Israeli Minister Resigns Amidst Corruption Allegations

JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s welfare minister, resigned on Friday, from the cabinet, following attorney general’s decision to charge him of corruption. Haim Katz, a lawmaker with Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, offered his resignation in a letter handed to the prime minister. “The attempt to slander me,…

Israeli Fighter Jets Attack Gaza Militants’ Facilities

GAZA, Palestine, Aug 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli war jets struck early today (Saturday), facilities of militant groups in the Gaza Strip, in response to earlier rocket attack from the coastal enclave into southern Israel, security sources and local media said. The sources and the Gaza-based local media, said that, Israeli…

Devastating Fire Sweeps Slum In Bangladesh Capital

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Aug 17 (NNN-BDNEWS) – As many as 20 units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the blaze in the slum at Mirpur Section-7 under control, around three-and-a-half hours after it started around 7:15pm on Friday. Rupnagar Police Station Inspector, Golam Rabbani confirmed the extent of damage…

Five Killed, 15 Injured In Blast In Pakistan’s Quetta

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug 17 (NNN-PPI) – A blast hit a mosque in Pakistan’s south-west Quetta district on Friday afternoon, killing five people and leaving 15 others injured. Police said, the blast hit people after they finished their Friday prayer, in a mosque in Kuli Qasim area of Kuchlak town of…

40,000 People Benefit From Emirates Red Crescent’s Sacrificial Meat

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirate, Aug 15 (NNN-WAM) -Some 40,000 people from 8,000 families in the UAE, have benefited from the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, sacrificial meat, during Eid Al Adha. Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri, ERC Deputy Secretary-General for Local Affairs, stated that, 6,400 people benefited in Abu Dhabi, 4,000…

Fire Guts Bangladesh Plastic Factory

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Aug 15 (NNN-BSS) – A major fire gutted a plastic factory, in the old part of Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, late Wednesday night. No casualty has been reported yet. The fire broke out in a single-storey tin-shed house, in old Dhaka’s Lalbagh Posta area, at round 11:00 p.m. local…

5.4-Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan’s Aomori Prefecture – No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Japan, Aug 15 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4, struck Japan’s northern Aomori Prefecture, the weather agency said today (Thursday), although no tsunami warning is issued. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, which occurred at 2:33 p.m. local time, was located at…

Evacuations And Cancelled Flights As Japan Braces For Tropical Storm

TOKYO, Japan, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Japan has been hit by heavy rain, as the country braces for a severe tropical storm, with hundreds of flights cancelled and large areas evacuated. Storm Krosa is expected to make landfall Thursday afternoon, on the southern island of Shikoku. More than 400,000 people…

Myanmar’s Military Academy Attacked By Militant Group

YANGON, Myanmar, Aug 15 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Defence Services Technological Academy in Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay region, was attacked by an unidentified militant group, armed with heavy weapons on Thursday morning, said an official of the True News Information Team of the military. The incident took place at about 05:00…

Australian Seaweed To Be On New Menu Of Cows After Mass Production

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian researchers said today (Thursday) that, they are set to mass produce a fluffy pink seaweed, which can stop cows from burping out methane into the atmosphere. The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) scientists said, if they are able to produce enough seaweed…