Canal Istanbul Project Divides Turks Over Environmental, Financial Issues

ISTANBUL, Dec 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Discussions on the construction of an artificial waterway, which would divide Turkey’s most populous city Istanbul, have lately polarised the Turkish society over its environmental and financial impacts. Canal Istanbul was first brought out by then Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in 2011, as a…

Int’l Partners Urge Somalis To Embrace Dialogue Ahead Of 2020 Polls

MOGADISHU, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – International partners called on Somalis to embrace dialogue, to agree on a way forward and to cooperate, to realise the priorities agreed for the year ahead. The partners, including the Africa Union, UN, EU and the U.S. among others, said, the leaders, including institutions and…

Trump Sends Letter To Pelosi, Slamming Impeachment Ahead Of Full House Vote

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, sent a six-page letter to House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, slamming the House Democrats impeachment effort as an “illegal, partisan attempted coup” and an “unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power.” “It is time for you and the highly partisan Democrats in Congress,…

Update: Fresh Violence Against New Citizenship Act In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (NNN-PTI) – Fresh violence was reported from parts of Delhi on Tuesday evening, against the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by the country’s Parliament last week, TV media reports said. Delhi Police personnel used teargas shells to disperse the protesters in East Delhi,…

Pakistan’s Musharraf Sentenced To Death: Media Reports

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (NNN-APP) – A special court in Pakistan, handed the death sentence to former President, Pervez Musharraf, on charges relating to the imposition of extra-constitutional emergency in Nov, 2007, according to local media reports. A three-member bench of the special court delivered a short verdict in the case,…

S. Korean President Names Ex-Parliamentary Speaker As Prime Minister Nominee

SEOUL, Dec 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, today named Chung Sye-kyun, former National Assembly speaker, as new prime minister, for the latter half of his single five-year presidency. Moon made the announcement, at the press centre of the presidential compound, saying, what matters for the pick of…

22 Wounded In Bomb Attack In Afghanistan: Official

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 22 people were wounded, in a bomb attack in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, today (Tuesday), a provincial health official confirmed. The incident triggered panic among the patients, but none of the wounded suffered life-threatening wounds. In the meantime, Adil Shah…

Coal Mine, Power Station Under Threat From Bush-fire As Australia’s East Coast Faces Extreme Heatwave

SYDNEY, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fire authorities in Australia are locked in a desperate battle to save a coal mine and a power station today (Tuesday), that have come under threat from a massive bush-fire northwest of Sydney, which local media dubbed the “mega-blaze.” Already burning through 400,000 hectares of…

Thai Law Enforcement Agencies Warn Against Online Scams

BANGKOK, Dec 17 (NNN-TNA) – A spike in online scams prompted Thai law enforcement agencies, to launch a campaign against scams via social media. The threat of internet scamming is becoming more serious in Thailand, as perpetrators exploit sophisticated technologies, said officials and investigators, from the Department of Special Investigation…

Kazakhstan Celebrates 28th Anniversary Of Independence

NUR-SULTAN, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakhstan celebrated its 28th Independence Day with fireworks and cultural events across the country, and received congratulatory letters from a number of heads of states and international organisations. “Dec 16, 1991, opened a new era in the history of Kazakhstan, bringing unprecedented opportunities for progress…