Suspected Al-Qaeda Gunmen Attack Military Checkpoint In SE Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, June 2 (NNN-SABA) – At least two Yemeni soldiers were killed on Saturday, during an attack launched by suspected al-Qaeda gunmen, in Yemen’s south-eastern province of Hadramout, a security official said. The local official, based in the province, said that, a group of gunmen, believed to be members…

Three Civilians Killed, Four Daesh Militants Captured In Eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 1 (NNN-NINA) – Three Iraqi civilians were killed by unidentified gunmen, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala on Saturday, while security forces captured four Daesh militants in the province, a security source and the Iraqi military intelligence, said. The three civilians killed were in a village near…

Syria Intercepts Israeli Missile South Of Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria, June 2 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian air defences, intercepted an Israeli missile attack, south of the capital Damascus, before daybreak today (Sunday), the state TV reported. The Syrian air defences responded to enemy targets in the southern countryside of Damascus, said the report, giving no further details. Israel…

China Makes Three-Point Proposal On Enhancing Defence Cooperation In Asia-Pacific

SINGAPORE, June 2 (NNN-CNA) – China made a three-point proposal on enhancing defence cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region at the Shangri-La Dialogue held here. Addressing a special session on “New Model of defence cooperation” during the dialogue, Major General Ci Guowei, chief of the Office for International Military Cooperation of…

Libyan Government Forces Progress Against East-Based Army In Southern Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Libya, June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Forces of the UN-backed Libyan government, progressed against rival east-based army in the south of the capital, Tripoli, as the armed conflict continues between the two parties. “Following a well-established plan, our forces managed to progress in two axes in southern Tripoli, destroyed a…

Russian War Planes Strike Rebel-held Area In Syria’s Idlib

DAMASCUS, Syria, June 2 (NNN-SANA) – Russian war planes struck a town in the countryside of rebel-held Idlib province, in north-western Syria on Saturday. The air strikes targeted Khan Sheikhun in the countryside of Idlib, killing at least two people and wounding four others, said the Syrian Observatory for Human…

Trump To End Preferential Trade Treatment For India On June 5

WASHINGTON, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, announced that he will end the preferential trade treatment for India on June 5, which exempts billions of dollars of its products from U.S. tariffs due to its developing country status. “I have determined that India has not assured the United…

Myanmar’s State Counsellor Leaves For Czech Republic, Hungary

YANGON, Myanmar, June 1 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, left Nay Pyi Taw today (Saturday), to visit the Czech Republic and Hungary, according to the Foreign Ministry. The state counsellor will pay an official visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of Czech Prime Minister,…

S. Korea’s Export Drops 9.4 Percent In May

SEOUL, S. Korea, June 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export reduced 9.4 percent in May from a year earlier, keeping a downward trend for the sixth consecutive month, a government report showed today (Saturday). Export, which accounts for about half of the export-driven economy, amounted to 45.91 billion U.S. dollars…

Over 40 Saw-fish Dead In Australian Hot Spot: Researchers

SYDNEY, Australia, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – High temperatures and lack of rainfall helped kill off a record number of critically endangered saw-fish in a parched creek in Western Australia state, according to the latest research. More than 40 of the fish, with their distinctive flat nose extension and sharp traverse…