Preventive Diplomacy Helps Avoid Disputes: Kuwaiti FM

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Preventive diplomacy helps stop the eruption of disputes and conflicts, and enhance dialogue and mediation amongst countries, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said on Sunday. He made the remarks at a ceremony, held by the United Nations…

63-Year-Old Man Found Dead In Singapore’s Ang Mo Kio Flat; Woman, 53, To Be Charged With Murder

SINGAPORE, Oct 27 (NNN-CNA) – A 53-year-old woman was arrested today, Sunday (Oct 27), for allegedly murdering a 63-year-old man in a Housing and Development Board flat in Ang Mo Kio. The police said that they were alerted to a case of unnatural death on Sunday at about 5.45am. The man…

Tanzania’s Death Toll From Heavy Rain Rises To 40

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from ongoing heavy rain in Tanzania rose from 30 to 40 on Saturday, said police. Edward Bukombe, Tanga regional police commander, said, a car ferrying 10 people was swept away by raging waters, at dawn on Saturday, after the driver…

Lorry Driver Charged With 39 Counts Of Manslaughter: UK Police

LONDON, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UK police said, they are authorised to charge the lorry driver, in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 people, whose bodies were found in Essex. The police said that, Maurice Robinson, 25, from Northern Ireland, was arrested shortly after the discovery…

Chilean President Asks All Ministers To Resign

SANTIAGO, Oct 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Chilean President, Sebastian Pinera, asked all of his ministers to resign, as a measure to respond to social demands, after a week of street protests. “I asked all ministers to resign, in order to structure a new cabinet, to be able to respond to…

27 Police, Civilians Seized By Armed Group In Myanmar’s Western State

YANGON, Oct 27 (NNN-MNA) – At least 27 police and some civilians were seized by an armed group, in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, an official from the Military True News Information Team said. A water vessel running from Sittwe to Buthidaung township was intercepted and the passengers, including some police officers…

Four Rangers Injured In Thailand’s Restive South Bombing

BANGKOK, Oct 27 (NNN-TNA) – Four rangers were injured, when a roadside bomb exploded, in a district in Thailand’s restive southern province of Yala, on Saturday. Police and army officials reached the scene and found a wrecked pickup truck, with a hole on the truck’s side. Police believed the truck…

Vietnamese Families Fear Relatives Perished In Essex Lorry

HANOI, Oct 27 (NNN-VNA) – Several families from Vietnam’s central provinces, reported their relatives missing, after 39 people were found dead in a refrigerated truck in the British county of Essex. Seven families in Nghe An province and some others in Ha Tinh province, reported that, they could not contact…

Moroccan Police Arrest Israeli Woman For Identity Forgery

RABAT, Morocco, Oct 27 (NNN-MAP) – Moroccan police arrested an Israeli citizen for Moroccan identity forgery, at Casablanca airport, local press reported, on Saturday. According to the news website, barlamane, the Israeli, named Miny Nahmani, arrived from Istanbul. The criminal police suspected that she is linked to a criminal network,…

Russia Accuses U.S. Of Smuggling Oil From Syria

MOSCOW, Oct 27 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s Defence Ministry, on Saturday, accused the United States of smuggling oil from eastern Syria to other countries, with convoys guarded by private military companies and special operations forces. “In the event of any attack on such a convoy, U.S. special operations forces and combat…