Ruling Government Party Wins By-Election For MP In Northern Thailand

BANGKOK, Feb 24 (NNN-TNA) – A ruling government party won over an opposition party, in Sunday’s by-election for MP in northern Thailand. Palang Pracharath Party candidate, Phetphum Apornrat won 45,687 votes in the by-election, in Constituency 2 of Kamphaengphet province, compared to 37,989 votes for candidate Kamphol Pankul of the…

Four Killed, Two Injured In Central Philippine Car Crash

MANILA, Feb 24 (NNN-PNA) – Four people were killed and two others injured, when a car crashed into a parked motorcycle and a gate of a home, in Manapla town, in Negros Occidental province, in the central Philippines. Police said, the accident happened around 2:45 a.m. local time on Friday.…

5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Qotur In NW Iran

TEHRAN, Feb 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Another 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Qotur region, in West Azerbaijan Province, in the northwest of Iran on Sunday, according to Iran’s Seismological Centre. The earthquake took place at 7:30 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), with the epicentre at the depth of 12 km, 38.505 degrees north…

Israeli Army Strikes Islamic Jihad Sites In Gaza

JERUSALEM, Feb 24 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli military said, it carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Sunday night, hours after Islamic Jihad fired barrages of rockets towards southern Israel. A military spokesperson said, the strikes targeted Islamic Jihad sites. There were no immediate reports of casualties. At least 23…

Israel’s Longest-Serving PM Struggles For Political Future

JERUSALEM, Feb 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing the battle of his life, with crucial national elections to take place on Mar 2, and a corruption trial to be opened only two weeks later. Last July, Netanyahu became the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history,…

Syrian Air Defences Intercept Israeli Missiles Over Damascus

DAMASCUS, Feb 24 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian air defences intercepted a number of Israeli missiles, over the capital Damascus, on Sunday night (last night), state TV reported. Several explosions were heard reverberating across the capital, in what appeared to be a fresh Israeli missile attack, targeting military sites in Syria.…

Five Insurgents Killed In Clashes With Thai Special Task Forces

BANGKOK, Feb 24 (NNN-TNA) — Five suspected southern insurgents were shot dead by security forces, on a mountainous area, in Thailand’s restive south. The clash took place in the southern border province of Narathiwat on Sunday (yesterday). The security forces also seized five M16 assault rifles, one HK rifle and…

S. Korea Raises Virus Alert To Highest, As COVID-19 Cases Soar To 602, Death Toll At Five

SEOUL, Feb 24 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea raised its four-tier virus alert to the highest “red” level on Sunday, as the number of COVID-19 infection cases soared to 602 in recent days, with the death toll rising to five. South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, chaired an emergency meeting, to tackle…

COVID-19 Contained In Australia: Health Minister

CANBERRA, Feb 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government relaxed its coronavirus travel ban, to allow students from China into the country, after Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, said COVID-19 has been contained in Australia. As a result, Chinese students enrolled in Australian secondary schools, excluding those from Hubei, will be…

UAE Continues Dispatching Food Convoys To Hadramaut

HADRAMAUT, Feb 23 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, continued dispatching new food convoys to Arrayda and Qusay’ir districts, in Hadramaut Governorate, as part of its humanitarian response programme, to ease the suffering of Yemeni families and bringing life back to normalcy. The…