Syrian Army Confronts Rebel Attack In Hama, 41 Killed

DAMASCUS, June 9 (NNN-SANA) – At least 41 Syrian soldiers and rebels were killed on Monday, during a showdown in the country’s central province of Hama. The rebels launched an offensive using suicide bombers and booby-trapped vehicles, in the northern part of the al-Ghab Plains, in the northwestern countryside of…

Israel COVID-19 Cases Surpass 18,000

JERUSALEM, June 9 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel decided to stop all measures to ease restrictions, that were planned for the coming days, due to an increase in COVID-19 morbidity, the state’s Prime Minister’s Office said. Train services will not resume, after scheduled to re-operate, Monday. Also, the opening of theatres and…

Palestine Threatens To Stop Recognition Of Israel If Annexation Plan Implemented

RAMALLAH, June 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, warned that, Palestine will stop the recognition of Israel, if the Israeli government implements its plan to annex Palestinian lands. “Withdrawing the recognition of Israel will remain on the table, in case Israel implements its annexation plan,” Ishtaye told the…

U.S. Military Plane Damaged At Air Base Near Iraq’s Capital

BAGHDAD, June 9 (NNN-NINA) – A U.S. C-130 Hercules air plane, on Monday, sustained damage when landing at a military air base to the north of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, an Iraqi army source said. The incident took place at night, when the plane slid off the runway, at Camp Taji,…

Rocket Hits Perimeter Of Iraq’s Baghdad Airport

BAGHDAD, June 9 (NNN-NINA) – A rocket, Monday evening, landed on the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said. The rocket was launched from the Arab Khudair area, south of the airport, said the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) in a statement, without giving…

S.Korea Urges North Korea To Maintain Inter-Korean Communication Lines

SEOUL, June 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea urged North Korea today, to maintain communication lines between the two Koreas, after Pyongyang’s threat to cut off all inter-Korean hotlines, multiple local media reported. An unidentified South Korean unification ministry official was quoted as telling local reporters that, the inter-Korean communication lines,…

Two Daesh-Linked Militants Nabbed In Indonesia’s Kalimantan

JAKARTA, June 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian anti-terror squad, arrested two Daesh-affiliated militants, who had plotted and given directives on the strike at a police station in South Kalimantan province earlier this month, that killed one policeman and injured another. The National Police’s spokesman, Brigadier Awi Setiyono said that, the…

Mongolia Receives 99 Million USD From IMF To Address COVID-19 Pandemic

ULAN BATOR, June 9 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia received 99 million U.S. dollars of financing, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Finance Minister, Chimed Khurelbaatar, said Monday. “Today, our country received a 99-million-U.S.-dollar financing from the IMF. I would like to…

Three Killed, Five Injured As Oil Refinery Catches Fire In Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, June 9 (NNN-APP) – Three labourers were killed and five others injured, when fire erupted in an oil refinery, in Faisalabad district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province, on Monday night, local media reported. The factory was housing about 100,000 litres of oil, when fire erupted in one of its…

DPRK To Cut Off Inter-Korean Communication Lines

PYONGYANG, June 9 (NNN-KCNA) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines at noon today (Tuesday), it was reported this morning. The relevant field on the DPRK side will “completely cut off and shut down the liaison line, between the authorities of the…