Middle East

Jordan Signs Deal To Increase Electricity Exports To Palestine

AMMAN, Jan 16 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan and Palestine’s Al-Quds Electricity Company, on Wednesday, signed an agreement, to increase electricity exports…

Qatari Deputy PM Meets Iraqi Leaders Over Mitigating Regional Tension

BAGHDAD, Jan 16 (NNN-QNA) – Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, discussed with…

Palestine Slams Israel’s Declaration Of Nature Reserves In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine slammed Israel’s approval, to take over Palestinians’ lands, to create nature reserves in…

Iran asserts right to self-defence against US aggression

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Iran has asserted that its attack on a United States military…

Four Syrian Soldiers Killed In Battles With Daesh

DAMASCUS, Jan 16 (NNN-SANA) – At least four Syrian soldiers were killed, during battles between the Syrian army and the…

Italian FM Briefs Parliament On Libyan Crisis, U.S.-Iran Tension

ROME, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A worsening of the Libyan crisis “could entail higher risks, in terms of terrorism threat…

Israeli Warplanes Strike On Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli warplanes carried out last night, airstrikes against military positions in the Gaza Strip,…

Yemeni Warring Sides Begin Troops Redeployment

ADEN, Jan 16 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s government and the opposition Southern Transitional Council (STC), began re-positioning their troops stationed in…

Officials, Experts Blame Lebanese Central Bank Governor For Country’s Dollar Crisis

by Dana Halawi BEIRUT, Jan 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Some Lebanese officials and experts blame Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, for…

UN founding states must set example to remove threat of global war – Putin

MOSCOW, January 15 (NNN-TASS) — Five permanent members of the UN Security Council should set an example to eliminate threats…