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…

Foreign Tourist Number To Thailand Reach 39 Million, Up Four Percent

BANGKOK, Dec 28 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand, on Friday, welcomed the 39 millionth tourist, arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The campaign: “Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor, the Amazing Smashing Success” was launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), and targets the number 39 million tourist to arrive in Thailand. Awaiting for the…

China’s Largest Carrier Rocket Long March-5 Makes New Flight

by Xinhua Writers Yu Fei, Quan Xiaoshu WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – China launched the third Long March-5, the largest carrier rocket of the country, from Wenchang Space Launch Centre, in south China’s Hainan Province on Friday. The rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y3, blasted off from the coastal…

Update: Death Toll From Philippine Typhoon Rises To 28

MANILA, Dec 27 (NNN-ABN) – The death toll from Typhoon Phanfone, that pounded the central Philippines with heavy rains and strong winds beginning on Tuesday, climbed to 28, the government said on Friday (today). The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said, 13 died in Iloilo, four…

Cambodia Arrests Man For Trafficking 20 Kilos Of Drugs From Thailand

PHNOM PENH, Dec 27 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian anti-drug police, arrested a local man for allegedly smuggling 20 kilograms of illicit drugs from Thailand into Cambodia, the National Police reported, Thursday. Pin Nissa, 24, was caught on Wednesday afternoon, after he trafficked the drugs through the An Ses border checkpoint, in…