Tourist Vehicles To Get Priority Access Amid Fuel Shortage In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Mar 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry, today announced that, diesel vehicles registered with the Tourism Development Authority will be given priority access to fuel, at state-owned bus depots. Vehicles that qualify for this scheme will be given an identity sticker, local media reported. The decision was made…

Over 1,200 Got Sick After Eating At Wedding In India

NEW DELHI, Mar 6 (NNN-PTI) – More than 1,200 people were sickened or hospitalised, after eating at a wedding, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, local media reported yesterday. The guests, mostly locals, consumed food at the wedding of a local Congress leader’s son, in the Mehsana district on…

Thailand’s Total COVID-19 Cases Top Three Million

BANGKOK, Mar 6 (NNN-TNA) – Total COVID-19 cases in Thailand topped three million yesterday, driven primarily by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, which resulted in recent soaring infections. The daily case tally has been over 20,000 for 11 days in a row. With 22,818 new infections registered over the last…

Two Int’l Aid Workers Kidnapped By Unknown Gunmen In Yemen

ADEN, Mar 6 (NNN-YPA) – Two workers of the international medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres/MSF), were kidnapped by gunmen, in Yemen’s south-eastern province of Hadramout yesterday, a security official said. The aid workers, nationals of Germany and Mexico, were intercepted, when travelling in the western part of…

Iran Presses UN Nuclear Watchdog For Independent, Impartial Approach

TEHRAN, Mar 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian highlighted yesterday, the need for an independent, professional and impartial approach by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Iran, according to the foreign ministry website. Abdollahian made the remarks during his meeting with visiting Rafael Grossi, director general…

U.S. Criminal Justice System Has Racial Double Standard: The Guardian

LONDON, Mar 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Several prominent U.S. cases, where Black people got harsher sentences, for unintentional voting errors than whites, who committed fraud, have shown that, there is a racial double standard in the country’s criminal justice system, The Guardian reported. Bruce Bartman, white, was only sentenced to five…

New Officers Graduate From Afghan National Police Academy

KABUL, Mar 6 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 377 recruits graduated as police officers, from the Afghan National Police Academy, at a ceremony held here yesterday. “All qualified graduates will begin their careers in the armed forces to serve the nation,” said Sheikh Mohammad Nazar Shinwari, commander of the academy.…

Morocco Seizes 1.4 Tonnes Of Cannabis, Arrests Two Suspects

RABAT, Mar 6 (NNN-MAP) – The Moroccan police, yesterday seized 1.4 tonnes of cannabis, and arrested two suspects, for alleged links to an international drug trafficking network, official news agency reported. The operation was carried out in Bouarg locality near the northern city of Nador, it said, adding that, an…

Ukraine, Russia To Hold Next Round Of Talks Tomorrow: Ukrainian Negotiator

KIEV, Mar 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ukraine and Russia will hold the next round of peace talks tomorrow, David Arakhamia, member of the Ukrainian delegation, said yesterday. “The third round of talks will take place on Monday,” Arakhamia wrote on Facebook. Ukrainian Presidential Advisor, Mykhailo Podolyak said Friday, the third round…

Russia Almost Completely Destroy Ukrainian Military Infrastructure: Putin

MOSCOW, Mar 6 (NNN-TASS) – Russia has “practically” completed the mission of destroying Ukraine’s main military infrastructure, including weapon warehouses, ammunition depots, aviation and air defence systems, President Vladimir Putin said, yesterday. Russian forces will fulfill all their assigned tasks, and the operation in Ukraine is proceeding in accordance with…