Sri Lankan Court Rejects Legal Challenge Over Presidential Candidate’s Citizenship

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct 5 (NNN-SL NEWS) – A Sri Lankan court, on Friday, dismissed a legal case, challenging presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Sri Lankan citizenship, thereby allowing him to contest the upcoming presidential polls. A three-judge bench at the Court of Appeal, unanimously rejected the case that challenged the…

More Houses Damaged By Powerful Quake In Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 5 (NNN-ANTARA) — The Indonesian authorities have put the number of houses damaged by an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on Sept 26, at over 6,000 units, in the country’s eastern Maluku province, with more than 100,000 people taking shelter, a disaster agency official said on Friday. These figures…

Clashes In Eastern Gaza With Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian

GAZA, Palestine, Oct 5 (NNN-WAFA) – At least one Palestinian was killed and 11 injured on Friday, by Israeli soldiers’ gunfire, during clashes with dozens of Palestinian demonstrators in eastern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the health ministry in Gaza, told…

Cancer Patients In Lebanon On The Rise: Health Minister

BEIRUT, Oct 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Health Minister, Jamil Jabak, said, the number of cancer patients in Lebanon has increased by threefold in the past 15 years due to pollution, local media reported. “We hope that officials work hard on reducing the risks of getting exposed to cancer, by dealing…

Officer Of Yemeni Southern Forces Killed By Unknown Gunmen In Abyan

ADEN, Yemen, Oct 5 (NNN-SABA) – An officer of the Yemeni southern forces was killed yesterday (Friday) by unknown gunmen, in the turbulent province of Abyan, a government official said. “Gunmen opened fire from assault rifles and killed Abdullah Abdul-Muttalib, a prominent security commander, in Mudiyah village, southern Abyan province,”…

Iraqi Prominent Shiite Cleric Calls On Gov’t To Resign Amid Anti-Gov’t Protests

BAGHDAD, Oct 5 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s prominent Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, urged the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to resign, amid rising death toll in the ongoing anti-government protests. “I demand that the Iraqi government fully resign and start early elections under the supervision of the United Nations,”…

Beirut’s Business Community Warns Lebanese Gov’t Against Imposing New Taxes

BEIRUT, Oct 5 (NNN-NNA) – Business community in Beirut threatened to take tougher measures, if the government decides to impose new taxes, in the 2020 budget. “We refuse any taxes that may be added by the government because the country is suffering and it cannot take it anymore. Traders are…

Gunmen Abduct British Man, Filipino Wife In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Oct 5 (NNN-PNA) – Unidentified gunmen, on Friday evening, abducted a British man and his Filipino wife, in Zamboanga del Sur province, in the southern Philippines. Local police said, the kidnapping took place around 6:50 p.m., at a beach resort in Tukuran town, owned by the victims. The victims…

Cargo Plane En Route To Istanbul Crashes In Ukraine

KIEV, Oct 5 (NNN-TASS) – Five crew members were killed and three injured, when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo plane made an emergency landing, near the western airport of Lviv, after apparently running out of fuel and disappearing from radar, authorities said. It is not clear what type of cargo was…

Turkey, U.S. Hold Third Land Patrol In Safe Zone Area In Syria

ANKARA, Oct 5 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The U.S. and Turkish troops, held the third joint land patrol on Friday, in the planned safe zone in northern Syria. “Turkish Armed Forces and the U.S. personnel started the third unified land patrol in the east of Telabyad, within the scope of the safe…