Vietnam Deeply Saddened As Vietnamese Victims Confirmed In Essex Truck Deaths

HANOI, Nov 2 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam is deeply saddened, following British authorities’ confirmation of Vietnamese victims among the 39 dead in Essex lorry, a spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today (Saturday). “This is a serious humanitarian tragedy. We are deeply saddened and we would like to…

Mumbai Airport To Be Partially Shut For Five Months Due To Rehabilitation, Re-Carpeting Work

MUMBAI, Nov 2 (NNN-PTI) – Mumbai airport runway will be partially closed for renovation, from Nov 4 till Mar for a major rehabilitation and re-carpeting work. During this period, the shorter secondary runway will be available for normal flight operations, said the statement, issued by the airport. “As per the…

China-ASEAN Ties Expected To Be Closer Under BRI-MPAC

PHNOM PENH, Nov 2 (NNN-AKP) – China-ASEAN relations are expected to be closer, under the dovetailing between China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC), Cambodian prominent scholars said. The 35th ASEAN Summit and related meetings will take place from now to Nov 4…

Joint Turkey-Russia Patrols Start In NE Syria

ANKARA, Nov 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish and Russian troops launched their first joint patrol in northeastern Syria, as reconnaissance of the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the region, as part of a deal that halted a Turkish offensive in the area. “First Turkish-Russian joint patrols with the ground and air…

85 Syrian Refugees Return Home From Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 2 (NNN-NNA) – Around 85 Syrian refugees returned, on Friday, to their homeland from Lebanon. The Syrian refugees returned from Bekaa area, under the supervision of Lebanon’s general security. More than one million Syrian refugees are registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon, while…

Iran, Iraq Connect Power Grids To Increase Electricity Exchanges

TEHRAN, Nov 2 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran connected its national power grid to that of Iraq on Friday, a news agency reported. The power grids of the neighbouring countries were synchronised in a ceremony, with the participation of Iranian energy minister and the Iraqi deputy minister of electricity, the report said,…

Hezbollah Leader Says Resistance In Lebanon Stronger Than Before

BEIRUT, Nov 2 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah Leader, Hassan Nasrallah, said that, the resistance in Lebanon is stronger than ever before and it has never been that powerful, NBN local TV channel reported. “We did not support the resignation of the government, not because we were worried about Hezbollah, but we…

U.S. New Sanctions On Iran, “Failure” Of ‘Maximum Pressure Campaign’: FM

TEHRAN, Nov 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Friday, lashed out at U.S. new sanctions against Iran. On Thursday, the White House imposed sanctions on Iran’s construction sector. U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said, Iran’s construction sector is heavily influenced by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard…

Houthis Shot Down “Spy Drone” Along Yemeni-Saudi Border

SANAA, Nov 2 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Shiite Houthi forces said, they shot down a “spy drone” over the Yemeni-Saudi border on Friday. “The spy drone of the Saudi enemy was downed, over a front-line in Asir,” Houthis’ TV, al-Masirah quoted Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, as saying. There was no…

U.S. Drone Strike Kills Two Suspected Al-Qaeda Operatives In Yemen

SANAA, Yemen, Nov 2 (NNN-SABA) – At least two people were killed, when a U.S. drone strike hit a vehicle, in Yemen’s northeastern province of Marib on Friday, pro-government media reported. According to Almasdar Online news website, the air raid killed “Khamis bin Afraj and his brother Turki, in Raidan,…