Jordan, Sweden Stress Need For Continued Support To UN Relief Agency

AMMAN, Jordan, Sept 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and his Swedish counterpart, Margot Wallstrom, underlined the need to ensure the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) can continue to provide services to Palestinian refugees. In a press statement released in Amman, the ministers agreed…

Update: ICRC Says 130 Presumed Dead In Saudi-Led Airstrike On Yemen Prison

SANAA, Yemen, Sept 2 (NNN-SABA) – At least 130 prisoners were presumed dead, when a Saudi-led airstrike hit a detention facility in Yemen’s central province of Dhamar, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said, in a statement, on Sunday night. “The facility held around 170 detainees and 40…

Iran Condemns Deadly Airstrikes On Yemen Prison By Saudi-Led Coalition

TEHRAN, Iran, Sept 2 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry, on Sunday, strongly condemned the deadly airstrikes on a Yemen prison by the Saudi-led coalition. In a statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said that, “the bombardment of the detention centre was the latest war crime, committed by…

New Storm To Bring More Rain To Northeastern Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand, Sept 2 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD), warned on Sunday evening that Thailand’s northeastern region was bracing for more rain until Tuesday (tomorrow), due to the impact of a less severe storm. The TMD said, tropical storm Podul has left Thailand already, but warned of a…

Gunman Of U.S. Texas Shooting Identified

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Police Department of Odessa, U.S. state of Texas, posted a message on Facebook Sunday, saying the shooter, who killed seven people in west Texas has been identified as 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator, from Odessa. During a news conference held Sunday, in the University…

British PM Warns Rebel Tories To Back Brexit Or Face “Chaos” With Opposition Leader

LONDON, Sept 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, delivered an ultimatum to rebel Tories, asking them to pick a side between his government, or face “chaos” with opposition Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The prime minister is in talks with his senior aides, in order to respond to reports that…

Moroccan Navy Rescues 247 Migrants In Mediterranean Sea

RABAT, Morocco, Sept 1 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco’s navy coast guards, rescued 247 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea, on Friday night and Saturday, the Moroccan army said in a statement. The migrants, mostly Sub-Saharan Africans, were aboard small boats, that were in trouble in the Mediterranean, according to a statement. The…

Bird Flu Hits Vietnamese Province

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Sept 1 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s southern Ben Tre province, saw the first outbreak of the A/H5N6 bird flu, which has led to the culling of 1,000 chickens. The outbreak was spotted in Mo Cay Nam district, and then tests confirmed that the flock of fowls…

Cambodia Sees Drop In Foreign Tourists To Famed Angkor

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia sees an 11-percent decline in the number of foreign tourists, to the famed Angkor Archaeological Park, during the first eight months of 2019. The ancient park attracted 1.55 million foreign tourists during the Jan-Aug period this year, down 11 percent over the…

Taliban Storms Another N. Afghan City, Clashes Ongoing

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Sept 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Taliban militants stormed Pul-e-Khumri city, capital of northern Baghlan province, today (Sunday), one day after they failed to capture the capital of neighbouring Kunduz province, local officials confirmed. “Dozens of Taliban militants carried out attacks before dawn, from two locations, on positions of security…