Middle East

50 trafficked Nigerian women rescued from Lebanon

ABUJA, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty trafficked Nigerian women have been rescued from Lebanon and returned to their home country.…

Iran’s Parliamentary Body Condemns Israel’s Land Theft Policies

TEHRAN, May 27 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Permanent Secretariat of the International Conference on Supporting Palestinian Intifada (Uprising), at the Iranian…

Netanyahu To Push Ahead With Annexation Of Occupied West Bank In July

JERUSALEM, May 27 (NNN-MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said, he intends to push ahead with plans to annex…

Dubai To Allow Up To 50 Percent Of Staff To Return To Work

DUBAI, May 27 (NNN-WAM) – Dubai will increase the number of workers allowed in an office at any one time,…

Muslim Woman Becomes Britain’s First Hijab Wearing Judge

LONDON, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A woman in Britain, who became the first judge in the western world to wear…

Palestine Condemns Israel’s Plan Of Development In Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, May 27 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, condemned Israeli plan for development, in the…

Turkey “Neutralised” 1,458 PKK-YPG Members In Cross Border Operations This Year: Defence Minister

ANKARA, May 26 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish security forces killed 1,458 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Syrian Kurdish…

Israel Reports 16,734 COVID-19 Cases, 281 Deaths

JERUSALEM, May 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli health ministry reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number…

Israel’s GDP Shrinks 7.1 Percent In Q1, Sharpest Drop In 20 Years

JERUSALEM, May 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s GDP contracted by annualised 7.1 percent, in the first quarter of 2020, compared to…

Jordan’s King Hails Anti-COVID-19 Battle On 74th Independence Day

AMMAN, May 26 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan, on Monday, commended all efforts exerted by the country’s various…