Turkey Hits Back After Soldiers Killed In Syrian Gov’t Shelling

ANKARA, Feb 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey says, it struck back against Syrian military targets, after at least five of its soldiers and three civilians, attached to the Turkish army were killed, by Syrian government forces, in the war-torn country’s Idlib region. Turkey’s Defence Ministry, said that, seven of its troops were…

First UN-Supervised Medical Flight Leaves Yemen

SANAA, Feb 4 (NNN-SABA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), announced that, the first flight carrying Yemeni patients in critical need of treatment left the country’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa. According to WHO, the UN-marked plane, bound for Amman, with eight patients and their relatives, took off from Houthi-controlled airport of…

Shocking! Peter Obi Reveals Number Of Nigerians Living In Poverty

ABUJA, Feb 4 (NNN-NAIJA) – Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says, 98 million people are living under poverty in Nigeria. Obi, a former vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this, when he featured on a Channels TV programme on Sunday. He said, Nigeria has never…

Two Million Lebanese Expected To Live Under Poverty Line In 2020: Ex-Minister

BEIRUT, Feb 4 (NNN-NNA) – A former Lebanese official, said that, two million Lebanese people are expected to live under the poverty line in 2020, if the government does not focus on the social situation. “The social situation in Lebanon has reached an unprecedented level of danger, and the country…

Indonesia Saves Two Baby Orangutans From Trafficking, Detains Alleged Trader

JAKARTA, Feb 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian authorities saved two babies of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, from a wildlife trafficking, and detained a man suspected of illegal trading. The two Sumatran orangutan babies were seized at the suspect’s house, in North Sumatra province’s district of Langkat, Director General of Law Enforcement,…

Mortar Shell Kills Seven People In Pakistan’s Bajaur

ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (NNN-APP) – Officials in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal district said, a mortar shell fired from the Afghan side of the border, killed at least seven people. Gulzar Khan, deputy superintendent of police in Bajaur, confirmed the incident there, bordering Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province. Khan said, the mortar shell…

Iran Obstructed By Saudi Arabia From Attending Meeting On U.S. Peace Plan: Ministry

TEHRAN, Feb 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that, Saudi Arabia obstructed an Iranian delegation, from attending the upcoming Jeddah meeting on the U.S. peace proposal for the Middle East. Despite invitation by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the secretariat of which is located in Jeddah, Saudi…

Senior Palestinian Official Criticises U.S. President’s Adviser

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Senior Palestinian official, Saeb Erekat, criticised U.S. President, Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, over his remarks holding Erekat responsible for failing to reach peace agreement with Israel. Kushner accused Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, of having “a perfect track…

UN Envoy Arrives In Yemen To Facilitate Humanitarian Medical Air Bridge

SANAA, Feb 3 (NNN-SABA) – The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, arrived in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, on Sunday, to facilitate a humanitarian “medical air bridge,” the Houthi rebel-run al-Masirah TV reported. The air bridge, launched by the Saudi-led coalition, in cooperation with the World Health Organisation,…

Iran Vows To Continue Nuclear Programme With “Determination” Despite U.S. Pressures

TEHRAN, Feb 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), said Sunday that, Iran will advance its nuclear programme with greater determination, despite U.S. pressures, according to Tehran Times daily. “The Americans attempt to create a psychological atmosphere, but in reality, they will not achieve any…