Many People Feared Trapped Under Debris After Landslide In N. India

NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (NNN-PTI) – Many people are feared trapped under the debris, after a landslide occurred in India’s northern hilly state of Himachal Pradesh today, a state police officer said via the phone. The incident reportedly occurred in the state’s Kullu district. TV footage showed a couple of…

Seven Killed, Eight Injured In Van-Truck Collision In Southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (NNN-APP) – At least seven people were killed and eight others injured today, in a collision between a van and a truck, in Thatta district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, the rescue service reported. According to the reports, the accident took place in the morning, on the…

Two Killed, One Injured After Military Helicopter Crashed In Central Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug 24 (NNN-NNA) – A Lebanese Air Force helicopter crashed last night, in Hammana, a town in central Lebanon, about 26 kilometres east of Beirut, killing two army service members and injuring another, local TV channel LBCI reported. LBCI said, the helicopter crashed while conducting a training flight. The…

Senior Iranian Commander Says Tehran, Moscow To Expand Cooperation In Combating Terrorism

TEHRAN, Aug 24 (NNN-IRNA) – A senior Iranian military commander, said yesterday that, Tehran and Moscow were determined to expand their cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force, Kioumars Heidari, made the remarks in Moscow, at the end of his official visit to the…

Landmine Blast Killed Two In Yemen’s Red Sea Port City

SANAA, Aug 24 (NNN-SABA) – Two people were killed yesterday, in a landmine explosion in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights said in a statement. The landmine exploded when the two civilians walked over it, on the side of a road in the al-Hayet…

Israel Arrests Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Members In West Bank

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Aug 24 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli army yesterday, arrested 20 Palestinians, including members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, a Palestinian association said. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club Association, a non-government organisation, said that, the Israeli armed forces…

700 Syrians Caught Trying To Enter Lebanon In Past Week: Army

BEIRUT, Aug 24 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese army prevented, over the past week, about 700 Syrian nationals, from illegally entering Lebanon, the Lebanese Army Command said in a statement, yesterday. It said that, those Syrians were intercepted at the Lebanese-Syrian border, on various dates during the past week. The Lebanese…

Kyrgyz, Kazakh Defence Ministers Discussed Enhancing Military Cooperation

BISHKEK, Aug 24 (NNN-KNA) – A Kazakh military delegation, led by Defence Minister, Ruslan Zhaksylykov, arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, for a working visit, the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defence reported. During the visit, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Defence, Baktybek Bekbolotov, met with his Kazakh counterpart. The two…

Multi-Year El Nino, La Nina Events Could Become More Common: Australian Study

CANBERRA, Aug 24 (NNN-AAP) – Human-caused changes to an atmospheric flow in the Pacific Ocean could be responsible for longer El Nino and La Nina events, an Australian study found. The study, published by Australian National University (ANU) and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, today,…

Increased Cost-Of-Living Crisis Plunges Millions In Asia-Pacific Into Extreme Poverty: Report

MANILA, Aug 24 (NNN-PNA) – The increased cost-of-living, sparked by surging inflation and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, continue to push millions of people in Asia and the Pacific into extreme poverty, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), released today. As of 2022,…