Lebanon Asks For 30-Billion-USD Compensation For Hosting Displaced Syrians

BEIRUT, May 10 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar, yesterday urged the international community, to compensate Lebanon with 30 billion U.S. dollars, for hosting Syrian displaced people over a long period, a statement by the Ministry of Social Affairs, said. “We rely on the international community’s compensation…

UK to urge Northern Ireland parties to form government under Brexit shadow

Britain’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis LONDON, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Northern Ireland minister will urge leaders of the province’s political parties on Monday to form a new post-election power-sharing government, a challenge made more difficult by unresolved Brexit issues. Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein won the…

Spanish police arrest dozens, seize luxury vehicles in fraud operation

MADRID, May 9 (NNN-EFE) — Spanish police have arrested 82 people and seized 58 luxury vehicles in a sweeping operation across the nation to dismantle an organized crime ring that is estimated to have turned over 10 million euros by fraudulently selling rental cars. Spain’s national police said the organization…

Dozens of migrants drown off Western Sahara: Charity

RABAT, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 44 migrants and refugees drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Morocco’s disputed region of Western Sahara, migrant aid agency Caminando Fronteras has said. Twelve others survived the tragedy that happened on Sunday when the boat sunk off the coast of…

FM Omamo in Athens as Kenya seeks to strengthen ties with Greece

ATHENS, May 9 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo landed in Athens, Greece on Sunday ahead of her two-day official visit to the Hellenic Republic. The CS was received by Kenya’s Ambassador to Italy & Greece Amb. Jackline Yonga, alongside the country’s Honorary Consul in Greece Vicky…

French court to probe deadly 2009 Yemenia Airways crash in the Comoros

  PARIS, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French court will open hearings Monday in the case of the 2009 crash of a Yemenia Airways flight that killed 152 people but miraculously left a 12-year-old girl alive.    The Yemeni national airline, whose representatives will not be in the dock due…

UN Report Calls For Strategic Approach To Address Palestinian Economic, Fiscal Crisis

RAMALLAH, May 9 (NNN-WAFA) – A UN report published Saturday, called for a strategic approach to address the economic and fiscal crisis facing the Palestinian Authority, and urged all parties “to respond in a coordinated and integrated way to solve this precarious situation.” “The current political, economic and security challenges…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Canada’s PM Trudeau announces new weapons for Ukraine in visit to Kyiv; US diplomats return to Kyiv embassy

KYIV, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new weapons and equipment for Ukraine after an unannounced visit to Kyiv, the capital. Trudeau, addressing a news conference after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, also said Canada was imposing new sanctions on Russian individuals and entities in…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Bulgaria says will veto EU oil sanctions on Russia if it does not get derogation

SOFIA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgaria will not support European Union’s new set of sanctions against Russia if the Balkan country does not get a derogation from the proposed ban on buying Russian oil, Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev said. European Union governments moved closer on Sunday to agreeing to tough…

Colombia, Saudi Arabia To Meet In June Football Friendly

BOGOTA, May 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Colombia will play an international friendly against Saudi Arabia in Spain next month, the South American country’s football federation (FCF), said. In a statement, the entity said, the teams would meet at the Enrique Roca stadium in Murcia, on June 5. It added that,…
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