Oil exploration: Turkey says conditions conducive for launching talks with Greece

ANKARA, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey believes conditions are conducive to restart talks with fellow NATO member Greece after Ankara’s Oruc Reis seismic survey vessel left contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said. Turkey and Greece have been locked in a bitter dispute over conflicting…

Ethiopia brings some migrants home as concern over Saudi camps grows

ADDIS ABABA, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia will repatriate nearly 2,000 migrants from Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, a government minister said, amid growing international concern over conditions in migrant detention camps. Ethiopia is estimated to have tens of thousands of workers in Saudi Arabia and is under pressure…

Palestine: Gaza violence flares after Israel signs deals with Gulf states

One rocket hit a shopfront in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod, wounding two men GAZA, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There has been a fresh round of violence between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel, after a ceremony in Washington at which Israel and two Gulf Arab states normalised their…

No Middle East peace without solving ‘Palestinian problem’: Russia

MOSCOW, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia said it would be a “mistake” to think lasting peace in the Middle East could be secured without resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The foreign ministry statement came after Israel normalised relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at the White House…

842 New COVID-19 Cases Reported In UAE, 81,782 In Total

DUBAI, Sept 17 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday announced 842 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 81,782. And 821 more patients have recovered from the virus, taking the tally of recoveries to 71,456, UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention, said. It…

US charges citizen with providing support to Daesh

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prosecutors in Washington havecharged a US citizen for joining the Daesh group in Syria,according to a statement from the Justice Department. The charges allege that Lirim Sylejmani conspired to provide and providedmaterial support to Daesh, which the United States has classified as a terrorist organization,…

Saudi Arabia Uncovers Ancient Footprints

RIYADH, Sept 17 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission, announced yesterday, the discovery of ancient human and animal footprints, dating back more than 120,000 years in Tabuk, in northern Saudi Arabia. Jasir Alherbish, head of the Heritage Commission, said, in the capital, Riyadh, that the archaeological discovery in Tabuk, which…

Israel’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Surpass 6,000

JERUSALEM, Sept 17 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health, reported 6,063 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total to 170,465. It is the highest daily rise since the outbreak of the pandemic in Israel in late Feb, as the previous record was 4,764 registered on Sept 14. The number of…

Covid-19: Rich nations have cornered half of future vaccine supply – Oxfam

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A group of wealthy nations representing 13 per cent of the global population have already bought up more than half of the promised doses of future COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report by Oxfam. The non-governmental organisation analysed deals struck by pharmaceuticals and vaccine producers…

Arab Normalisation Agreements With Israel Serve Netanyahu, Trump: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (NNN-WAFA) – The Arab normalisation agreements with Israel is “poor play” that serves Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President, Donald Trump, a Palestinian official said yesterday. Jibril Rajoub, secretary-general of the Central Committee of Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement, said, “Signing the agreements…
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