Update: Six More Killed, 15 Injured In Multiple U.S. Airstrikes Across Yemen

SANAA, Apr 9 (NNN-SABA) – At least six more people were killed and 15 others injured, in multiple U.S. airstrikes across Yemen yesterday, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV and local health authorities. Of the casualties, six deaths and 13 injuries took place in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah,…

Iran, Türkiye Call For Efforts To Stop Israeli Attacks On Gaza, Lebanon

TEHRAN, Mar 25 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, called for further efforts by Muslim countries, to stop Israel’s renewed attacks against Gaza and Lebanon. In a phone call yesterday, the two sides discussed the latest developments in the West Asia region,…

Iran Rejects Reports Of U.S. Seizure Of Oil Tankers Using Forged Iraqi Documents

TEHRAN, Mar 25 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday rejected media reports that, the Iranian oil tankers seized by the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf used forged Iraqi documents. The report, which quoted Iraqi oil minister, Hayan Abdel-Ghani as saying that, the Iranian oil tankers being detained by U.S. naval forces…

World Bank Projects Four Percent Growth For Nepal Till 2029

KATHMANDU, Mar 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal’s growth rate will hover around four percent until 2029, though it has set an ambitious target of 7.1 percent, the World Bank said, yesterday. Current policies fall short of achieving Nepal’s ambitious growth targets, the bank said, in its report titled “Unlocking Nepal’s Growth…

ICRC Reports Attack On Office In Rafah

GENEVA, Mar 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), reported yesterday that, its office in Rafah in the Gaza Strip was hit by “an explosive projectile,” causing damage to the facility, though no casualties were reported. The ICRC strongly condemned the attack in a statement, noting…

EU Supports Plan To Rebuild Gaza Under Palestinian Authority: Top Diplomat

RAMALLAH, Mar 25 (NNN-WAFA) – Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s (EU) high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said here yesterday that, the EU supports the Gaza reconstruction plan approved by an emergency Arab summit, earlier this month. During a press conference, after her meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister,…

Egypt Condemns Israel’s Establishment Of “Agency” To Displace Gaza Population

CAIRO, Mar 25 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt strongly condemned yesterday, Israel’s establishment of an agency, aimed at displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and its approval of 13 new settlements in the West Bank. In a statement, released by the Foreign Ministry, Egypt said that, the so-called “voluntary departure,” which Israel…

Poliovirus Detected In Sewage Samples From Pakistan’s 18 Districts

ISLAMABAD, Mar 25 (NNN-APP) – Poliovirus was detected in sewage samples from 18 districts across Pakistan, according to test results from the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication, at the National Institute of Health. The report shown on the website of the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, revealed yesterday that, the…

Pilot Error Caused Sri Lanka Air Force Training Plane Crash, Investigation Reveals

COLOMBO, Mar 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The recent crash of a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) training aircraft, was attributed to a pilot error, Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake told reporters, yesterday. He stated that, Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe, commander of the SLAF, had established a…

Egypt Sends New Proposal To Israel, Hamas To Resume Ceasefire: Security Sources

CAIRO, Mar 25 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt presented a new proposal to Israel and Hamas, aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, two informed Egyptian security sources said yesterday. “Egypt sent an urgent proposal on Sunday night to the warring sides, for ending the war and resuming negotiations on the second…