Abbas spokesman warns US and Israel not to cross ‘red lines’ with peace plan As Netanyahu and Gantz invited to Washington for discussion of plan said to be very favorable to Israel, Nabil Abu Rudeineh affirms support for Palestinian state along 1967 borders
MFile: Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, speaks at a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 5, 2017. (Flash90) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman warned Israel and the United States on Thursday not to cross any “red lines,” following a flurry of reports in Hebrew media […]
Erdoğan, Merkel open new Turkish-German University campus in Istanbul
24 January, 2020 Comments Off on Erdoğan, Merkel open new Turkish-German University campus in Istanbul
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an attend the official opening ceremony of the Turkish-German University’s new campus in Istanbul, Jan. 24, 2020. (AFP Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday opened a new Turkish-German University campus in Istanbul. “I wish you lifelong success,” Erdoğan told Merkel […]
Continue reading …Virus-marred city to speed-build 1,000-bed hospital(Video) By Wang Xiaodong and Cui Jia
24 January, 2020 Comments Off on Virus-marred city to speed-build 1,000-bed hospital(Video) By Wang Xiaodong and Cui Jia
Construction begins in Wuhan Workers’ Sanatorium in Caidian districton, where pneumonia patients will be received, on Jan 23, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, will build a 1,000-bed hospital to receive patients to ease the shortage of beds in the city, the city government said on Thursday […]
Continue reading …Three American firefighters have died after a C-130 water tanker plane crashed while battling a blaze in southern NSW on Thursday. ACT Emergency Services confirmed the large air tanker crashed while fighting a blaze near Cooma, north-east of the Snowy Mountains.
23 January, 2020 Comments Off on Three American firefighters have died after a C-130 water tanker plane crashed while battling a blaze in southern NSW on Thursday. ACT Emergency Services confirmed the large air tanker crashed while fighting a blaze near Cooma, north-east of the Snowy Mountains.A C-130 Hercules, nicknamed Thor, shows its capabilities in 2017.CREDIT:BEN RUSHTON “It’s just a ball of flames … over,” a nearby plane said in radio communications with flight control. Firefighters remain on the ground after the plane crashed, in what Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons described as “a large fireball associated with the […]
Continue reading …International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
23 January, 2020 Comments Off on International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
Rohingya refugees walk on a road at the Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on April 8, 2019. © Mohammad Ponir Hossain/REUTERS The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and atrocities, and preserve evidence of alleged crimes against them. Mostly Muslim Gambia […]
Continue reading …Al-Jaafari: Some countries try to repeat what happened in Iraq in Syria using allegations, fabricated lies related to WMD
21 January, 2020 Comments Off on Al-Jaafari: Some countries try to repeat what happened in Iraq in Syria using allegations, fabricated lies related to WMD
New York, SANA_ Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar Al-Jaafari, reiterated Syria’s rejection of any future conclusions of the Fact-Finding Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) about the alleged use of chemical substances in Douma on April 7, 2018. Al-Jaafari speech came during a meeting in New […]
Continue reading …Ri Son Gwon appointed North Korean foreign minister, diplomatic note confirms Long-time military hardliner to now serve as DPRK’s top diplomat, foreign embassies in Pyongyang told
21 January, 2020 Comments Off on Ri Son Gwon appointed North Korean foreign minister, diplomatic note confirms Long-time military hardliner to now serve as DPRK’s top diplomat, foreign embassies in Pyongyang told
Image: Ministry of Unification file photo A note distributed to foreign embassies in Pyongyang seen by NK News on Tuesday has confirmed the recent appointment of Ri Son Gwon as North Korea’s newest foreign minister. The Korean-language letter, distributed by the Protocol Department of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs in recent days, explains that former post-holder […]
Continue reading …Here are the five Senate factions that will decide Trump’s fate There is virtually no chance that 67 senators will vote to remove Trump from office, but inside both parties are key blocs of senators who will ultimately decide whether Trump gets the speedy acquittal he has publicly demanded.
21 January, 2020 Comments Off on Here are the five Senate factions that will decide Trump’s fate There is virtually no chance that 67 senators will vote to remove Trump from office, but inside both parties are key blocs of senators who will ultimately decide whether Trump gets the speedy acquittal he has publicly demanded.
As the Senate embarks on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump — only the third such trial in U.S. history — there’s intense speculation over how senators will vote in the case. And while there is virtually no chance that 67 senators will vote to remove Trump from office, inside both parties are key […]
Continue reading …Somali FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Biggest Supporter of Somalia is Saudi Arabia
19 January, 2020 Comments Off on Somali FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Biggest Supporter of Somalia is Saudi Arabia
Foreign Minister of Somalia Ahmed Isse Awad. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic. Mogadishu – Ali Helni Foreign Minister of Somalia Ahmed Isse Awad has commended the great role of Saudi Arabia in the Arab and Islamic worlds, stressing that the kingdom has been the biggest supporter of Somalia since its independence. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat […]
Continue reading …More than 80 Soldiers Killed in Yemen Missile, Drone Attack
19 January, 2020 Comments Off on More than 80 Soldiers Killed in Yemen Missile, Drone Attack
More than 80 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and scores injured in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in central Yemen, medical and military sources said Sunday. Saturday’s strike follows months of relative calm in the war between the Iran-backed Huthis and Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which is backed by a Saudi-led […]
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