12 Injured In Tripoli In Protest Against Power Rationing

BEIRUT, Jan 9 (NNN-NNA) – A dozen Lebanese protesters were injured, on Wednesday evening, during clashes with soldiers, in Tripoli, over increased power rationing. The protesters, who gathered near the Qadisha Electricity Company, threw stones at the soldiers, who fired tear gas to disperse them. Lack of electricity in Lebanon…

Iran Refuses To Give Black Boxes To Boeing For Plane Crash Investigation

TEHRAN, Jan 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s civil aviation authority said, it will not hand over the two black boxes recovered from an ill-fated Ukrainian airliner with 176 people aboard, to the plane’s manufacturer Boeing or the United States, but will cooperate with Ukraine. Both of the plane’s black box voice…

9-Year-Old Girl Attacked By Shark In Northeast Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A nine-year-old girl was rushed to hospital, after being attacked by a shark in Australia’s northeast. The attack occurred in the early evening (yesterday), as the girl was swimming in waters near North West Island, in the State of Queensland. It left her with a…

U.S. Senate Has Enough Votes For Trump Impeachment Trial, Says Majority Leader

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell said, he has enough votes to set rules for the upper chamber’s trial of President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “We have the votes,” McConnell told reporters, after a lunch meeting with Republican colleagues. The impeachment trial is still in limbo,…

Japan’s Abe To Cancel Trip To Middle East Amid Rising Tensions

TOKYO, Jan 9 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, cancels a planned trip to the Middle East, initially planned from Saturday, amid escalating tensions in the region, government sources said. The Japanese leader was planning to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, to explain and try…

Iran’s Senior Commander Warns U.S. Against New Attack On Iran

TEHRAN, Jan 9 (NNN-TASNIM) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, warned, any new offensive by the U.S. will draw Iran’s “stronger, more crushing, and broader” response. The remarks by Major General Hossein Baqeri come, hours after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted two U.S. military bases…

ERC Begins Winter Aid Campaign For Refugees In Jordan

ABU DHABI, Jan 8 (NNN-WAM) – Upon the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, the ERC has begun implementing its winter aid campaign worth AED 15 million. One million people from Jordan, Iraq, Egypt,…

Indian Police Files Case Against Woman For Holding “Free Kashmir” Placard

MUMBAI, Jan 8 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Police filed a first information report (FIR) against a woman, for holding “Free Kashmir” placard, during a protest at Gateway of India, late Tuesday, in Mumbai. “We have filed a case against Mahek Mirza Prabhu, under Section 153b (Imputation, assertions prejudicial to national interest)…

Smoke From Australian Bushfires Reaches South America

MONTEVIDEO, Jan 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Smoke from Australia’s bushfires has reached Uruguay, darkening the sky of the South American country with a “grayish veil,” the Uruguayan Meteorological Institute (Inumet) said. “Since Monday afternoon, Jan 6, we can see a greyish veil over Uruguay’s skies and redder sunrises/sunsets,” the Inumet…

Tokyo Prosecutors Obtain Arrest Warrant For Ghosn’s Wife

TOKYO, Jan 8 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo prosecutors obtained an arrest warrant for Carole Ghosn, wife of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman, Carlos Ghosn, for making a false statement last Apr, at her husband’s trial for alleged aggravated breach of trust. Prosecutors suspected that during an examination of a witness last…