Palestine to Seek UN Protection from Israeli Attacks

RAMALLAH, April 21 (Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative at UN to request protection for the Palestinians, a senior official said Saturday. Saeb Erekat, the PLO Secretary General, told reporters at his Ramallah office in the West Bank that Abbas has issued the aforementioned directives to the […]
Read More →Kim Jong Un announces “discontinuance” of nuclear, missile tests

PYONGYANG, April 21 (Xinhua ) — In yet another move to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s top leader Kim Jong Un has announced that his country will “discontinue” nuclear and missile tests. The decision was announced by Kim at the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee […]
Read More →Trump calls DPRK’s nuke test suspension “very good news”

WASHINGTON, (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted twice to commend the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s earlier announcement to suspend its nuke and nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests. Trump said in the first twitter that the announcement and the decision of the DPRK are “very good news” for the […]
Read More →Netanyahu says Israeli army ready for any development with Iran

JERUSALEM, (Xinhua) — The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday warned that the Israeli military is prepared for any development with Iran and will “exact a price” from anyone seeking to harm its people. “We hear the threats from Iran. The fighters of the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and the security services are prepared for […]
Read More →EU hails DPRK decision to halt nuclear test

BRUSSELS, April 21 –– The European Union (EU) on Saturday hailed the decision by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches. The move “is a positive, long-sought-after step on the path that has now to lead to the country’s complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization,” EU High […]
Read More →4 killed, 450 wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza: medics

GAZA, — Four Palestinians were killed and more than 450 wounded on Friday during fierce clashes between hundreds of Palestinian protestors and Israeli soldiers near the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the health ministry in Gaza said on Friday the four killed Palestinians are Sa’ed Abu Taha, […]
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