Iraqi Parliament Asks Gov’t To End Presence Of Foreign Forces In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi parliament passed a draft law, requiring the government to end the presence of foreign forces in Iraq and prevent them from using Iraqi airspace and water. In an extraordinary session, the lawmakers voted with majority, in favour of passing a law requiring the…

Update: 43-Hour Rescue Ends, After 36 Dead In Building Collapse In Cambodia

by Nguon Sovan, Mao Pengfei PHNOM PENH, Jan 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Death toll in the collapse of a six-story building in southwest Cambodia’s Kep province on Friday, rose to 36, as rescue had completed, Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said on Sunday. “A total of 36 people, including…

Hezbollah Leader Urges Its Fighters To Attack U.S. Soldiers

BEIRUT, Jan 6 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, urged its fighters, to attack U.S. soldiers in the region, in retaliation for the assassination of Iranian top commander, Qassem Soleimani, by the United States. “The resistance should force American soldiers to leave Iraq and our region. This is the…

Lebanese Gov’t Receives 1st Shipment Of Gasoline To Secure Supplies

BEIRUT, Jan 5 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese government received its first shipment of gasoline on Saturday, as the government hopes to become a key player in oil supply in Lebanon. Lebanese Water and Energy Minister, Nada Boustani said, the government received 24,000 tonnes of fuel, with other vessels expected to…

Israeli Settlement Activity Surges 70 Percent In 2019: Palestinian Report

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Jan 5 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories increased by 70 percent in 2019, a Palestinian report said. Israel announced tenders to build around 10,000 new settlement units in 2019, compared to 6,800 in 2018, the Palestine Liberation Organisation said, in the report. Israel…

Heavy Gunfire Reported As Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Attack Military Bases In Lamu

LAMU, Kenya, Jan 5 (NNN-KBC) – Heavy gunfire reported, as suspected Al-Shabaab militants attack Camp Simba army bases, that host US & Kenya soldiers, in Lamu’s Manda Bay, Kenya. Citizen TV, quoting police sources, report that, the the Somalia-based militant group ambushed the military camp in a daring attack, at…

Trump Threatens To Hit 52 Iranian Targets If Tehran Retaliates After Soleimani Killing

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, warned Iran that, America has targeted 52 Iranian sites, and Iran will be hit “very fast and very hard” if it attacks any American or U.S. assets. “We have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran…

Scores Of Boko Haram Fighters Killed In NE Nigeria

LAGOS, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Scores of Boko Haram terrorists have been killed in airstrikes, in the Sambisa forest, in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, said an Air Force spokesman, Saturday. The strikes happened on Wednesday, when a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft spotted a Boko Haram gun truck, with…

Morales’ Foreign Minister Returns To Bolivia To Run For President

LA PAZ, Jan 5 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Diego Pary, who served as Bolivian foreign minister, under Evo Morales, returned to La Paz on Saturday, to run for the presidency in the upcoming general elections. Pary arrived from neighbouring Argentina,where Morales and several of his senior officials stayed, since early Nov,…

Update: Death Toll In Cambodia’s Building Collapse Rises To 22

PHNOM PENH, Jan 5 (NNN-AKP) – Death toll in the collapse of a six-story building in southwest Cambodia’s Kep province on Friday, has risen to 22, a provincial spokesman said today (Sunday). “By 8:10 a.m. (local time) today, 22 people were confirmed dead, and 23 others injured,” Kep Information Department…