Japan Plans To Recruit Astronauts In 2021, First Time In 13 Years

TOKYO, Oct 24 (NNN-NHK) – Japan will recruit potential astronauts in 2021, the first time the country has conducted an intake since 2008, Science Minister, Koichi Hagiuda, said yesterday. The recruitment is aimed at sending astronauts to outer space, as part of a U.S.-led lunar exploration project, the minister said.…

Thai Army In All Out Effort To Tackle Serious Flooding

BANGKOK, Oct 24 (NNN-TNA) – Soldiers from the Royal Thai Army set out to Thailand’s three provinces, to tackle serious flooding, triggered by tropical storm Linfa, which made landfall two weeks ago. Military officers have been dispatched to Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, eastern province of Sa Kaeo and…

Four Terrorists Killed In Clash With Police In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province killed four terrorists, during a raid on their hideout, a provincial official said last night. The Counter Terrorism Department of the police, raided the hideout in Mastung district, by acting on an intelligence tip-off, Zia Ullah Langau, home minister…

Palestinians Condemn Normalisation Agreement Between Sudan, Israel

by Saud Abu Ramadan RAMALLAH/GAZA, Oct 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Palestinians are outraged over the declaration of a normalisation agreement between Israel and Sudan, under U.S. sponsorship. The Palestinian Presidency affirmed in a statement, its condemnation and rejection of Sudan’s decision to normalise relations with Israel which seizes the land of…

Turkey Tests Russian S-400 Anti-Missile System

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, confirmed that, the Turkish army had been testing the Russian S-400 anti-missile defence systems. “It is true about the tests. They have been done and will continue,” Erdogan told reporters, after Friday prayers in Istanbul. Turkey’s purchase of the S-400…

Four Daesh Militants, Two Paramilitary Soldiers Killed In Bomb Attacks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (NNN-NINA) – Four Daesh militants and two paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed yesterday, in bomb attacks in Salahudin province north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. The militants were killed when a roadside bomb went off near their vehicle, the media office of the Iraqi Joint…

Egyptian Navy Rescues Turkish-Flagged Boat In Mediterranean Sea

CAIRO, Oct 24 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt naval forces rescued a boat with Turkish flag, in the Mediterranean Sea, the armed forces said in a statement, yesterday. “The boat sent a distress signal on Thursday, that it encountered a technical failure 260 km north of the city of Sidi Barrani, on…

Iran Kicked Off Large-Scale Aerial Military Exercise

TEHRAN, Oct 22 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Air Defence Forces began a large-scale military exercise yesterday, in different parts of the country. In the air defence drill, codenamed “Guardians of Velayat Sky-99,” units from the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), also participated. According to the report, Iranian fighter…

Palestine Urges EU To Impose Sanctions Against Israel

RAMALLAH, Oct 22 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Authority urged the European Union to impose sanctions against Israel, in response to settlement construction in Palestinian territories, a senior official said. “Meetings will be held with European officials this week, in order to activate what was issued by European powers, denouncing the…

Turkish Police Seize 20 Tonnes Of Smuggled Wine In Massive Raids

ISTANBUL, Oct 22 (NNN-ANADOLU) – In massive raids, Turkish authorities seized, yesterday, approximately 20 tonnes of smuggled wine, in the western province of Manisa. Following a tip-off, police and gendarmerie forces launched the operations simultaneously, at 12 addresses across the province. Some photos published, showed multiple big plastic cans full…