Middle East

UN Chief Appoints Deputy Mission Head To Support Hodeidah Agreement

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, announced the appointment of Daniela Kroslak of Germany, as the…

NATO taking ‘some personnel’ out of Iraq

BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — NATO said it would take “some personnel” out of Iraq because of the increased danger…

Putin Visits Damascus, Meets Syrian President

DAMASCUS, Jan 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, arrived in Damascus on Tuesday (yesterday) and met with Syrian President,…

Stop escalation of tensions and renew international cooperation – Guterres

NEW YORK, Jan 7 (NNN) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world leaders to renew “international cooperation”,…

Update: Iranians mass for burial in hometown of general killed by US

KERMAN (Iran), Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in…

UN resumes grain milling in starvation-threatened Yemen

A worker walks past a ship unloading grain at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah ADEN, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

US-Iran tension: UK reduces embassy staff in Iran, Iraq; Australia troops to remain in Iraq

LONDON/CANBERRA, Jan 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain has reduced staff at its embassies in Tehran and Baghdad to a minimum level…

Turkish FM arrives in Algeria to discuss Libyan crisis

ALGIERS, Jan 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday evening arrived in Algeria for a two-day visit…

Saudi Arabia hosts Red Sea, Gulf of Aden states council charter signing

Participants pose for a group photo during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Arab and African countries of…

Egypt shuts two Mediterranean ports because of bad weather

Container trucks stand in line on the road due to bad weather in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria ALEXANDRIA (Egypt),…