Suspect In 2019 Kyoto Animation Arson Attack Admits Charges

TOKYO, Sept 6 (NNN-NHK) – A man accused of carrying out a deadly arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio, four years ago, admitted to the charges in the indictment, in the first hearing of his trial at Kyoto District Court, yesterday. Shinji Aoba, 45, from Saitama Prefecture, north…

Myanmar Earned Over 1.28 Billion USD From Agricultural Exports In Less Than Five Months

YANGON, Sept 6 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar earned over 1.28 billion U.S. dollars from agricultural exports, in the first five months (from Apr 1 to Aug 25) of the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce, yesterday. The figure marks a decline from over 1.45 billion…

Road Accident Killed Three, Injured Five In East Afghanistan

MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Sept 6 (NNN-ANA) – Three commuters were killed and five others injured, in a road accident in east Afghanistan’s Laghman province yesterday, according to a statement of the provincial police. The statement added that, the incident occurred on the Kabul-Nangarhar highway, when two cars collided, leaving three dead…

Biden Nominates Jacob Lew For U.S. Ambassador To Israel

WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, nominated former Secretary of the Treasury, Jacob Lew, to be U.S. ambassador to Israel, the White House announced yesterday. Lew, whose nomination needs Senate approval, will succeed Tom Nides, who stepped down from the post in July, after having served the…

Shooting In Washington State Left One Dead, Two Injured

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – A shooting at a park in Lynnwood, north-western U.S. state of Washington, late Monday night, left one person dead and two others injured, police said. The Lynnwood Police Department said, four people were involved in the shooting, which occurred at Lynndale Park, the city’s…

Former Tunisian PM Arrested: Media

TUNIS, Sept 6 (NNN-TAP) – Tunisia’s former Prime Minister, and the former Secretary General of the Islamist party, Ennahdha, Hamadi Jebali, was arrested yesterday, at his home, in the eastern coastal province of Sousse. Jebali’s lawyer said in a statement that, a group of policemen searched Jebali’s home yesterday morning,…

Russia Destroys Drones In Kaluga, Moscow Regions: Defence Ministry

BEIJING, Sept 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Russian air defence forces, destroyed Ukrainian drones in the Kaluga and Moscow regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said, yesterday. “Today at night (last night), air defence forces destroyed drones in the Kaluga Region and in the Istra district, that were trying to commit an attack…

Iran, China Have “Good Capacities” For Environmental Cooperation: Iranian VP

TEHRAN, Sept 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran and China have “good capacities” for environmental cooperation, especially in combating dust and sand storms, said Ali Salajegheh, Iran’s vice president and head of the Department of Environment (DoE). Salajegheh made the remarks yesterday, at a press conference in the capital Tehran, ahead of…

Iran’s New Ambassador To Saudi Arabia Alireza Enayati arrived In Riyadh

TEHRAN, Sept 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iran, Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi, arrived in Tehran yesterday, a few hours after the arrival of Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, in Riyadh, earlier in the day. The Saudi envoy used to be his country’s ambassador to Oman, before…

Egypt’s MCV, Sweden’s Volvo Signed Deal To Jointly Manufacture E-Buses

CAIRO, Sept 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) and Sweden’s Volvo, yesterday signed in Cairo, an agreement to jointly manufacture electric buses in Egypt, for the European market. MCV will manufacture the buses with “50 percent local content,” according to a statement by Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and…