Iran, Turkey presidents call for reopening air, land borders

TEHRAN, May 24 (NNN-IRNA) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following a telephone discussion on Sunday, have called for air and land borders of the two neighboring countries to be reopened to resume trade ties and sharing experience on fighting coronavirus. Referring to the…

Palestinian Official Urges EU To Take Measures Against Israel’s Annexation Plan

RAMALLAH, May 23 (NNN-WAFA) – Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, called on the European Union (EU) on Friday, to take tangible measures against Israel’s annexation plan. Erekat, who met earlier on Friday with the heads of the EU diplomatic mission in Palestine, said…

Turkish, Iraqi Leaders Discuss Cooperation Against COVID-19

ISTANBUL, May 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his Iraqi counterpart, Barham Salih, on Friday, discussed the latest developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, over the phone. The two leaders addressed the cooperation possibilities in the fight against the coronavirus. Erdogan and Salih also discussed regional developments,…

Iran’s Top Leader Calls For “Resistance” Against Israel’s Pressure On Occupied Palestinian Territories

TEHRAN, May 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday, called for “resistance” against Israeli pressures on occupied Palestinian territories, according to the leader’s official website. “My main advice is to continue this struggle” against occupation, and to better organise the resistant groups inside Palestinian territories, Khamenei…

Covid-19: Turkey sees signs of slowdown in pandemic; Saudi Arabia continues to lead in region’s daily rise of infections

Saudi Arabia has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases in the Gulf region CAIRO, May 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Turkey saw new signs of slowdown in the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday with 961 new infections reported, while Saudi Arabia continued to lead the region in terms of daily rise of…

ICRC warns of dire humanitarian crisis in northeast Syria

DAMASCUS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Committee of the Red Cross warned of a worsening crisis in northeast Syria, where water cuts, food shortages and depleted health services are proving as dangerous as coronavirus. Home to sprawling displacement camps hosting tens of thousands of people, including families of Daesh…

Egyptians rush to buy treats before Eid al-Fitr curfew

CAIRO, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Families rushed to buy sweets and biscuits in Cairo as they prepared to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan under a tightened coronavirus curfew and lockdown. The Eid al-Fitr festivities are usually a time of release when people pack the streets…

Covid-19: Lebanon sees highest single-day jump in cases

BEIRUT, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 63 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, the largest single-day increase since the outbreak of the pandemic. Lebanon has seen an increase in cases in recent weeks after it began easing lockdown measures as part of a gradual re-opening of…

UAE, Iranian Health Ministers Review COVID-19 Countermeasures

ABU DHABI, May, 21 (NNN-WAM) – Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, received a phone call from Iranian Health Minister, Saeed Namaki, wherein they exchanged views over the measures taken by the two countries in the fight against COVID-19. Al Owais said, the…

Covid-19 deaths top 325,000 worldwide

PARIS, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 325,000 people worldwide have died from the novel coronavirus, three-quarters of them in Europe and the United States, since it broke out in China in December. The virus has killed 325,232 people in 196 countries and infected 4,943,050, according to the tally based…
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