Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Jan. 8

CAIRO -- Egypt will hold its 2018 presidential elections from March 26-28, National Election Authority (NEA) announced on Monday.

"Elections of Egyptian expatriates will be held on March 16-18," NEA Chief Lashin Ibrahim said in a press conference. (Egypt-Election)

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ADEN -- At least ten Houthi rebels were killed when artillery shelling targeted their locations near the government-controlled province of Lahj on Monday, a military official told Xinhua.

The pro-government army units supported by the Saudi-led coalition carried out a heavy artillery shelling on Houthi-held locations near the mountains of Kahboob in southern Lahj province, the military official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Houthi)

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JERUSALEM -- Every drop of water should be used twice in order to deal with the increasingly severe shortage of water resources, said Dan Shechtman, the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua.

People in many countries are suffering from severe shortage of water resources and that is a great problem, said Shechtman. (Israel-Nobel)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan on Monday renewed a complaint to the United Nations Security Council demanding Egypt hand over control of the border region of Halayeb.

"Sudan has renewed its complaint regarding Halayeb Triangle," Sudan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (Sudan-Egypt) Enditem