Iraqi Security Forces Find 50 Bodies In Mass Grave In Kirkuk

BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, found a mass grave containing the remains of over 50 people, believed to be killed by Daesh militants, in Kirkuk province, the Iraqi military said, yesterday. A federal police force found the bodies in one of the villages, while hunting for the…

Israeli Army Carries Out Airstrikes On Gaza

JERUSALEM, Oct 21 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Air Force carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip last night, saying, the attack was “a response” to a rocket fired earlier, from the Palestinian enclave at southern Israel. An Israeli military spokesperson said, war jets and an attack helicopter struck an underground infrastructure…

Turkish Forces To Leave Syrian Gov’t Areas In NW Syria

DAMASCUS, Oct 20 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces continued preparations, to withdraw from areas controlled by the Syrian government forces, in the countryside of the provinces of Hama and Idlib in north-western Syria, a war monitor reported. The Turkish forces are preparing to dismantle the bases and withdraw from the areas…

Iran Ready To Sign “Military, Security” Agreements With Gulf States

TEHRAN, Oct 20 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Defence Minister, Amir Hatami, said, Iran is ready to sign “military and security” agreements with the Gulf states. Pointing to the importance of the Gulf security, Hatami said, any threat in the region, following normalisation of ties between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and…

Iraq Plans To Fully Invest In Associated Gas By End Of 2023

BAGHDAD, Oct 20 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Oil Ministry confirmed, it plans to fully invest in associated gas in the country, by the end of 2023. The ministry’s deputy minister, Hamid Younis, said that, Iraq is currently investing in 1,500 million cubic feet (MMCF) of associated gas, produced from some…

European lawmakers urge EU to downgrade presence at Saudi-hosted G20 “over human rights violations”

BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty-five European lawmakers have signed a letter calling for the EU to downgrade its attendance at next month’s G20 summit in Riyadh over human rights concerns. The letter signed by European Parliament members follows a wide-ranging resolution passed earlier this month that also appealed for…

Covid-19: UN stockpiling billion syringes for vaccine

GENEVA, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations said it wouldstockpile one billion syringes around the world by the end of 2021, to beused for the delivery of any future coronavirus vaccine. UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, said it aims to get 520 million syringes inits warehouses by the end…

First Commercial Passenger Flight From UAE Lands In Israel

JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – The first commercial passenger flight by a carrier from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), landed yesterday in Israel, about a month after the two countries signed a normalisation deal. The UAE’s Etihad Airways flight, landed at the Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv yesterday morning.…

Jordan, Kuwait FMs Discuss Ties, Regional Issues

AMMAN, Oct 20 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian and Kuwaiti foreign ministers, on Monday, discussed means to boost bilateral ties and regional peace. At a meeting in Amman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, held discussions about furthering…

Covid-19: Global cases surpass the 40 million milestone

Medical workers tend to a patient suffering from Covid-19 at a hospital in Strasbourg, eastern France LONDON, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday, as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease. Experts believe the…
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