All Five Members Of A Family Found Dead In Northern India

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (NNN-PTI) – All five members of a family, including a couple and their three children, were found dead at a village, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the local police said yesterday. The alleged murders took place at Khagalpur village, in the state’s Prayagraj district,…

Singapore Reports 1,670 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Apr 17 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 1,670 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,157,251. Of the new cases, 254 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 1,416 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according to statistics released by the Ministry of…

Lawrence Wong To Be Singapore’s Next PM If PAP Wins Next Election: Lee Hsien Loong

SINGAPORE, Apr 17 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, said yesterday that, Finance Minister, Lawrence Wong, will succeed him as the next prime minister, if the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) wins the next general election, local media reported. Wong was endorsed to be the leader of the…

S.Korea Says DPRK Launches Two Projectiles Into Eastern Waters

SEOUL, Apr 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), launched two projectiles into eastern waters yesterday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, today. The JCS said in a statement that, it detected two projectiles that were fired from the Hamheung area, towards eastern waters at…

Four Dead After Car Plunges Into Ravine In Northern Philippines

MANILA, Apr 17 (NNN-PNA) – A car negotiating a sharp curve plunged off a northern Philippine mountain road, into a 100-metre ravine, yesterday morning, killing four people, police said. The police said, the victims were all family members – a couple and their children aged 27 and 12. The family…

13 Killed In Traffic Accident South Of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Apr 17 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 13 people, including nine school teachers, were killed and four others wounded, in a car crash south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Iraqi authorities and a source said yesterday. Iraqi Interior Ministry’s traffic directorate said, in a statement that, a 4-wheel drive vehicle…

Six Members Of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Paramilitary Force Killed

BAGHDAD, Apr 17 (NNN-NINA) – Two members of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi paramilitary force were killed yesterday, in an attack launched by the Daesh militants in the north of Baghdad, while four others died in a traffic accident in western Iraq. The two Hashd Shaabi members were killed when the Daesh…

Two Soldiers Killed When Defusing Bomb In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Apr 17 (NNN-NINA) – “Two soldiers of the engineering corps, in the Iraqi army were killed and two others wounded, while dismantling an explosive device planted on the outskirts of the town of Qara-Tappa, some 175 km north-east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad,” the town’s Mayor, Wasfi al-Tamimi, said.…

Brunei Reports 210 New COVID-19 Cases

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Apr 17 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 210 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the national tally to 139,847. Brunei has recorded less than 1,000 new cases for 24 straight days, since Mar 24, after the daily increase during the third wave of infections reached its peak on Mar…

Ashraf Takes Oath As Speaker Of Pakistan’s National Assembly

ISLAMABAD, Apr 17 (NNN-APP) – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, took oath yesterday, as the 22nd speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, or the lower house of the country’s parliament. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session, administered the oath of office to Ashraf, a former prime minister of Pakistan and…