Living Conditions Of Palestinian Refugees In Gaza Strip Worsening: UNRWA

GAZA, Mar 4 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said, living conditions of Palestinian refugees in the besieged Gaza Strip “are getting worse, due to 14 years of Israeli blockade and lack of jobs,” said Matthias Schmale, director of…

Arab FMs Renew Aboul-Gheit’s Term As Arab League Chief

CAIRO, Mar 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Arab foreign ministers agreed yesterday, to renew the Arab League (AL) Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit’s five-year term. Egyptian state TV announced, the Arab foreign ministers, unanimously agreed to Egypt’s request, to renew Aboul-Gheit’s mandate, as the pan-Arab organisation’s secretary-general for a second term, during the 155th…

US to impose anti-dumping tax on 18 countries

WASHINGTON, March 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Commerce is preparing to tax aluminum sheet exporters from 18 countries after determining they had benefited from subsidies and dumping. The US International Trade Commission (ITC), an independent body, mustapprove the final decision by April 15 to impose anti-dumping orcountervailing duties,…

Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts Bomb-Laden Drone

RIYADH, Mar 3 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi-led coalition, involved in a war in Yemen, intercepted yesterday, a bomb-laden-drone, launched by Houthis towards the Saudi southern region. The coalition spokesperson, Turki Al-Malki, accused the Houthi militia of committing “war crimes.” He said, the coalition will continue all necessary operational procedures, in…

Nationwide Protests Erupt In Lebanon As Local Currency Hits New Low

BEIRUT, Mar 3 (NNN-NNA) – Protests erupted yesterday across Lebanon, against the unprecedented collapse of the currency, which slipped to a new low of 10,000 Lebanese pounds per one U.S. dollar. Protests were held in the capital Beirut and other major cities, including Tripoli and Sidon, as well as, some…

Egypt, Sudan Voice Concern Over Possible Second Phase Filling Of Ethiopia’s Nile Dam

CAIRO, Mar 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and his Sudanese counterpart, Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, stressed that, Ethiopia’s possible second phase filling of the Nile dam unilaterally, would pose a direct threat to water security of Egypt and Sudan. The remarks came during the two ministers meeting in…

US presses Saudis over Khashoggi killing amid calls to punish prince

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman WASHINGTON, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States pressed Saudi Arabia to take further measures after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Washington faced growing criticism that it did not directly target Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. President Joe Biden on Friday released…

Covid-19: Global cases on the rise after six weeks of decline – WHO

The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is on the rise GENEVA, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is once again on the rise after six straight weeks of decline, the head of the World Health Organization said.“This is disappointing, but…

UN appeals for 3.85 billion dollars as Yemen faces famine

UN is seeking help for Yemen UNITED NATIONS, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations is appealing for 3.85 billion dollars in funding to save millions of people in Yemen from hunger.Last year, countries only donated 1.9 billion dollars for people in Yemen, just over half of the funding that…

US urges Yemen’s Houthis to halt offensive on Marib

WASHINGTON, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Houthi rebels to halt their offensive in northernYemen, as he announced $191 million in aid at a donor conference. The Houthis last month resumed a push to capture Marib city, which liesclose to some of Yemen’s richest…
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