16-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Shot Dead By Israeli Army During Military Raid

RAMALLAH, Dec 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israeli forces murdered a 16-year-old Palestinian boy, in the northern occupied West Bank. Mohammad Eyad Mohammad Abahra, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli forces, around 9:30 p.m. on Dec 13, in an alleyway to a main street in the Ziyoud neighbourhood in the Palestinian…

US Pres Trump adds Syria, Laos to expanded US travel ban

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump expanded a US travel ban by barring nationals of seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United States. Trump, who has long campaigned to restrict immigration and has spoken in increasingly strident terms, moved…

Egypt To Build 150-Million-USD Vaccine Plant In Suez Canal Zone

CAIRO, Dec 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, broke ground on a major vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals plant, in the Sokhna Industrial Zone, with total investments amounting to 150 million U.S. dollars, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said. The GENNVAX vaccines and biological pharmaceuticals project, will be established on an…

ICC rejects Israel appeal, backs Gaza war crimes investigation

THE HAGUE, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) appeals chamber has rejected Israel’s challenge to the legality of the court’s investigation into war crimes committed in Gaza after October 2023. In a judgment issued on Monday, judges confirmed an earlier ruling by the pre-trial chamber, finding that…

Iran Dismisses Lebanese Claims Of Interference, Urges Focus On Israel

TEHRAN, Dec 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday, dismissed accusations by Lebanese Foreign Minister, Youssef Rajji that, Tehran is interfering in Beirut’s internal affairs, characterising the nations’ diplomatic ties as “age-old” and enduring. Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei addressed the tensions during his weekly press conference in Tehran. The…

UK-France: Small boat migrant crossings resume in English Channel

LONDON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Migrants resumed attempts to cross the English Channel to reach Britain on Saturday, four weeks after the last small boat arrived. An interior minister spokesperson condemned the crossings as “shameful”, adding: “The British people deserve better.” The recent pause in crossings — believed to be…

Egyptian, French Leaders Stress Gaza Peace Efforts Must Lead To Palestinian Statehood

CAIRO, Dec 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, affirmed yesterday that, the current peace efforts over Gaza must lead to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. During a phone conversation, the two leaders agreed that the current efforts must be followed by…

Venezuela and Iran sign agreement to produce medical equipment

CARACAS, Dec 13 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt), through the Corporation for Scientific and Technological Development (Codecyt), signed a strategic alliance with the Iranian company MDA Medical Solutions. The Minister of Popular Power for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez Ramírez, highlighted that the…

Non-Aligned Countries (NAM) reject illegal actions and escalation by the US against Venezuela

NEW YORK, Dec 13 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) rejected the Trump Administration’s illegal actions against Venezuela and warned that “the growing presence and activities of extra-regional military forces, including deployments involving assets with advanced capabilities, increase risks to regional peace, security, and stability, undermining…

UAE, EU Launched Negotiations On Strategic Partnership Agreement

ABU DHABI, Dec 12 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the European Union (EU), yesterday launched negotiations on a Strategic Partnership Agreement, both sides announced. According to a report, the announcement was made at a joint press conference in Abu Dhabi, by Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, state minister in…
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