Palestinian Protesters Clash With Israeli Soldiers On Expansion Of Jewish Settlements

RAMALLAH, Dec 12 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces on Thursday, repressed a protest by Palestinians against the expansion of settlements for Jewish settlers in Salfit city, in the centre of the West Bank. Israeli soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at the demonstrators, to scatter the mobilisation, and as a…

Egypt Receives 1st Batch Of Chinese Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine

CAIRO, Dec 12 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt received the first batch of Chinese anti-COVID-19 vaccine late on Thursday, to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s a historic day to receive the first air shipments of the Chinese anti-COVID-19 vaccine,” said Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, in a press conference…

International court to sentence killer of Lebanon’s Hariri

LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands), Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A UN-backed tribunal will on Friday sentence a Hezbollah member convicted of the 2005assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri, with prosecutorsdemanding a life term. Salim Ayyash, 57, was found guilty in absentia of murder on Aug 18 bythe Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon…

EU plans more sanctions against Turkey

BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — EU leaders decided on Friday to draw up a list of Turkish targets for sanctions in response to Ankara’s prospectingfor gas in Greek and Cypriot waters. “The council adopted sanctions in the face of Turkey’s ‘unilateral actionsand provocations’,” French minister for European affairs Clement Beaunetweeted,…

Saudi prince asks US court to dismiss ‘assassination’ lawsuit

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has asked a US federal court to throw out a lawsuit which accused him of trying to have an ex-intelligence official assassinated. Prince Mohammed’s lawyer told the federal court in Washington that Saad Aljabri’s suit filed in August…

Turkish Pres Erdogan in Azerbaijan to hail ‘glorious’ Karabakh victory

BAKU, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in Azerbaijan Thursday to join nationwide celebrations marking his close ally’s decisive military victory against Armenia in their conflict for control of disputed territory. Azerbaijan’s army paraded military hardware and weapons seized from Armenia during the six-week war through…

Lebanon judge indicts PM, 3 ex-ministers over port blast: judicial source

BEIRUT, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The lead investigator of the catastrophic Aug 4 blast at the Lebanese capital’s port indicted outgoing premier Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers on charges of negligence, a judicial source said. The decision by judge Fadi Sawan to indict Diab and the other ministers came after…

Saudi pushes to end Gulf feud, but full resolution elusive

RIYADH, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia is pushing for a compromise to end a damaging three-year Gulf dispute, but a full resolution remains out of reach despite its offer of concessions, sources close to the negotiations say. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said last week that thekingdom and…

Nobel-winning UN food agency warns of ‘hunger pandemic’ worse than Covid

OSLO, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in aceremony held online because of the coronavirus, the World FoodProgramme (WFP) warned of a “hunger pandemic” it said couldbe worse than Covid-19. “Because of so many wars, climate change, the widespread use ofhunger as a political and military weapon,…

Jordan’s COVID-19 Infections Exceed 250,000

AMMAN, Dec 10 (NNN-PETRA) – The tally of COVID-19 cases in Jordan surpassed 250,000 yesterday, after 3,088 new infections were registered. The total cases in Jordan rose to 250,219, while the death toll from the virus climbed by 44 to 3,206, the Jordanian Health Ministry said in a statement. Jordan…
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