Syrian Interim Leader Issued Decree Affirming Kurdish Rights As Tensions Escalate

DAMASCUS, Jan 17 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian interim leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, today issued a decree affirming the cultural, linguistic and civic rights of Syrian Kurds, as tensions rise between the authorities and Kurdish-led forces, in Aleppo and its eastern countryside. The decree underscores that, Syrian Kurds are an “integral and authentic”…

Tanzania: ‘We’re friend to all, non-aligned’ – Pres Samia

DODOMA, Jan 16 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared that Tanzania remains a “friend to all and non-aligned but multi-engaged,” positioning the nation as a strategic bridge between the Global West and the Global East. Speaking to Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations during the annual Diplomatic Sherry…

UN: Sec-Gen Guterres’s last annual speech slams world leaders for lack of cooperation

United Nations Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has lashed out at world leaders he accused of turning their backs on international cooperation amid “self-defeating geopolitical divides” and “brazen violations of international law”.Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, the UN secretary-general…

Work Underway To Draft Temporary Constitution: Palestinian President

RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Work is underway, to draft a temporary constitution and a political parties law, in preparation for upcoming elections, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said, yesterday. “The State of Palestine would be democratic, based on equal citizenship, political pluralism, freedom of expression, the formation of political parties,…

New calls for humanitarian truce in Sudan as peace talks resume in Cairo

Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary RSf CAIRO, Jan 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudan peace efforts resumed in Cairo as Egypt, the United Nations and the United States called for the warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce, as the war between the army and its rival…

Flash: Trump Says “Board Of Peace” For Gaza Has Been Formed, Members To Be Announced Shortly

UNITED STATES, Jan 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Flash: Trump says, “Board of Peace” for Gaza has been formed, members to be announced shortly.– NNN-XINHUA

Hamas Reaffirmed Readiness To Hand Over Gaza Administration To Palestinian Technocratic Committee

GAZA, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas, yesterday, reaffirmed its readiness, to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a newly formed Palestinian technocratic committee and facilitate its mission. “Hamas welcomed the formation of the committee and announced its readiness to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip…

UAE, Türkiye Discuss Gaza, Bilateral Ties

ABU DHABI, Jan 15 (NNN-WAM) – President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, held talks yesterday in Abu Dhabi, with Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, discussing the situation in Gaza and bilateral relations. Both sides stressed the urgent need to uphold the ceasefire in Gaza…

Chile’s Pres Boric endorsing Bachelet for UN top post beyond his own term

santiago, Jan 15 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Chile’s outgoing President Gabriel Boric Font confirmed that his administration would formalize the candidacy of former President Michelle Bachelet for Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). Boric, who is soon to hand over power to President-elect José Antonio Kast of his political antipodes, said that…

UN experts urge US to respect international law over Greenland

GENEVA, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — United Nations (UN) experts on Wednesday warned that any unilateral attempt to alter Greenland’s status as an autonomous territory of Denmark would not only violate international law, but could also undermine stability in the Arctic region and beyond. In a joint statement, seven UN experts,…
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