U.S.-Led Coalition Air Strike Kills Three Daesh Militants In Iraq’s Kirkuk

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 21 (NNN-NINA) – Three Daesh militants were killed on Saturday, and their hideout destroyed, in a U.S.-led coalition air strike, in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said. Acting upon precise information from the intelligence directorate of the federal police, the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, pounded…

Syrian Democratic Forces Agents Caught Smuggling Daesh Women In NE Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 21 (NNN-SANA) – Corrupt members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were caught smuggling Daesh women from a camp in north-eastern Syria, a war monitor reported Saturday. Two SDF members were caught at a checkpoint, in Manbij, in northern Aleppo province, while attempting to smuggle out…

Update: Death Toll Reaches Nearly 150 Due To Floods In India

NEW DELHI, India, July 21 (NNN-PTI) – The combined death toll in India’s flood-affected states of Bihar and Assam has reached around 150, official sources from the two states said. Over 11.5 million people have been adversely affected in these two states, and many lost all their belongings. While around…

Iran’s FM Zarif In Venezuela To Attend NAM Confab

CARACAS, Venezuela, July 21 (NNN-ISNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, arrived in Caracas, Venezuela, early on Saturday to address a high-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).  NAM is a multinational organisation comprising 120 developing states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.…

Iran Warns Against U.S. “Destabilising” Acts

TEHRAN, Iran, July 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that, the United States is “creating instability and insecurity” in the Middle East and Latin America. “The resistance of Venezuela to the United States is very important for the people of the world and the people of…

119 Dead In Devastating Floods In India’s North-Eastern State Of Assam, Eastern State Of Bihar

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, India, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The flood situation continued to be grim in several parts of India, particularly eastern state of Bihar, north-eastern state of Assam and parts of northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Though official estimates were yet to be made, media reports claimed…

Militants Kill Policeman In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 20 (NNN-PTI) – A policeman serving as personal security officer (PSO) of a pro-India Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, was shot dead by militants yesterday, in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir. The policeman was attacked in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district, about 44 km south of Srinagar city,…

Cars Vandalised In Anti-Arab Hate Attack In Israel

JERUSALEM, July 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s police, said that, vehicles belonging to Palestinians were vandalised, and racist slurs were sprayed, in an Arab town in northern Israel, in an alleged hate crime carried out by ultra-nationalist Israeli Jews. The incident took place in Jish, a town in the Upper Galilee,…

Daesh Ambush Kills Five Syrian Soldiers In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 20 (NNN-SANA) – A total of five Syrian soldiers were killed and four others wounded in an ambush by the Daesh militants in eastern Syria, a war monitor said. The militants ambushed the Syrian soldiers in the desert region of the city of al-Mayadeen, in the eastern…

One Dead, Six Missing In Flash Floods In North-Western Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 20 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish rescue teams, on Friday, recovered the body of a person, listed as missing, in the flash floods that hit north-western Turkey, during the last two days. A day earlier, seven people, including four children, were reported as missing, in the Esmahanim village of…