Desert Battles Kill 18 Daesh Militants, Syrian Soldiers

DAMASCUS, Oct 3 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 18 Daesh militants and Syrian soldiers killed, in ongoing battles that have raged in the Syrian desert since Wednesday, a war monitor reported on Friday. Eleven government troops and seven militants were killed in the battles in the desert region between the…

15 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 15 Palestinians were injured on Friday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers, in different parts of the West Bank, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. The sources said, 15 Palestinian young men were injured by rubber-coated metal gunshots, besides dozens, who suffocated after inhaling tear…

Palestine Extends State Of Emergency For 30 Days Amid COVID-19

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Friday declared an extension of the state of emergency by 30 days, in the Palestinian territories, in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension starts today. In a presidential decree, Abbas urged the concerned authorities…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complications. Here’s a look at other leaders…

Pro-Gov’t Security Forces Raid Terror Hideouts In Eastern Yemen

ADEN, Oct 3 (NNN-SABA) – Pro-government Yemeni security units, launched a raid operation and targeted hideouts of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, in the country’s eastern province of Maharah. “The security units captured members of a terror cell, after raiding their hideouts in a number of neighbourhoods in Ghaydah, Maharah provincial…

Lebanon asks Interpol to arrest Russian ship captain, owner over port explosion

Members of the Lebanese army and the French military walk at the damaged site of the massive blast in Beirut’s port area BEIRUT, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon has asked Interpol to issue arrest warrants for the Russian captain and owner of the ship that brought the explosive material that…

Update: EU leaders back Belarus sanctions, warn Turkey

BRUSSELS, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — EU leaders agreed to impose sanctionsagainst members of the Belarus regime on Friday and fired a warning at Turkey over its gas drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In a summit statement hammered out over more than six hours of haggling,the 27 leaders warned Ankara…

Turkey and Greece set up military hotline amid energy tensions

Tensions rose after Turkey sent this exploration vessel to waters near Greek islands BRUSSELS, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey and Greece have set up a military hotline in a bid to reduce the risk of clashes in the Mediterranean, where the two are locked in a row over energy resources…

Lebanon and Israel agree to talks to end sea border dispute

Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri BEIRUT, Oct 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a framework for U.S.-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running dispute along the border between the two nations that have fought several conflicts.Still in a formal state of war, Lebanon and Israel have contested…

Joint Malaysian, Brunei army men force head to Lebanon on peacekeeping mission

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A total of 850 officers and personnel from the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) and the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) joined the Malaysian Battalion (MALBATT) 850-8 to carry out the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping mission Thursday. Deputy Defence Minister Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz said…
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