Palestine Seeks To Set Date For Elections Before End Of 2020: Official

RAMALLAH, Sept 9 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official announced, Palestine is seeking to set a date for general elections in the Palestinian territories, by the end of the year. “Holding the presidential and parliamentary elections in Palestine is the main entry point for achieving an internal Palestinian reconciliation,” said…

Iraq Eases Health Restrictions As Total COVID-19 Infections Exceed 260,000

BAGHDAD, Sept 8 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi health authorities, decided to ease health restrictions, imposed previously, to contain the spread of the pandemic as the total nationwide infections exceeded 260,000. A statement by Iraqi Higher Committee for Health and National Safety, headed by Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said that the committee…

Saudi King, French President Review G20 Efforts To Support Economies

RIYADH, Sept 8 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and French President, Emmanuel Macron, reviewed the efforts of Group of 20 (G20) countries, to support global economies. Both sides also discussed over a phone call, the role of G20 in backing health systems, to combat the implications…

Russia, Saudi Arabia discuss joint vaccine production: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman discussed the possible joint production of a Russian coronavirus vaccine, the Kremlin said. In early August, Russia said it had developed the world’s first vaccine against the virus and claimed that more than a billion doses had…

China, Egypt Sign Protocol To Teach Chinese Language In Egyptian Schools

CAIRO, Sept 8 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and China signed a cooperation protocol, to teach the Chinese language, in pre-university schools in Egypt, as a second optional foreign language. The protocol was signed by the Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education, Tarek Shawki, and the Chinese Ambassador to Cairo, Liao…

Spotlight: COVID-19 Cases Spike In Israel, Renewed Restrictions Unveiled

by Keren Setton JERUSALEM, Sept 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll in Israel over COVID-19, surpassed 1,000 at the weekend, and the country also has one of the highest daily infection rates, per capita, in the whole world. On Sunday, Israel’s cabinet decided that, a list of forty cities with…

Russian FM Arrives In Damascus

DAMASCUS, Sept 8 (NNN-SANA) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, yesterday, his first visit to the country since 2012, state TV reported. Also, a Russian delegation, headed by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Yury Borisov, arrived in the country, to hold talks with top Syrian…

COVID-19: Malaysia imposes entry ban on 23 countries

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Long-term pass holders from 23 countries which have recorded more than 150,000 COVID-19 cases are barred from entering Malaysia effective today (Sept 7). According to a list issued by the Immigration Department on its official Facebook account, the countries include the United States, Brazil, India,…

Three Rockets Hit Baghdad Airport, Four Cars Damaged

BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (NNN-NINA) – Three Katyusha rockets landed at Baghdad International Airport yesterday, damaging four vehicles, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place in the evening, when the rockets were fired from the Abu Gharib area, west of Baghdad’s city centre, and landed at the airport, the media…

Israel Imposes Night Closure On 40 Cities, Towns With High COVID-19 Morbidity

JERUSALEM, Sept 7 (NNN-MA’AN) – An Israeli special ministerial committee, decided to impose a night closure on 40 cities and towns with high COVID-19 morbidity starting today, according to a Sunday government statement. The night closure will run from 7.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. local time, said the joint statement,…
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