Middle East

Intensified Air Strikes Hit Houthi-Held Sites In Southern Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, April 2 (NNN-SABA) – War planes of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, launched intensified air strikes against Houthi-held sites…

Arab Investment Forum Starts In Muscat

MUSCAT, Oman, April 2 (NNN-ONA) – The Arab Investment Forum and Exhibition, kicked off on Monday, at Oman Convention and…

European Bank Wants More Reforms To Increase Investments In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 2 (NNN-NNA) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), stressed the need to accelerate investments…

Chinese Delegation Follows Up On Lebanon’s New Conservatory

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 2 (NNN-NNA) – A Chinese delegation informed Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, about the progress made with the…

Slowdown in GDP growth in Palestine in 2018 – statistics bureau

RAMALLAH, April 1 (NNN-WAFA) — Preliminary estimates indicated a slowdown in GDP growth at constant prices in Palestine in 2018…

Palestine: Foreign Affairs Ministry condemns Brazil’s opening of diplomatic office in Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, April 1 (NNN-WAFA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, in the strongest terms, the position of…

Brazil opens Israel trade mission in Jerusalem, short of full embassy move

JERUSALEM, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil opened a new trade mission to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, appearing to edge…

Pres Erdogan Appears to Suffer Major Defeats in Turkey’s Two Biggest Cities

Photo courtesy Anadolu ANKARA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered a blow in local elections, with…

Egypt president raises minimum wage, now 2000 Egyptian pounds from 1,200 pounds

CAIRO, April 1 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has raised the country’s minimum wage to 2,000 Egyptian pounds…

Dozens Killed In Clashes Between Troops, Rebels In South Yemen

SANAA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) —At least 13 soldiers and dozens of Houthi rebels were killed in clashes in Yemen’s southern province of Dhalea on…