Middle East

Egyptian Ministers, U.S. Envoy Hold Talks On Ethiopia’s Nile Dam

CAIRO, May 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel Aty,…

Two Rockets Hit Air Base Housing U.S.-Led Forces In Western Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 5 (NNN-NINA) – Two Katyusha rockets, yesterday landed on a military air base, housing U.S.-led coalition forces, in…

Assad, Two Other Candidates Approved To Run In Syrian Presidential Elections

DAMASCUS, May 4 (NNN-SANA) – The candidacy applications of Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, and two other candidates, have been accepted…

Libya calls on Turkey to help evacuate foreign forces

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Monday met with her Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Tripoli TRIPOLI, May 4 (NNN-Xinhua)…

Heavy Rain Kills At Least Five People In Yemen: Source

ADEN, May 4 (NNN-SABA) – Torrential rain killed at least five Yemeni people, in the country’s south-eastern province of Hadramout,…

Covid-19: Saudi Arabia to lift travel curbs on ‘immunised’ citizens

RIYADH, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunised against Covid-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the…

Two rockets target Baghdad airport base housing US troops

BAGHDAD, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq’s Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday,…

Covid-19: Turkey’s death toll 340 as lockdown sets in

Workers dig new graves for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at Kilyos cemetery in Istanbul ISTANBUL, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey…

Israel holds day of mourning for stampede victims

45 people died at a stampede at the religious ceremony of Lag BaOmer in Mount Meron ERUSALEM, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Covid-19: Israeli army clear of cases for 1st time since pandemic outbreak

JERUSALEM, May 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that the number of active COVID-19 cases among soldiers…