supreme Court has been assassinated, in the country’s capital, a…

Jewish Settler Tries To Burn Gethsemane Church In Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Dec 5 (NNN-WAFA) – A Jewish settler attempted today, to burn down the Gethsemane Church, in the Mount of…

Israeli Forces Shot, Killed Palestinian Child Near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Dec 5 (NNN-WAFA) – A 13-year-old Palestinian boy on Friday (yesterday), died of his wounds, sustained in clashes between…

Fourth Syrian Constitutional Talks Conclude, Next Meeting Set For Jan

GENEVA, Dec 5 (NNN-SANA) – The fourth meeting of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, concluded here yesterday,…

Arab League Welcomes Kuwait’s Efforts To “Heal Arab Rifts”

CAIRO, Dec 5 (NNN-MENA) – The Arab League Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, praised Kuwait’s efforts to “heal Arab rifts.” In a…

Armed Attacks Intensify In Yemen’s Hodeidah Despite UN’s Call For De-Escalation

ADEN, Dec 5 (NNN-SABA) – Sporadic armed attacks intensified in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, despite the…

Saudi Arabia Denies Role In Assassination Of Iranian Nuke Scientist

RIYADH, Dec 2 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, denied any role of his country,…