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…

Iraqi PM Urges Calm Amid Deadly Violent Protests

BAGHDAD, Oct 5 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, urged protesters to calm down, after three days of violent protests over government corruption, unemployment, and lack of basic services. In his televised speech, Abdul Mahdi said, “The escalation in the demonstration is leading to loss of life, and…

Japan’s Abe Prioritises Economy, Urges Debate On Constitution In Policy Speech

TOKYO, Oct 5 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, delivered a policy speech outlining his goals ahead, in an extraordinary Diet session convened on Friday and to end in Dec, marking the first such assembly since the upper house election in July. Abe, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic…

Fire-Fighting Aircraft Tackle Out Of Control Blaze Near Sydney Suburb

SYDNEY, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Water-bombing aircraft were brought in, to fight an out of control bush-fire in Sydney’s outer suburbs on Friday afternoon. Hot and windy conditions fanned the flames, which took hold in bush-land near the suburb of Penrith, roughly 50 kilometres from Sydney’s central business district. After…

Tendency To Return Home Among Syrian Refugees In Turkey Decreases

ANKARA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Surveys carried out by Turkish experts showed that, tendency to return home among Syrian refugees is decreasing. Experts from TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Social Policy Research Centre, presented a briefing to the Turkish parliament’s commission on migration and integration on Oct 2, on…

Death Toll Rises To 26 In Iraq’s Violent Protests

BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (NNN-NINA) – The death toll from three days of protests in Iraq climbed to 26 and more than 1,500 were wounded, as some protesters tried to rally in some areas on Thursday, but were dispersed by the security forces. Ali al-Bayati, a member of the Iraqi Independent…

Tanzanian Health Authorities Insist No Ebola Outbreak

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tanzanian health authorities, reiterated that there was no Ebola outbreak in the east African country, and urged people to trash rumours about the outbreak. “There is no Ebola outbreak in Tanzania. The country is safe and people should not be scared with…

Indonesia Thwarts Trade Of Dozens Of Protected Birds, Nabs Four Traffickers

JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian authorities foiled an illegal trade of nearly 100 birds, which are on the brinks of extinction and arrested four traffickers in the illegal activity. On a crackdown in the country’s eastern Maluku province, the officials of Indonesian environment and forestry ministry, seized white cockatoos,…

Afghan Air Raids Kill Eight Taliban Fighters In Northern Balkh Province

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of eight militants have been confirmed dead, as fighter aircraft struck Taliban hideouts in Chamtal district, of the northern Balkh province on Thursday, army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, said. The airstrikes were conducted at 09:20 a.m. local time,…