Middle East

Chinese Envoy Stresses Two-State Solution As Sole Viable Resolution To Middle East Issue

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, yesterday emphasised that, the two-state…

Palestine Rejects Proposal To Reopen Rafah Crossing Without Israeli Withdrawal: Source

RAMALLAH, Jul 18 (NNN-WAFA) — Palestine has rejected an Israeli-U.S. proposal, to temporarily reopen the Rafah border crossing, calling instead…

France: Central Paris locks down for Olympics as athletes arrive

PARIS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French security forces began locking down large parts of central Paris on Thursday ahead of…

UNRWA Struggles To Prevent Spread Of Diseases In Gaza

GAZA, Jul 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),…

Israeli Block On Aid Deliveries To N. Wadi Gaza Deprives Hundreds Of Thousands Of Relief: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Reports that, the Israeli military stopped all aid missions to the north of Wadi…

Relics From New Kingdom, Late Period Of Ancient Egypt Discovered In Southern Egypt

CAIRO, Jul 18 (NNN-MENA) – A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission, discovered ancient inscriptions, stela, and miniature images of some kings…

Russia and Ukraine each free 95 POWs in latest exchange

KYIV/MOSCOW, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and Ukraine have released a total of 190 captured soldiers in the latest prisoner…

Egypt To Halt Load-Shedding Power Cuts

CAIRO, Jul 18 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt will suspend rotating power outages, starting from Jul 21, to brace users for summer…

Lebanon’s War With Israel Will Not Stop As Long As Offensive Against Gaza Continues: Hezbollah Leader

BEIRUT, Jul 18 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said yesterday that, Lebanon’s war with Israel will not stop,…

Three Syrian Children Killed In Israeli Strike On S. Lebanese Town: Sources

BEIRUT, Jul 17 (NNN-NNA) – Three Syrian children were killed yesterday, in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Umm…