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…

Nepal Confirms First COVID-19 Death

KATHMANDU, May 17 (NNN-NEPALNEWA) – The Nepali government, on Saturday, confirmed the first death from COVID-19. Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population said, a 29-year-old woman from Sindhupalchwok, in the country’s central region, died, while being brought to a hospital, in the outskirt of the capital, Kathmandu. “A detailed investigation…

Mongolian Ex-President Enkhbayar To Run For Parliamentary Elections

ULAN BATOR, May 17 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia’s former President, Nambar Enkhbayar, will run for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) said, Saturday. “The legal environment for chairman of our party to run for elections has already been created. So, he will run for the forthcoming parliamentary…

Democratic Lawmakers Probe Into Trump’s Firing Of State Department Watchdog

WASHINGTON, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, said, it launched an investigation into President Donald Trump’s firing of the State Department Inspector General, Steve Linick, on Friday. The House panel said, the investigation was launched by its chairman, Eliot Engel, and senator Bob Menendez,…

Iraqi Security Forces To Launch Anti-Daesh Offensive

BAGHDAD, May 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said, the Iraqi forces will launch a major offensive to eradicate the Daesh, and that the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters will be at the forefront of the security forces in the upcoming offensive. A statement by his office said that…

Towers Construction Of Bridge In NW Turkey Completed

ISTANBUL, May 17 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The construction of a bridge, which will connect Asia and Europe in northwestern Turkey, advanced to a next phase on Saturday with the completion of its towers. A ceremony was held for the installation of the last steel block of 318-metre towers of the Canakkale…

UK COVID-19 Deaths Rise To 34,466 After Another 468 Patients Die

LONDON, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Another 468 COVID-19 patients died in Britain, as of Friday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 34,466, the Department of Health and Social Care said Saturday. The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider…