COVID-19: Cases in Iran exceed 600,000; Israel to begin second-stage exit from lockdown

CAIRO, Oct 31 (NNN-Xinhua) — Iran’s COVID-19 cases surpassed 600,000 on Friday while Israel decided that the second stage of the exit plan from the ongoing full lockdown will begin from Sunday. IRAN, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region, reported 8,011 new cases, bringing the total number of…

Canada: Free speech has limits, should not hurt other communities, Prime Minister Trudeau says

OTTAWA, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended free speech on Friday, but added that it was “not without limits” and should not “arbitrarily and needlessly hurt” certain communities. “We will always defend freedom of expression,” Trudeau said in response to a question about the right to…

Deadly earthquake rocks western Turkey, Greece

Locals look at a damaged building after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday and was felt in both Greece and Turkey, where some buildings collapsed in the coastal province of Izmir, Turkey ANKARA/ATHENS, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers continue to dug through heavy blocks of concrete with…

Gas search standoff: EU leaders demand to be ‘respected’ by Turkey

BRUSSELS, Oct 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European Union leaders demanded that Turkey show them some respect and warned its encroachment intoGreek waters is “completely unacceptable”. The 27 national leaders met by videolink to discuss the coronaviruspandemic, but European Council chief Charles Michel said they also discussed the stand-off in the Mediterranean.…

Malaysia Airlines flies 3rd batch of peacekeepers to Lebanon

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia Airlines flight MH8496 departed Subang Air Base on Thursday, carrying the third batch of the Malaysian Battalion 850-8 (Malbatt 850-8) for a peacekeeping mission under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The group comprises 215 officers and peacekeepers led by Joint Force Commander,…

Palestinian President Calls On UN To Hold Conference For Mideast Peace

RAMALLAH, Oct 29 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to hold urgent consultations on convening an international peace conference. Abbas sent Guterres a letter, asking him to coordinate with the Quartet on the Middle East and the UN Security Council, to hold the conference.…

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Ministers To Meet Again Over GERD Issue In Seven Days

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 29 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Naledi Pandor, said, her counterparts from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, are scheduled to meet again in seven days, over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue. This comes after Tuesday’s video conference discussion Pandor had with Foreign Affairs…

Daesh Militants Kill Five Family Members In Eastern Iraq: Official

BAGHDAD, Oct 28 (NNN-NINA) – The extremist Daesh militants, killed five family members and wounded two others, on Tuesday, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a local official said. The incident took place at a village, near the town of al-Maqdadiyah, some 100 km north-east of Baghdad, when the militants…

Turkey, Russia Discuss Russian Airstrike Against Rebels In Syria

ANKARA, Oct 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, held a phone talk with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Tuesday, one day after Russia’s airstrike killed nearly 80 Turkey-backed rebels in Syria. Syria and Libya were the issues discussed by the two foreign ministers during the conversation. The…

Airlines will not be able to slash costs sufficiently to nuetralise cash burn – IATA

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The airline industry will not be able to slash costs sufficiently to neutralise severe cash burn and avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs in 2021, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In its new analysis, IATA reiterated its call for government relief measures to sustain airlines financially and avoid massive…
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