Middle East

Iraqi Provincial Council Sacks Baghdad Governor

BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (NNN-NINA) – Baghdad’s provincial council, voted to sack the incumbent governor, and called for nomination of an…

World Bank To Allocate 120 Million USD For Lebanon’s Care Centres

BEIRUT, Oct 7 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese Health Minister, Jamil Jabak, said that, the World Bank has decided to allocate…

Saudi Arabia Works On Removing Sudan From U.S. Terror List

RIYADH, Oct 7 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia is working on removing Sudan from the U.S. state sponsors of terror list,…

Palestinian President Insists On Holding Elections In West Bank, East Jerusalem And Gaza

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Oct 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, announced that, the Palestinian leadership insists on holding elections, in…

Jordan Summons Israeli Diplomat To Demand Release Of Jordanian Detainees

AMMAN, Oct 7 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan on Sunday, summoned the charge d’Affaires of the Israeli embassy in Amman, demanding the…

Jordanian Gov’t, Teachers Association Ink Pact To End Month-Long Strike

AMMAN, Oct 7 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s government and the Jordan Teachers Association, signed an agreement, to increase basic salaries of…

Gitex Technology Week 2019, Kicks Off In Dubai

DUBAI, Oct 7 (NNN-WAM) – Gitex, the largest IT exhibition and conference in the Middle East, kicked off on Sunday,…

Turkey, U.S. Presidents Agree To Meet In Nov In Washington

ANKARA, Oct 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, agreed in a phone…

Death Toll Rises To 104 Amid Protests Across Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (NNN-NINA) – Death toll in protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities rose to 104, with more…

Somalia: Scores of Somali Refugees Return Home From Yemen

MOGADISHU, Oct 6 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The International Organization for Migration has helped 143 Somali refugees, stranded in war-torn Yemen, return…