Canadian military deploys in wake of Dorian to clear roads, restore power

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia,Canada), Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada’s government authorised hundreds of troops to help clear trees after Storm Dorian tore through the Atlantic coast overnight, leaving almost half a million people in three provinces without power. Dorian, classified as a strong post-tropical storm, hit Nova Scotia hard, leaving more…

Palestine Says Israel Confiscates Villages’ Land In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Authority Wall and Colonisation Resistance Commission official, Ghassan Daghlas, said, Israeli authorities issued land confiscation orders to Palestinians, for settlement expansion projects. Daghlas said, the orders include three villages – two adjacent villages near Nablus and a third village near Ramallah city, all…

IAEA Deputy Chief Arrives In Tehran For Nuclear Talks

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Acting director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran on Sunday, for talks on the country’s nuclear programme with Iranian officials. Cornel Feruta held talks with Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, on transparency…

Palestinians Urge U.S. To Reconsider Middle East Policy After Envoy’s Resignation

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Senior Palestinian officials urged the U.S. to reconsider its strategy towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in the wake of the resignation of U.S. Middle East peace envoy, Jason Greenblatt. Member of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party and Civil Affairs Minister, Hussein Al-Sheikh, said, “Greenblatt’s…

Syria Condemns Joint U.S.-Turkish Patrols In Northeastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 9 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemned the joint U.S.-Turkish patrols in northeastern Syria, saying, such a move is a flagrant violation to international law. Such a move is condemned, as it constitutes a blatant violation to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria, said the ministry…

Eight Daesh Militants Killed In Coalition Airstrike In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (NNN-NINA) – Eight Daesh militants were killed on Sunday, in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, in the northern province of Nineveh, while security forces captured nine extremist militants in the central Salahudin province, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports from Nineveh’s Operations Command,…

One week after Dorian, Bahamians struggle amid the ruins

NASSAU, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One week after Hurricane Doriandevastated the Bahamas, residents struggled amid the ruins Sunday, with many forced to seek refuge far from their shattered homes as the death toll from the top-intensity storm hit 44 in the islands. Dorian, now classified as a post-tropical storm, caused…

Chile: Mass protest in Santiago against abuses of Pinochet era

SANTIAGO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of Santiago on Sunday to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, in a march that started peacefully but ended in violence. Although it has been 46 years since the military coup that brought Pinochet to power,…

Brazil president undergoes hernia surgery, a year after knife attack

President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery to repair an abdominal hernia SAO PAULO, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery on Sunday to repair an abdominal hernia, his fourth operation since being stabbed in the stomach a year ago at a campaign rally, his doctors said. The operation…

Iran To Release Seized British Oil Tanker “Soon”

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said Sunday, that, the seized British-flagged oil tanker, Stena Impero, would be released in the coming days. Legal procedure concerning the British oil tanker is about over and “we hope it will be released in the near future,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi,…
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