Update: Death Toll In Protests Against India’s Controversial Citizenship Law Rises To 22

NEW DELHI, Dec 22 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in violent protests against the controversial new citizenship law in India rose to 22 on Saturday. A 25-year-old man was killed during clashes with police, in Rampur district of the northern Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll to 15 in the…

Iran Urges Japan To Protect Nuke Deal, Regional Stability

TEHRAN, Dec 22 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran urged Japan’s initiatives to protect the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, as well as, support peace and stability in the Middle East, Iranian media reported. The remarks were made by Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo…

Mohamed Bin Zayed, Egypt’s President Discuss Strengthening UAE-Egypt Relations

ABU DHABI, Dec 21 (NNN-WAM) – Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE’s Armed Forces, and President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, discussed the strong bilateral relations between the two fraternal countries, and ways to enhance them in various…

Update: Death Toll Rises To 10 In Violent Protests Over Citizenship Law In India’s Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll, during protests against the controversial new citizenship law, has risen to 10, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said today (Saturday). The dead include an 8-year-old boy, who was trampled in the stampede, after police resorted to baton…

Kazakhstan Set To Abolish Death Penalty

NUR-SULTAN, Dec 21 (NNN-RIA) – President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said, he ordered procedures, to abolish the death penalty in the country. Tokayev made the remarks, at the second meeting of the National Council of Public Trust, held in the capital, Nur-Sultan. The council, comprising prominent social activists, deputies of…

Japan’s Cabinet Approves Record 938 Billion USD Draft FY 2020 Budget

TOKYO, Dec 21 (NNN-NHK) – The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, approved a draft budget for fiscal 2020, aimed at covering ballooning social security costs, amid a rapidly ageing society and dealing with the fallout from a consumption tax hike, that has seen private and public consumption wane. The…

Russia Has No Desire To Rejoin G7: Diplomat

MOSCOW, Dec 21 (NNN-TASS) – Moscow no longer wishes to rejoin the Group of Seven (G7), as it has other priorities, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said. There are other platforms where serious issues are being addressed, including the G20, formats for Eurasian integration and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,…

Japan’s Abe, Iran’s Rouhani Discuss Tensions In Middle East

TOKYO, Dec 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, held talks with Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, amid tensions in the Middle East. Rouhani, on a two-day trip to Japan, marking the first for an Iranian president since 2000, heard from Abe about his concerns about rising tension in the…

Turkey Intercepts 59,712 Illegal Migrants In 2019

ISTANBUL, Dec 21 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The Turkish coast guard caught a total of 59,712 illegal migrants, trying to reach Europe via Turkey this year, the force unveiled. The Aegean Sea remains the main route for illegal migrants, as 59,455 of them attempted to sneak into Greece with inflatable boats, according…

13 Syrian Soldiers Killed In Daesh Gas Field Attack

DAMASCUS, Dec 21 (NNN-SANA) – Daesh militants attacked a gas field in central Syria’s Homs province, killing 13 Syrian soldiers, a war monitor reported. The Daesh militants launched the attack on Thursday night, on the gas field in the desert region, in the eastern countryside of Homs, killing 13 soldiers…
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