Turkey’s Erdogan Proposes Regional Conference Over East Med Issue

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Tuesday, proposed a regional conference over the maritime dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean. “I would like to repeat here our call for establishing dialogue and cooperation between coastal countries of the Eastern Mediterranean,” Erdogan said, in his video…

Russia Accuses U.S. Of Using Russian Opposition Leader’s Case To Block Nord Stream 2

MOSCOW, Sept 23 (NNN-TASS) – Washington is using the case of the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, to block the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, designed to ship Russian natural gas to Europe, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director, Sergei Naryshkin, said yesterday. “It is…

U.S. Democratic Leader Urges Republicans To Pass Three-Trillion-USD Relief Bill As COVID-19 Deaths Top 200,000

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, slammed the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and urged the Republicans to support the House Democrats’ three-trillion-U.S.-dollar relief bill to blunt the economic fallout. “Republicans must accept the gravity of this crisis and vote on the science-based strategy…

Sri Lanka Calls On UN To Emphasize On Non-Interference In Domestic Affairs Of Other States

COLOMBO, Sept 23 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, called upon the United Nations to place due emphasis on non-interference in domestic affairs of other states, in his address to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations. In a recorded statement at the high-level meeting, to commemorate the…

Iran Ready To Swap All Prisoners With U.S.

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said Monday that, Iran is ready for the exchange of all prisoners with the United States, Iran Press News Agency reported. Zarif made the remarks, in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York on…

Over One Million Health Volunteers Deployed In Thailand To Prepare For Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections

BANGKOK, Sept 22 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health said, it will deploy 1.2 million public health volunteers across the country, to stem and prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19. The move came after reports of continuous illegal crossings of migrant workers into the Thai soil from…

Philippines To Draw On Libya’s Experience To Fight Daesh

TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (NNN-PNA) – Charge d’Affaires of the Philippines to Libya, Elmer G. Cato, yesterday expressed his country’s desire, to draw on Libya’s experience in the fight against the Daesh terrorists. Cato made the remarks during a meeting with the UN-backed Libyan government’s Defence Minister, Salah Addin Al-Namroush, according…

Egyptian President, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Discuss Regional Developments

CAIRO, Sept 22 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussed yesterday, a number of regional issues. During a phone conversation, Sisi and Al Nahyan exchanged views on the recent developments in regional and international issues of common interest, Egyptian…

Palestine Says U.S. Preventing Arab States From Supporting PA

RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday, accused the U.S. administration of preventing Arab states from supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA), to force it to barter its national rights for money. During the weekly meeting of the PA cabinet, Ishtaye said, “U.S. President, Donald Trump, cut…

Bangladeshi PM: Second Wave Of Covid-19 May Strike This Oct-Nov

DHAKA, Sept 22 (NNN-BSS) – Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, said, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic may begin in late Oct or early Nov. Thus, all concerned need to be prepared to tackle the outbreak, by using the experience gathered till now in the fight against the virus, added…
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