Iran’s FM Slams Pompeo For Trying To “Flood” Region With Weapons

TEHRAN, Aug 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, criticised U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for “violating his own country’s laws” and trying to “flood” the Middle East with weapons. On a note on Twitter, Iran’s chief diplomat wrote that the U.S. Secretary of State “has no…

UN Mideast Envoy Voices Concern Over Situation In Gaza, West Bank

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (NNN-WAFA) – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, voiced concern over the deteriorating situation in Gaza and the West Bank. The security situation in Gaza recently deteriorated, a trend which may soon become irreversible, he warned. This latest escalation once again…

Six Killed In Truck Bomb Explosion In N. Afghanistan, Taliban Claims Responsibility

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Six people, including an assailant, were killed and 32 others wounded, after a Taliban militants’ suicide truck bomb blast took place outside a special forces’ camp, in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, an army source confirmed. The incident occurred in Balkh district in central part of…

German FM calls on Greece, Turkey to discuss natural gas dispute

Turkish Foreign Minsiter Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas BERLIN, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Before his mediation trip, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Greece and Turkey to discuss their territorial claims in the Mediterranean. “A further escalation can only harm everyone, but above all those…

Covid-19: Spain calls on army to fight virus as WHO signals slowdown

MADRID, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spain said it will call in the army to try to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as parts of Europe and Asia battle new surges, while data from the UN health agency suggested the pace of transmission was easing in many parts of…

US accuses Israel’s Teva of fixing drug prices as 5 other companies heavily fined

NEW YORK, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Justice Department charged Israeli generic drug giant Teva of illegally fixing drug pricesbetween 2013 and 2015. Teva and several co-conspirators agreed to fix prices, rig bids, andallocate customers for generic drugs” including the popular cholesterol-regulating medicine Pravastatin, the Justice Department said in…

US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Sudan on tour to boost Israel’s Arab ties

KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Sudan Tuesday on a tour urging more Arab countries to normalise ties with Israel, following the US-brokered Israel-UAE agreement. Pompeo, the first American top diplomat to visit Sudan since 2005, arrivedon a historic “first official non-stop flight”…

Covid-19: Lockdowns limit Daesh attacks in many nations – UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Coronavirus lockdowns appear to have reduced the threat of Daesh group attacks in many countries, but the risk is greater in Iraq and Syria, a UN official said. While Daesh is now a shadow of the organisation that occupied swathes of Iraq and Syria…

U.S. Officials’ Mideast Tours Aim To Use Arab Division To Boost Israeli Role: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Aug 25 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official, said that, the visits of U.S. officials to the Middle East, aim at using the Arab division to boost the role of Israel in the region. The United States and Israel are trying to “implement their plans and deals at this…

Hamas Receives Russia’s Invitation For Palestinian Unity Meeting In Moscow

GAZA, Aug 25 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Hamas movement, ruler of the Gaza Strip, announced that, it received an invitation from Russia, to join a meeting between Palestinian factions, on ending their internal division. The announcement was made by Husam Badran, a member of Hamas’ politburo, in a press statement…
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