24 Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack In W. Afghanistan

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, May 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twenty-four Afghan army soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded, after Taliban militants attacked their defensive posts in the western province of Badghis on Friday, a local official confirmed. “Hundreds of militants armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, stormed security posts in Jar-e-Assyia, in…

Iran Says U.S. Dare Not Wage War Despite Threats

TEHRAN, Iran, May 11 (NNN-IRNA) – The U.S. government of President Donald Trump, dare not wage a war on Iran, despite its threats, a senior Iranian commander said, Friday. “Negotiations with the Americans will not take place, and the Americans will not dare take a military action against us,” Yadollah…

Jordan, Iraq, Egypt Agree To Strengthen Trade Cooperation

AMMAN, Jordan, May 11 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan, Iraq and Egypt agreed on Friday, to strengthen cooperation in trade and remove barriers. At the conclusion of a trilateral meeting in Jordan’s capital, Amman, officials from the three countries underlined the need for continued strategic coordination among them, and with the rest…

One Palestinian Killed, 30 Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, May 11 (NNN-WAFA) – At least one Palestinian demonstrator was killed and 30 others wounded, during their clashes with Israeli soldiers, stationed on the border between the eastern Gaza Strip and Israel. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of the Health Ministry in Gaza told reporters that, Abdulla Abdel Aal, a…

Syrian Army Foils Rebels’ Attack In Hama

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 11 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian army, on Friday, foiled rebels’ attack on military posts in the central province of Hama. The army inflicted hefty losses on the rebels, in the northern countryside of Hama, when they (the rebels) fired rockets and shells on security areas. Meanwhile, the…

Turkey Fines Facebook 280,000 USD Over Data Breach

ANKARA, Turkey, May 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK), said that, it fined Facebook 1.65 million Turkish liras (280,000 U.S. dollars) in April over data breach. According to a statement from Facebook last Dec, the company had discovered a photo API bug, that allowed third-party applications to…

Views On Nuclear Disarmament “Wide Apart” Among NPT Signatories: UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A United Nations official, said that, there is a large convergence on the peaceful use of nuclear energy among state parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but not on nuclear disarmament. “There are a lot of convergence on that…

UN Says Yemeni Houthis To Withdraw From Hodeidah’s Key Ports In Four Days

SANAA, Yemen, May 11 (NNN-SABA) – The United Nations said that, Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to unilaterally redeploy forces out of three key ports in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, within four days beginning today (Saturday). The UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) “will monitor…

China Donates 10 Police Vehicles To Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 9 (NNN-SL NEWS) – China has donated 10 police vehicles to the Sri Lankan government, as part of the security cooperation between the two countries. The 10 police vehicles were handed over to Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena, by Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Cheng Xueyuan,…

Five Die In Fire At Cloth Store In Western India

MUMBAI, India, May 9 (NNN-PTI) – At least five people died in a cloth store, in a fire incident, early on Thursday morning, at Urali Devachi in Pune, India’s Maharashtra state. The five labourers were asleep inside the cloth store, when the fire broke out, at around 4:30 a.m. local…