Middle East

Egypt, U.S. Discuss Military, Security, Anti-Terror Cooperation

CAIRO, Feb 23 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and visiting Commander of U.S. Central Command, Kenneth McKenzie, discussed yesterday,…

Israel, Egypt agree to build new gas pipeline

Israel and Egypt’s energy ministers agreed to build a gas pipeline from the offshore eastern Mediterranean Leviathan field to Egypt…

Israel scrambles to clean beaches after massive tar pollution

MIKHMORET (Israel), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Israeli authorities warned people to keep away from the country’s Mediterranean shore to avoid…

Covid-19: US nears 500,000 deaths as globally, figure approaching 2.5 million

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States stood on the brink of recording 500,000 Covid-related deaths since the start…

Covid-19: Israel starts reopening with vaccine “passports”

Israel reopened large parts of its economy on Sunday after an almost two-month COVID-19 lockdown JERUSALEM, Feb 22 (NNN-Xinhua) —…

Covid-19: Gaza Strip receives 20,000 doses of vaccines funded by UAE

Medical workers unload COVID-19 vaccines from a truck at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah…

Three Rockets Hit Airbase In Iraq’s Salahudin Province: Local Source

BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (NNN-NINA) – Three Katyusha rockets, yesterday landed on an Iraqi military airbase, in Iraq’s Salahudin province, a…

Covid-19: World sees 10,963 new deaths in 24 hours

PARIS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,453,070 people since the outbreak emerged in China…

Palestinian President Enacts Decree To Consolidate Public Freedom Ahead Of General Elections

RAMALLAH, Feb 21 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, last night enacted a decree, to consolidate public freedom, ahead of…

Over 200 million vaccine doses administered globally, 45% in G7 countries

PARIS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries…