UNRWA Faces Financial Crisis Amid Fund Shortage

GAZA, Palestine, Jan 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), is going through a financial crisis amid fund shortage, a spokesman of the agency said, Friday. Adnan Abu Hasnah, media adviser of UNRWA in Gaza, told reporters that, “the…

Erdogan Slams Syria For Not Complying With Cease-Fire

ISTANBUL, Jan 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slammed the Syrian government for failing to comply with the cease-fire, which was brokered by Turkey and Russia. “It is a clear proof that the Syrian government does not comply with the steps we have taken, regarding the cease-fire,” Erdogan…

Hundreds Protest In Jordan Against Deal To Buy Gas From Israel

AMMAN, Jan 18 (NNN-PETRA) – Hundreds of Jordanians protested in downtown Amman, against a deal to purchase gas from Israel. The protesters said, the deal to import gas from Israel would harm Jordan’s economy, calling on the government to seek alternatives from other Arab states. They also demanded the annulment…

Qatar further eases restrictions on migrant workers’ exit

A worker inside the Lusail stadium which is under construction for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup DUBAI, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — QATAR said it had scrapped restrictions on leaving the country for nearly all migrant workers as part of reforms answering accusations of exploitation especially in the run-up to…

Anadolu reporter back in Turkey after being detained in Egypt

Hilmi Balci, one of the four Anadolu staff detained in Egypt is back but another three remaining staff are yet to be released. Photo courtesy of ANADOLU. ISTANBUL, Jan 17 (NNN-ANADOLU) — One of Anadolu Agency’s four employees detained in Egypt earlier this week has arrived back in Turkey, the…

11 US troops injured in Jan 8 Iran missile attack in Iraq

US soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base where US forces were stationed, the US military said,…

Iran-US tension: Pres Rouhani says wants dialogue, working to ‘prevent war’

TEHRAN, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said he wants to avoid war after Tehran and Washington appeared on the brink of direct military confrontation in early January for the second time in lessthan a year. Ahead of parliamentary elections on Feb 21 — predicted to be achallenge…

Libya’s warring leaders eye Berlin truce talks after failure in Moscow

TRIPOLI, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar agreed “in principle” to attend a peace conference in Berlin after the head of Tripoli’s UN-recognised government Fayez al-Sarraj signalled he would be present.The talks come as world powers step up efforts for a lasting ceasefire, nine months since an…

Update: Egypt responds to Turkey’s statement on arrest of 4 Anadolu journalists

CAIRO, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Egyptian Foreign Ministry alleges that Anadolu, Turkish News Agency, is an “illegal” company founded by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is outlawed in Egypt and has been designated a terrorist group since 2013. Ahmed Hafez, a spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, stressed in a statement…

Turkey protest Egyptian police raid on Anadolu, Turkish news agency

File photo ANKARA, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey’s foreign ministry has summoned the senior Egyptian diplomat in the country to protest against a raid by Egyptian police on the Cairo office of Turkey’s state news agency, Anadolu. Four employees of the agency, one Turk and three Egyptians, were arrested following…
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