Three Japan Post Presidents Resign Over Insurance Sales Scandal

TOKYO, Dec 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Post Holdings Co., said that, its president and those of two of its subsidiaries will resign, to account for a scandal involving the shady sale of insurance policies, while financial regulators ordered the two subsidiaries to suspend sales of insurance policies. Japan Post Insurance…

China-Bangladesh Joint Venture Constructs Mega Expressway Bypassing Dhaka

DHAKA, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Chinese and Bangladeshi joint venture started construction of a mega expressway bypassing Dhaka. Sichuan Road and Bridge (group) Co., Ltd, won the deal jointly with local Unique Dream Consultant and Shamim Enterprise Limited, to construct the 48-km Dhaka Bypass Expressway. A total of 40…

Cargo Ship Hits Bosporus Shore In Istanbul, Traffic Not Affected

ISTANBUL, Dec 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – No casualties were reported, after a Liberia-flagged cargo ship hit the shore, of the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul on Friday, while traffic was not disrupted, authorities said. The incident occurred near the Rumeli Hisari neighbourhood, on the European side of the city, after the ship,…

Syrian Refugees Suffer From Natural Disasters In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (NNN-SANA) – Heavy rain, floods and fire, on Friday, destroyed Syrian tents in several areas in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Floods destroyed tents of Syrian refugees in Akkar, north of Lebanon, prompting the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), to move the refugees to other tents, temporarily,…

Turkey Fully Prepared To Send Troops To Libya

ANKARA, Dec 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey is fully prepared to deploy its armed forces in Libya, the country’s National Defence Ministry announced Friday. The Turkish soldiers are ready to serve their duties in and outside Turkey, the ministry’s spokeswoman, Nadide Sebnem Aktop was quoted as saying. On Thursday, Turkish President,…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Shell Houthi-Controlled Sites In Southern Yemen

ADEN, Dec 28 (NNN-SABA) – Joint forces loyal to Yemen’s government, launched an artillery shelling against sites of the Houthi group, in the country’s southern province of Dhalea on Friday. “A number of artillery shells were fired by the joint pro-government forces, and precisely struck sites controlled by Houthis in…

Iran Confirms Death Of Crashed Mig-29 Pilot

TEHRAN, Dec 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s army, on Friday, confirmed the death of the pilot of an MiG-29 fighter jet, that crashed in the northwest of the country, two days earlier. After two days of search for the wreckage and the pilot, on the heights of the Sabalan mountains, where…

WFP Official Urges Return Of Syrian Refugees In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (NNN-NNA) – An official of the World Food Programme (WFP), urged the return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to their homeland in 2020. Abdallah al-Wardat, WFP Lebanon Country Director, said, “The return of Syrian refugees to their country has become very urgent and it should definitely take…

4.9-Magnitude Quake Does Not Impact Iran’s Nuclear Power Plant: Reports

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 28 (NNN-TASNIM) – The 4.9 magnitude earthquake, which hit southwest of Iran on Friday morning, has had no effect on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, local media reported. According to Iran’s Seismological Centre, the epicentre of the quake was at the depth of 10 km, 28.899 north…

Shells Hit Military Base Housing U.S. Troops In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 28 (NNN-NINA) – Several shells landed Friday, on a military base that houses U.S. troops in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, wounding an Iraqi soldier, the Iraqi military and a security source said. “Several shells landed on K1 military camp in Kirkuk province,” said a media office, affiliated…