Over 500,000 Stimulant Tablets Seized In East Myanmar

YANGON, Sept 25 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police seized over 500,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar’s Shan State, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control, yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, the joint anti-narcotic task force raided the suspect’s house, in Namhkam Township on Friday, and found 534,000 stimulant tablets…

64 Palestinians Killed In Libya’s Devastating Floods

RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 64 Palestinians were killed, with 10 others still missing, in the deadly floods that hit eastern Libya, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, yesterday. In a statement, Ahmad al-Deek, a political adviser at the ministry, said, “We are following the conditions of the Palestinian…

Iran Foils 30-Explosion Terrorist Plot Targeting Capital: Ministry

TEHRAN, Sept 25 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian intelligence foiled a terrorist plot targetting multiple crowded places, here in the Iranian capital, and arrested 28 suspects, the Intelligence Ministry said. In a statement published on its website, the ministry said, 30 simultaneous explosions had been planned, with the aim of disrupting…

Two More Palestinians Killed, In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Sept 25 (NNN-WAFA) – Two more Palestinians were killed and an Israeli soldier wounded, during exchange of fire in the West Bank city of Tulkarm yesterday, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. “Osaid Abu Ali, 21, and Abdul Rahaman Abu Daghash, 32, were killed, after being shot in their…

Japanese Boxed Meal Maker Banned From Operations Over Food Poisoning

TOKYO, Sept 25 (NNN-NHK) – A boxed meal maker in north-eastern Japan has been banned by the public health authorities from operating, due to hundreds of food poisoning cases caused by its products, local media reported. Yoshidaya, a local maker of boxed meals, commonly known as “bento” in Japanese, voluntarily…

29 Injured As Passenger Train Hit Cargo Train In Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Sept 24 (NNN-APP) – Twenty-nine people were injured, when a passenger train collided with a cargo train in Pakistan’s east Punjab province this morning, state-run rescue organisation, Rescue 1122 said. The incident happened at 4:30 a.m. (local time), due to possible negligence of the railway staff in Sheikhupura district…

Agreement On Revival Of Nuclear Deal “Within Reach” If U.S. Quits “Contradictory Behaviours”: Iranian FM

TEHRAN, Sept 24 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said that, an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will be “within reach,” if the U.S. stops its “contradictory behaviours.” Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks to reporters in…

Türkiye Condemns “Attacks” Against Quran In Netherlands

ANKARA, Sept 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Türkiye condemned the “provocative attacks” on the Al Quran outside embassies of Muslim countries, including the Turkish embassy, in the Netherlands, the country’s Foreign Ministry said, yesterday. “We condemn the spread of these provocative attacks, which aim to humiliate our religion and its believers, in…

Regional Security Requires Just Solution To Palestinian Issue, Says Saudi FM

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (NNN-SPA) – A just solution to the Palestinian issue is essential for regional stability, stated Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, during his address at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly’s general debate yesterday. “The stability of the region rests on…

Police Destroy Hashish Land In East Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Sept 24 (NNN-ANA) – The counter-narcotics police, have demolished 23 acres of hashish in east Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, provincial police spokesman, Hafiz Mawlawi Abdul Basir Zabuli, said yesterday. The illegal crop was destroyed on Thursday and Friday in Achin district, the officer said, adding that, the counter-narcotics force…