Middle East

The Latest: Israel, Iran Exchange Fresh Strikes On 9th Day Of Escalating Conflict

BEIJING, Jun 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – As the conflict between Israel and Iran entered its second week, the two sides exchanged…

Poverty drives instability, conflict – UN Sec-Gen Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, June 21 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — “Poverty breeds despair. Despair fuels unrest. And unrest tears at the fabric of societies,”…

Philippines Urges Filipinos In Israel, Iran To Leave As Conflict Escalates

MANILA, Jun 21 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), yesterday said, it raised the alert level in…

Cuban FM highlights support for Cuban medical collaboration at UN Human Rights Council

HAVANA, June 21 (NNN-ACN) — Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, highlighted the statement by 64 countries at the Human…

US Pres Trump confirms DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal, gripes about not awarded Nobels for his efforts

WASHINGTON, June 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump took credit for a peace deal negotiated in Washington between the…

IAEA Warns Of Severe Consequences If Iran’s Bushehr Plant Is Attacked

VIENNA, Jun 21 (NNN-APA) – The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is the Iranian nuclear site where the consequences of an…

Turkish President, Armenian PM Held Talks On Bilateral Ties, Regional Developments

ISTANBUL, Jun 21 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, met in Istanbul yesterday,…

Arab FMs Convened Emergency Meeting In Istanbul Over Iran-Israel Conflict

ISTANBUL, Jun 21 (NNN-TRT) – Arab League foreign ministers, held an emergency meeting in Istanbul yesterday, to address rising tensions…

Israel Has Power To Destroy “All Of Iran’s Nuclear Facilities,” Says Netanyahu

JERUSALEM, Jun 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that, Israel had already destroyed “more than half”…

Talk Of Regime Change In Iran Unacceptable: Kremlin Spokesperson

MOSCOW, Jun 20 (NNN-TASS) – Russia considers any discussion of regime change in Iran completely unacceptable, Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov,…