Middle East

Oman Reports 1,931 New COVID-19 Cases, 228,579 In Total

MUSCAT, Jun 10 (NNN-ONA) – The Omani health ministry, yesterday announced, 1,931 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total confirmed number…

Covid-19: US ‘to buy 500 mn doses for world’ as curbs ease in Europe

PARIS, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is set to buy 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to distribute around…

Russian serviceman killed, three injured in Syria blast

MOSCOW, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) –An improvised explosive device killed one Russian soldier and wounded three more on patrol in northern…

Child labour swells for first time in two decades, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa: UN

GENEVA, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– The world has marked the first rise in child labour in two decades and the…

Two PA Security Officers Shot Dead In West Bank Clash With Israeli Troops

WEST BANK, Jun 10 (NNN-PNN) – Two officers in the Palestinian Authority’s Military Intelligence unit were reportedly shot dead last…

Three Rockets Hit Air Base In Iraq’s Salahudin Province

BAGHDAD, Jun 10 (NNN-NINA) – At least three Katyusha rockets, yesterday, struck an Iraqi military airbase in Salahudin province, north…

Lebanon Thanks Iraq For Doubling Crude Supply Amid Frequent Power Cuts

BEIRUT, Jun 10 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s House Speaker, Nabih Berri, yesterday, expressed gratitude to Iraq, for its decision to increase…

US says “hundreds of sanctions” against Iran to remain in place

WASHINGTON, June 9 (NNN-Xinhua) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “hundreds of sanctions” against Iran will remain…

Iraq To Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

BAGHDAD, Jun 9 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi government decided yesterday, to take a series of measures to accelerate the vaccination…

Nuclear weapons spending swelled $1.4 bn amid pandemic: report

GENEVA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Even as the pandemic raged and economies around the world were devastated, nuclear-armed countries last…