Bangladesh Records Lowest Temperature This Year

DHAKA, Dec 30 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh recorded the lowest temperature of this year on Sunday, as mercury dipped to a chilling 4.5 degrees Celsius, in the country’s northernmost Tentulia region. The severe cold brought normal life and businesses to almost a standstill in parts of Bangladesh, specially in the northern…

Iranian Navy Chief Urges U.S. Forces To Leave Regional Waters

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 30 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian navy commander said on Sunday that, the U.S. naval forces should leave regional waters. “The era of American free action in the region is over, and they (the U.S. naval forces) must leave the region gradually,” Hossein Khanzadi said, on the sidelines…

Russia Spends Over 24 Billion USD On Weapons, Defence Activities In 2019

MOSCOW, Dec 29 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Defence Ministry, spent more than 1.5 trillion rubles (24.2 billion U.S. dollars) this year, on weapons and state defence activities, Deputy Defence Minister, Aleksey Krivoruchko, said. These funds made it possible to further develop the armament system of the Armed Forces, Krivoruchko told…

Nigerian Police Foils Bank Robbery In Abuja, Kills One

ABUJA, Dec 29 (NNN-NAMPA) – Nigerian police foiled, on Saturday, a bank robbery, in a satellite town of Abuja, capital of the west African country, killing one suspect and arresting four others. Bala Ciroma, commissioner of police in Abuja, while confirming the incident, said, one suspect was killed and four…

Cold Wave Continues To Intensify In India, Red Warning Issued

NEW DELHI, Dec 29 (NNN-PTI) – India Meteorological Department (IMD), today (Sunday), issued a red-coded warning, for parts of the country, as a cold wave continues to sweep across the country. “Red-coded warning was issued for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, today,” IMD said. “Red colour warning…

17 Pro-Gov’t Militiamen Killed In Clashes In N. Afghanistan

TALUQAN, Afghanistan, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 17 pro-government local militiamen were killed and four others wounded, when they fought back Taliban militants, in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province, on Saturday night (last night), a provincial government spokesman said today (Sunday). “Taliban militants stormed a camp of local fighters in…

Palestine Slams Israeli Land Registration Plan

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 29 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine condemned, on Saturday, Israeli plans, to allow Israeli citizens to register land deeds in Area C of the West Bank, with the Israeli Ministry of Justice. “It constitutes an attempt to annex large parts of Palestinian lands,” the statement said. “This move, sought…

Jordan Condemns Mogadishu Attack

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec 29 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan, on Saturday, condemned the fatal bomb attack, at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia. In a statement, Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Spokesperson, Deifallah Fayez, expressed Jordan’s condolences over the loss of life and wished the injured a speedy recovery. The official…

Iran Opposes Creating Buffer Zone In Syria

TEHRAN, Dec 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran is against creating a buffer zone in Syria by any country, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said, on Saturday. The creation of a buffer zone and foreign interference in Syria means “making changes to a part of the region and disintegration of…

Six Dead, Five Wounded After Shootout In Central Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Dec 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Six people were killed and five others wounded on Saturday, during a shootout in the city of Uriangato in Guanajuato state, Mexico, local authorities reported. According to local media, around 3:15 a.m. local time (0915 GMT), armed men fired on a group of…