TPRF’s Voices for Peace selected finalist for 2020 Ron Kovic Peace Prize

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (NNN) — The MY HERO International Film Festival has selected The Prem Rawat Foundation(TPRF)’s “Voices for Peace” as a finalist for the 2020 Ron Kovic Peace Prize. Announcing this in its website, TPRF said the short film, featuring the words by TPRF Founder Prem Rawat, brings together diverse…

Prospects Of Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Conflict More “Distant”: UN Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (NNN-PNN) – United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday said that, the prospects of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are becoming “more distant.” The UN chief pointed to a host of factors which continue to cause great misery, including the expansion of illegal settlements, a…

Lebanese Parliament Votes In Favour Of Forensic Audit Of State Bodies

BEIRUT, Nov 28 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese parliament voted in favour of financial audit of state institutions, including the central bank, local media reported. Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, who urged lawmakers to enable the state to conduct forensic audit on the central bank, welcomed the parliament’s move. In a tweet,…

COVID-19 kills 406 more Iranians over past 24 hours

TEHRAN, Nov 27 (NNN-IRNA) — Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday that some 406 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours. The health ministry spokeswoman said that with the 406 new deaths the country’s total COVID-19 death toll mounted…

Palestinian Shot Dead After Attempted Attack On Israeli Security Forces

JERUSALEM, Nov 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian man yesterday, whom they alleged, tried to carry out a car-ramming attack against security forces, outside Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said. The incident took place at the az-Za’ayyem checkpoint, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said, the…

Ishtaye Urges International Community To Recognise Palestinian State

RAMALLAH, Nov 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, called on the international community to recognise the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders. “The international community is required to break the status quo imposed by Israel, by recognising the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with East…

Roundup: Iran To Import Over 42 Million Doses Of Vaccines As Total COVID-19 Cases Near 900,000

CAIRO, Nov 26 (NNN-MENA) – Iran announced a new daily record of 13,843 confirmed COVID-19 infections, raising the total number to 894,385. Meanwhile, the country said, it will import about 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for over 20 million people. Among the newly infected in the past 24 hours,…

Covid-19: Cases worldwide top 60 million as WHO urges people to stay active

PARIS, Nov 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 60 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to a tally from official sources. In total 60,014,291 infections, including 1,415,258 million deaths, have been recorded around the world since the pandemic emerged in China late last year. The tallies,…

Malaysia Condemns Missile Attack On Saudi Aramco Oil Facility

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) — Malaysia has strongly condemned the missile attack targeting the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement Wednesday, said Malaysia reaffirms its support for and solidarity with the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against any…

Three Million People Across Syria Need Assistance In Winter, Warns UN Official

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than three million people across Syria require assistance through, what is likely to be an “incredibly hard” winter, the acting deputy UN emergency relief coordinator, told the Security Council yesterday. Against the backdrop that 6.7 million people in Syria are internally displaced, a…
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