Cambodian PM Welcomes Passengers From Cruise Ship, After All Test Negative For COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Feb 15 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, on Friday, welcomed passengers, disembarked from the Westerdam cruise ship, in southwest Cambodia’s Sihanoukville, after all had tested negative for the novel coronavirus. In a live broadcast on the state-run National Television of Cambodia, Hun Sen shook…

Iran Says U.S. “Probably” Behind Cyber Attack On Telecom Network

TEHRAN, Feb 15 (NNN-IRNA) – The United States was probably behind the recent cyber attack on Iran’s telecommunication infrastructure, Gholam Reza Jalali, head of Iran’s Civil Defence Organisation, said. “It’s very difficult and time-consuming to trace the source of a cyber attack. The Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (of Iran) is currently…

Syria Declares Damascus-Aleppo Highway Fully Secure

DAMASCUS, Feb 15 (NNN-SANA) – The strategic highway, linking Syrian capital Damascus in the south with Aleppo province in the north, has become fully secure, it was reported on Friday. The highway has become secure after the Syrian army recaptured all areas surrounding the road. The road fell under government…

Turkey’s Airline, Atlasglobal Files For Bankruptcy

ISTANBUL, Feb 15 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish airline, Atlasglobal, officially filed for bankruptcy, Turkey’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced on Twitter, on Friday. The airline has taken the bankruptcy decision, as it couldn’t continue its operation, the post said, noting that, all of its flights were stopped. Established in 2001,…

Israel Fires Smoke Bombs On Borders Of Southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Feb 15 (NNN-NNA) – The Israeli army, on Friday, fired several smoke bombs on the axis of the border town of Mays al Jabal, in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon, north of the “Blue Line.” Witnesses from the border area said that, an Israeli foot patrol, protected by…

Chinese Companies Account For Largest Number Of New Companies In Uzbekistan In Jan

TASHKENT, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thirty-eight new Chinese companies were established in Uzbekistan in Jan, accounting for the largest number of new companies in the country, according to information published by the Uzbek State Statistic Committee on Friday. The total number of Chinese companies operating in Uzbekistan reached 1,690 by…

Palestine Urges Britain To Stick To Position Over Israeli Settlements

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 15 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official, called on the British government, to stick to its position, over Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories. Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the PLO Executive Committee, said that, Britain has to stick to its positions that consider…

Lebanon commemorates Rafik Hariri’s 15th assassination anniversary

BEIRUT, Feb 15 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon marked Friday, the 15th assassination anniversary of former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated in a massivesuicide bombing in 2005, that destabilised the country.In downtown Beirut political leaders as well as citizens gathered to lay flowers at Hariri’s grave. Future Movement leader, former Prime…

Pakistan, Turkey Sign Strategic Economic Framework

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistan started preparations to sign the Strategic Economic Framework (SEF) and Plan of Action (PoA), agreed upon with Turkey, and the government decided to establish a special unit at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, for SEF after both countries consented to the draft of the…

Four In An Afghan Family Dead In Avalanche

NILI, Afghanistan, Feb 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four members of a family had been killed, one injured, while two others went missing, after avalanche hit a village in Afghanistan’s central Daykundi province, provincial government spokesperson said today (Thursday). “The incident occurred in Hessar village, of remote Miramur district. A seven-member-family was…