U.S. Aircraft Sets Fire To Wheat Crops In NE Syria

DAMASCUS, May 18 (NNN-SANA) – A U.S. aircraft dropped thermal balloons over agricultural lands in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah on Sunday, setting fire to wheat crops. The targeted area was in agricultural lands, in the countryside of Shaddadi city, in the southern countryside of Hasakah. The fire gutted 200…

Bangladesh Covid-19 Cases Reach Daily High Of 1,273, India’s Cases Cross 90,000 Mark

HONG KONG, May 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the Asia-Pacific region, as Bangladesh saw a new daily high of 1,273, and India’s cases crossed the 90,000 mark. Nasima Sultana, a senior Bangladesh Health Ministry official, told an online media briefing that, 1,273 new…

UAE-Ankabut To Organise ‘Virtual’ Meeting On Role Of Cloud-Based Technologies In Education

ABU DHABI, May 18 (NNN-WAM) – Khalifa University of Science and Technology, today announced that Ankabut, the Emirates’ Advanced National Research and Education Network, will organise the first-ever virtual meeting of users to emphasise the expanding role of cloud-based services in educational technology. The one-day annual ‘Ankabut Users’ Virtual Meeting…

Iran Outperforms Europe, U.S. In COVID-19 Response Despite Sanctions: Minister

TEHRAN, May 18 (NNN-TASNIM) – Despite U.S. sanctions, Iran has done a much better job in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an Iranian minister was quoted as saying. “Iran is outperforming European and American countries in dealing with the COVID-19, despite being under severe sanctions and international pressures,” Minister of…

Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000

RIYADH, May 17 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s COVID-19 cases reached 52,016 on Saturday, with the registration of 2,840 new infections, health authorities said. The health ministry tweeted that, ten more died from the virus, raising the death toll to 302, and 1,797 individuals recovered, bringing the accumulated number of recoveries…

UAE Confirms 796 New COVID-19 Cases, 22,627 In Total

DUBAI, May 17 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Saturday, announced 796 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 22,627. UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention, said in a statement, the new cases of many nationalities are all in a stable condition and…

Iran Says U.S. Cannot Block Fuel Shipments To Venezuela

TEHRAN, May 17 (NNN-IRNA) – The United States would be practically unable to block shipments of fuel from Iran to Venezuela, at a time when the two countries need to cooperate, to mitigate the impacts of American sanctions on their energy sectors, Hamid Hosseini, spokesman for the Iranian Association of…

Israel’s Number Of COVID-19 Cases Rises To 16,608, Death Toll At 268

JERUSALEM, May 17 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health, reported 19 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total cases to 16,608. One of the new patients is an educational staff member, at an elementary school in the central city of Rehovot. As a result, the school has been closed…

Six Killed In Tripoli Shelling

TRIPOLI, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indiscriminate shelling on Saturday, hit a shelter for displaced civilians, and killed six people, said a local official. The bomb hit an accommodation on a university campus in Al-Farnaj area (in Tripoli), which is used to shelter displaced civilians, and the six victims were all…

Rwandan Genocide Suspect Arrested In France

PARIS, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After 26 years on the run, Felicien Kabuga, alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has been arrested in Paris, France’s public prosecutor’s office and the police announced on Saturday. Kabuga, now aged 84, once one…