Jordan Secures 700-Mln-Euro Soft Loan From EU

AMMAN, Sept 28 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan, on Sunday, signed a soft loan agreement with the European Union (EU), under which the kingdom will receive 700 million euros (813.93 million U.S. dollars). The financing programme by the EU will be disbursed to Jordan in three batches, starting from Oct, the Ministry…

Roundup: COVID-19 Cases In Iran Reach 446,448; Israel Halts Celebration Of Jewish Festival Amid COVID-19 Resurgence

CAIRO, Sept 28 (NNN-MENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 446,448 in Iran on Sunday. Meanwhile, Israel decided to halt the marking of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, under a nationwide lockdown, to fight against the resurgence of the virus. Iran, the hardest-hit country in…

Saudi-Led Coalition Says Houthis To Release 15 Saudi Prisoners

RIYADH, Sept 28 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi-led coalition said on Sunday that, 15 Saudi prisoners are to be released by the Houthis, as per the Yemeni prisoner exchange agreement, Saudi Arabia’s local Al Akhbariya TV reported. Yemen’s warring sides agreed earlier on Sunday, to exchange 1,081 detainees and prisoners, during…

G20 Leaders’ Summit To Be Held Virtually On Nov 21-22

RIYADH, Sept 28 (NNN-SPA) – The 2020 G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held virtually on Nov 21 to 22, chaired by Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s G20 presidency said in a statement early today. The statement said, the Saudi G20 presidency will “build on the success…

Explosion Kills Seven In Syria’s Hasakah

DAMASCUS, Sept 27 (NNN-SANA) – Seven civilians were killed yesterday, by a car bomb explosion in Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah. The car bomb exploded at the southern entrance of the city of Ras al-Ayn, in the countryside of Hasakah. Two children were among those killed. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory…

13 Militants Killed In Clashes With Army In Northern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Sept 27 (NNN-NNA) – A total of 13 militants were killed in clashes between the Lebanese army and an armed group in Wadi Khaled of northern Lebanon, Elnashra news website reported, on Saturday. The Lebanese army raided, on Saturday, the armed group in Wadi Khaled, leading to severe clashes…

President Abbas Calls For Just Solution To Palestinian Issue, Criticises Israeli Occupation

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, criticised the practice of Israeli occupation supported by “the present U.S. administration,” calling for a just solution to the question of Palestine. “We accepted the rule of international law and UN resolutions,” and “even though they only acknowledged us as…

Covid-19: How coronavirus has spread across the world

PARIS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On Jan 11, the first coronavirus deathwas officially recorded in China. Eight months after the identification ofthe disease that appeared in Wuhan in December 2019, the world is on thebrink of recording one million deaths. – 1,000 deaths in the first month – The Sars-CoV-2…

Afghan Stakeholders Should Work Together To Secure Agreement: Pakistani PM

ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said that, the Afghan stakeholders should work together, to secure an inclusive and comprehensive political agreement through Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process, the Prime Minister Office said. In a telephone conversation with Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, Khan emphasised the importance of…

Covid-19: Israel tightens second lockdown to avoid ‘abyss’

Israel has one of the world’s highest rates of infection relative to population size JERUSALEM, Sept 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Israel is set to tighten its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with the prime minister warning that the country is at “the edge of the abyss”. The new measures, which parliament must approve, would see…
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