Cyclone Amphan Likely To Intensify Into Cyclonic Storm In India

NEW DELHI, May 18 (NNN-PTI) – The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today warned that cyclone Amphan was likely to intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm. “It is very likely to intensify further during the next six hours. It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and move fast across the…

Israeli Patrol Shoots, Kidnaps Man In SE Lebanon: Military Source

BEIRUT, May 18 (NNN-NNA) – An Israeli patrol opened fire, on Sunday, in southeastern Lebanon, along the border line, injuring a Syrian shepherd, and then kidnapped him to one of its locations, in the occupied Shebaa Farms. A Lebanese military source and citizens from the border town of Kfarchouba, said…

Palestinian Official Says Israel’s Annexation Plan Makes Peace Impossible

RAMALLAH, May 18 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official, on Sunday said that, Israeli plan of annexing parts of the West Bank makes achieving peace impossible. “Annexation means one thing: peace will not be possible between Israelis and Palestinians and cannot be done between Israel and the Arab countries,” Secretary General…

Iran’s Top Leader Says U.S. To Be “Expelled” From Syria, Iraq

TEHRAN, May 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Sunday that, the United States will no longer remain in Syria and Iraq, according to the leader’s official website. “For sure, Americans will not remain in Iraq and Syria, and they will be expelled” from those countries, as…

Attempted Piracy Attack Targets British Vessel Off Yemen’s Coast

ADEN, May 18 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s pro-government coast guard forces, confirmed on Sunday that, a British vessel came under an attempted piracy attack in the Gulf of Aden. Captain Nasser Awlaki, with the Yemeni Coast Guard forces, confirmed that, “a British vessel was subjected to an attempt of piracy attack…

Israel’s COVID-19 Cases Reach 16,617

JERUSALEM, May 18 (NNN-MA’AN) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Israel reached 16,617 on Sunday, the state’s Ministry of Health said. The death toll in Israel increased from 268 to 272, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 59 to 55, out of 177 patients currently…

Two Daesh Militants, One Hashd Shaabi Member Killed In Attacks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 18 (NNN-NINA) – Two Daesh militants and a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi member were killed on Sunday, in attacks in the province of Salahudin of Iraq, a provincial police source said. A force from the provincial police, clashed with the militant group, in a desert area, in the western…

Pakistan Welcomes Signing Of Agreement Between Afghan Political Leaders: Foreign Ministry

ISLAMABAD, May 18 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan welcomed the signing of an agreement between political leaders in Afghanistan, to end a political deadlock, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said, Sunday night. Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, who also claimed victory in the presidential election, inked an…

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…