New Zealand Foreign Minister To Visit United Arab Emirates

WELLINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-WAM) – New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, will travel on Tuesday to the United Arab Emirates, for a five-day visit, a government statement announced on Sunday (today). “New Zealand enjoys a dynamic and wide-ranging relationship with the UAE, an important partner for New Zealand in…

Israel Closes Down West Bank Mosque As Settlers Flock To Mark Jewish Holiday

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 24 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces closed down the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank’s southern city of Hebron to Palestinians, as thousands of Israeli settlers flock into the city, to mark a Jewish holiday. Israeli forces also shut a main road leading to Hebron’s central market, to…

34 Illegal Immigrants With Infectious Disease Deported From Eastern Libya

TRIPOLI, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Illegal Immigration Control Department of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, deported 34 Egyptian and Sudanese illegal immigrants to their countries, it was reported. The deported immigrants were infected with AIDS and hepatitis, the report said. The illegal immigrants were deported through the Egyptian…

Dozens Of Animal Mummies, Statues Discovered In Egypt’s Giza Necropolis

CAIRO, Nov 24 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, announced the discovery of dozens of ancient mummies and statues of animals, dating back to some 2,700 years ago, inside a cache at Saqqara necropolis in Giza province, near the capital, Cairo. “The unearthed objects, including mummified lion cubs, cats, crocodiles…

Netanyahu Charged With Corruption, Deepening Israel’s Political Crisis

by Keren Setton JERUSALEM, Nov 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s attorney general, officially announced that, he has decided to indict Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on corruption charges, after months of speculation. The announcement comes as Israel finds itself in muddy political waters, after two inconclusive elections that have left the country…

UN Security Council reaffirms ban on chemical weapons

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United NationsSecurity Council reaffirmed its opposition to chemical weapons on Friday inthe face of high-profile instances of their use worldwide. The 15-member body unanimously passed a declaration proposed by Britain expressing support for the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling…

Palestinian Dies Of Wounds During Recent Gaza-Israel Tension

GAZA, Palestine, Nov 23 (NNN-WAFA) – A militant in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, on Friday, died of critical wounds which he had, during the last round of tension with Israel, medics said. The Health Ministry in Gaza said, Mohammad Sawarkeh, 40, succumbed to his wounds he sustained on Nov 14,…

Middle Eastern men found in truck on Rosslare-bound ferry claim asylum in Ireland

WEXFORD (Ireland), Nov 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fourteen men found in the back of a truck on a Rosslare-bound ferry have claimed asylum in Ireland. The men, believed to be Kurds, applied for International Protection (IP) status in the State after the were discovered in the trailer of the lorry while it…

Two Killed, 40 Wounded As Anti-Gov’t Protest Continues In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (NNN-NINA) – At least two demonstrators were killed and some 40 others wounded Friday, in a clash with riot police in Baghdad, as demonstrations continued in Iraq, over lack of jobs and public services, a security official said. The clash erupted in the morning, when dozens of…

German Delegation Reviews Dubai’s Clean Energy Experience

DUBAI, Nov 23 (NNN-WAM) – A delegation from the German Federal Parliament, visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, and reviewed Dubai’s experience on clean energy projects. The UAE side highlighted Dubai’s experience in developing the renewable and clean energy, less consumption of natural resources and finding alternative…
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