Middle East

Cooling La Nina expected to be ‘short-lived’: UN

GENEVA, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina that emerged late last year is weak and likely…

Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade Puts Children’s Lives At Risk: UNICEF

GAZA, Mar 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, particularly medical supplies, will have…

UN Agencies Fear Gaza Crossing Closures Deal Blow To Humanitarian Progress

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – The closure of all Gaza cargo crossing points is undoing critical progress in delivering…

UNIFIL Commander Urged Lebanon, Israel To Refrain From Escalation

BEIRUT, Mar 5 (NNN-NNA) – Newly appointed UNIFIL Sector West Commander, Nicola Mandolesi, called on Lebanon and Israel to refrain…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Shooting Down U.S. Drone Over Hodeidah

ADEN, Yemen, Mar 5 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi forces announced yesterday that, they successfully intercepted a U.S. MQ-9 reconnaissance drone,…

Roundup: Arab Leaders Adopt Egypt’s Gaza Reconstruction Plan

CAIRO/GAZA, Mar 5 (NNN-MENA/WAFA) – Arab leaders approved yesterday, an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza, which is estimated to cost…

OPEC+ to start oil output increase from April

VIENNA, March 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+,…

60% of adults will be overweight or obese by 2050: study

PARIS, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 60 percent of all adults and a third of all children in the world…

UN says new plastics pollution talks set for August

PARIS, March 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on reducing global plastics pollution will…

Türkiye Condemns Israel For Blocking Aid Into Gaza

ANKARA, Mar 4 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye, yesterday, condemned Israel’s recent decision, to halt the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza,…