Hamilton Fastest In Singapore GP Second Practise

SINGAPORE, Sept 21 (NNN-CNA) – Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton fired an ominous warning to his rivals, at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, by topping the timing sheets in the second free practise session at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Hamilton’s best time of 1:38.773 was over 0.1s faster than the Red…

Pilot Killed As Two-Seater Plane Crashes In Philippines

MANILA, Sept 21 (NNN-PNA) – A two-seater plane crashed into a rice field in Pampanga province, north of the Philippine capital of Manila, on Friday, killing a British pilot. Pampanga police said, the incident happened at around 3:00 p.m. in La Paz, a village in Arayat town on Luzon island.…

Two Pakistani Soldiers Killed In NW Pakistan’s Bomb Explosion

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (NNN-APP) – Two Pakistani security personnel were killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device, in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal district of Mohmand, director-general of the Pakistani army’s media wing said. An officer and a soldier, with their squad, were on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, off the Mohmand…

Spotlight: Cambodia Raises Minimum Wage For Garment, Footwear Sectors For 2020

PHNOM PENH, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Cambodian government set a new monthly minimum wage for the country’s multi-billion-dollar garment and footwear industries, at 190 U.S. dollars for 2020, up 4.39 percent from the current 182 dollars, Labour Minister, Ith Samheng announced. The announcement came, after the National Council for…

Kuwait Raises Security Alert Level At Oil And Commercial Ports

KUWAIT, Sept 21 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait will raise its port security level of facilities, the Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA), said on Friday. The decision was issued by Khaled Al-Roudhan, Kuwait’s minister of commerce and industry, and state minister for services, KPA said in a statement. According to the ministerial decree,…

Lebanon, Saudi Arabia To Sign 19 Economic Agreements

BEIRUT, Sept 21 (NNN-NNA) – Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, said that, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia are preparing to sign 19 economic agreements. “We are working on holding a meeting for the Saudi- Lebanese High Joint Committee, to discuss how the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can support Lebanon financially,” Hariri said,…

Hezbollah’s Leader Says Saudis Must Stop War Against Yemen To Protect Oil Wealth

BEIRUT, Sept 21 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah Leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, called upon Saudi officials to urgently stop their country’s war against Yemen, to prevent from further losses, Al Manar Local TV Channel reported. “If Saudi Arabia wants to save itself further losses, after Yemen’s attacks against its oil facilities, it…

Al-Nouri Mosque Restoration Aims To Revive Spirit Of Iraq’s Ruined Mosul

DUBAI, Sept 21 (NNN-WAM) – Government officials and NGOs are taking the initiative to restore vital historical sites across the Middle East, after years of destruction by militant groups. The UN cultural agency UNESCO, recently announced that the reconstruction of Al-Nouri Mosque — which was blown-up by the Daesh in…

14 Sent To Jail In Turkey Over Links To Daesh

ANKARA, Turkey, Sept 21 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The Turkish court sentenced 14 people to jail terms on Friday, over their links to, and involvement with, the extremist Daesh group. Last week, the Turkish authorities arrested 40 people, suspected of links to the Daesh financial network, after a nine-month investigation. Among them,…

UAE Provides 12 Tonnes Of Food To Hospitals In Yemen

ABU DHABI, Sept 21 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE has provided 12 tonnes of food supplements to hospitals, in the Yemeni Governorate of Taiz. The United Arab Emirates provided these food supplements through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent. The food aid was delivered to the Public Health Office (PHO)…