Middle East

Covid-19: UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

GENEVA, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than…

Long working hours increasing deaths from heart disease, stroke: WHO, ILO

GENEVA, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016,…

Chinese Envoy Vows To Push For UN Security Council Action To Defuse Israeli-Palestinian Tension

UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Chinese envoy vowed to push for UN Security Council action to defuse Israeli-Palestinian…

Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Urges Security Council To Initiate Steps Against Israel

UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, yesterday called on the UN…

Palestine-Israel conflict: China FM ‘regrets’ US blocking UN statement on Mideast

UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China on Sunday voiced regret that the United States was blocking a UN Security…

Presidential Campaigns Start In Syria

DAMASCUS, May 17 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian presidential campaigns had officially started yesterday, as posters of President Bashar al-Assad and…

59 arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin

BERLIN, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty-nine people were arrested and dozens of police officers injured during violent clashes at a…

Egypt Will “Spare No Effort” To Reach Ceasefire In Gaza: FM

CAIRO, May 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, said yesterday that, his country will spare no effort to…

Death Toll In Gaza Hits 181 As Tension With Israel Continues For 7th Day

GAZA, May 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Tension between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continued yesterday, for the seventh day…

Hamas Leader’s House Hit By Israeli Air Strikes On Gaza Strip

GAZA, May 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Homes and apartments in the Gaza Strip, including the house of a Hamas leader, were…