Middle East

Lebanon’s State Security Arrests Five Over Illegal Weapons Trade

BEIRUT, June 21 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s state security, arrested on Saturday, five Lebanese over illegal trade in weapons in Akkar,…

Kuwaiti Company Launches Smart Solutions In Preparation For Return To Normal Life

KUWAIT, June 21 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait Telecommunication Company, Ooredoo, will offer an array of smart solutions to companies in the…

Turkey Calls For Int’l Solidarity Over Refugee Issue On World Refugee Day

ANKARA, June 21 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey urged the international community to cooperate on the issue of asylum seekers on Saturday,…

IRGC Vows Support For Palestinian “Resistance” Movement

TEHRAN, June 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), on Saturday, assured…

Saudi Arabia To Lift Nationwide Curfew From Today

RIYADH, June 21 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry, announced on Saturday, the lifting of coronavirus restrictions on all the…

Egypt Receives Safe Travel Stamp From World Travel And Tourism Council

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Egypt was granted, on Saturday, “Safe Travel Stamp” from the World Travel and…

Palestinians Demonstrate Against Israel’s Annexation Plan In West Bank, Gaza

RAMALLAH/GAZA, June 20 (NNN-WAFA) – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Friday, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, against…

Covid-19: Global death toll passes 450,000

PARIS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed at least 450,386 people since the outbreak began in China…

Lebanon adviser in IMF talks quits, citing ‘no genuine will’ for reforms

BEIRUT, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A financial adviser working with Lebanon’s government in talks with the International Monetary Fund said…

Exiled Egyptian LGBTQ activist takes her own life in Canada

TORONTO, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sarah Hegazi, 30, a prominent queer Egyptian feminist, committed suicide in exile in Canada. She…