Hezbollah Leader Warns Israel Against Assassinations In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug 29 (NNN-NNA) – Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, said yesterday that, any assassination committed against a Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, or Iranian on Lebanese soil, will not go unanswered. Nasrallah’s remarks came, after an exchange of threats between Israelis and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) over…

Syria Accuses U.S. Of Plundering Resources, Destroying Infrastructure

DAMASCUS, Aug 28 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s national railway operator, accused U.S. forces of dismantling infrastructure, including railways, and looting national resources within Syrian territories under their control. U.S. forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued to seize infrastructure and machinery, including locomotives and trucks, in the eastern province of…

Israeli PM Says Hamas To Pay “Full Price” If It Attacks Israel

JERUSALEM, Aug 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, yesterday said, Hamas shall pay full price, if they try to carry out attacks against Israel. “Whoever tries to hurt us, whoever finances and organises, whoever dispatches terrorists against Israel, will pay the full price,” said Netanyahu in a televised…

Palestinian Authorities Urge International Pressure On Israel To Stop Sponsoring Settler Groups

RAMALLAH, Aug 28 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian authorities yesterday called for international pressure on the Israeli government, to stop the sponsorship of settler groups in the West Bank. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry made the appeal in a press statement, after groups of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farms in the West Bank…

Police Arrested 42 Terrorists In August In Pakistan’s Punjab Province

ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (NNN-APP) – The Counter Terrorism Department of Police, in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, arrested 42 terrorists from banned organisations in Aug, according to official data. The data, shared by the police yesterday, revealed that, the arrested terrorists include eight from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, three from the Daesh and…

Security Forces Arrest Weapon Smugglers, Seize Ammunition In S. Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Aug 28 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan security forces, arrested two weapon smugglers, in south Afghanistan’s Kandahar province and seized arms and ammunition, said a statement of the provincial police yesterday. In the operation, security personnel found three Kalashnikovs, mortar mines and many other munitions, the statement said. Earlier on Saturday,…

Seven Dead In Explosions At Illegal Firecracker Factory In E. India

NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people died and several others were injured, in twin explosions at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit, in India’s eastern state of West Bengal yesterday, confirmed an official. The incident happened in the Duttapukur area of the state’s North 24 Parganas district.…

Authorities Working To Recover Bodies From U.S. Marine Aircraft Crash Off Australia

CANBERRA, Aug 28 (NNN-AAP) – A mission was underway, to recover the bodies of three U.S. Marines, who were killed in an aircraft crash off Australia’s north coast. The U.S. MV-22B Osprey aircraft was carrying 23 personnel, when it crashed off the coast of the Northern Territory (NT), during a…

Feature: Afghans Mourn For Respected Doctor, Civilians Killed In 2019 U.S. Bombing

JALALABAD, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nazar Gul, an Afghan doctor, respected by households far and near his village, was killed during a bombing by U.S. forces in 2019. Until now, one of his patients still keeps the medicine Gul had prescribed before his death, as a memorial from the deceased…

New Zealand Wastewater Pipe Dig Reveals “Fossil Treasure Trove”

WELLINGTON, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A new study published today, described the 266 fossil species, found in a wastewater pipe dig in Auckland, as one of the richest and most diverse groups of three-million-year-old fauna ever found in New Zealand. At least 10 previously unknown species will be described and…