Middle East

Heavy rain blocks several roads in Palestine, floods reported

RAMALLAH, March 1 (NNN-WAFA) – Two days of heavy rain blocked several main roads in Palestine as a result of…

Arab League welcomes UN report accusing Israel of war crimes against Palestinians

CAIRO, March 1 (NNN-WAFA) – The Arab League (AL) welcomed the results of a United Nations’ report that Israeli forces…

Pakistan: FM Qureshi says he wont attend OIC over its failure to rescind invitation to Swaraj

ISLAMABAD, March 1 (NNN-PTI) — Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced that he will not attend a meeting of…

Hundreds of Syrian refugees return from Lebanon

Syrian refugees take a coach bus heading to Syria in Beirut, Lebanon, DAMASCUS, March 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — Hundreds of Syrian…

Syria force poised for final assault on Daesh

AL-OMAR OIL FIELD (Syria), March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US-supported Kurdish-led fighters vowed to crush the last remnant of the Daesh…

Toll from Egypt train crash rises to 22: Health minister

CAIRO, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a crash and fire at Cairo’s main railway station rose to…

Israel: Attorney General announces intention to indict PM Netanyahu

JERUSALEM, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israel’s attorney general announced his intention to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery,…

US offers $1m reward to find Osama bin Laden’s son seen as ‘crown prince of jihad’

WASHINGTON, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States offered a US$1 million reward for information on a son of late Al-Qaeda…

Israel rejects ‘biased’ UN probe into its response to Gaza unrest – FM Katz

JERUSALEM, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Israel rejected the findings of a UNprobe released Thursday into its soldiers’ response to Gaza…

India-Pakistan tensions ground thousands of air travellers

LONDON, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Thousands of air travellers worldwide were left stranded after Pakistan closed its airspace in response…