Syrian Refugees Return Home From Jordan, Rukban Camp

DAMASCUS, Syria, May 9 (NNN-SANA) – Batches of Syrian refugees returned from Jordan and a southern Syrian camp on Wednesday (yesterday). The refugees returned to Syria through the Nasib border crossing in the southern province of Daraa. It was reported that 19,600 refugees returned from Jordan, since the reopening of…

Six Paris Firemen To Be Charged Over Alleged Gang Rape Of Norwegian Student

PARIS, France, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Six firemen in Paris were set to be charged on Monday, over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old Norwegian student, at a fire station in the city, legal sources said. The woman filed a rape complaint after going to the fire station, in…

Czech Republic Marks 74th Anniversary Of End Of WWII In Europe

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Czech President, Milos Zeman, and other senior officials, including Prime Minister, Andrej Babis, and Defence Minister, Lubomir Metnar, laid wreaths at the National Memorial in Prague, to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The reverent act…

18 Injured After Bangladeshi Plane Skids Off Runway At Myanmar’s Airport

YANGON, Myanmar, May 9 (NNN-BSS) – Some 18 people, including five crew members, were injured, after a passenger plane of the Biman Bangladesh airlines skidded off the runway, at Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport (YIA), on Wednesday, said the Department of Civil Aviation, Myanmar. The Biman Flight No. BG-60 from Dhaka…

China Is Philippines’ Top Source Of Imports In March: Statistics

MANILA, Philippines, May 8 (NNN-PNA) – China was the country’s largest supplier of imported goods with 21.4 percent of total imports in March this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported today (Wednesday). The PSA said, import payments from China and the top nine countries or regions amounted to 6.85…

Border Guards Arrest Two Drug Traffickers In Northern Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam, May 8 (NNN-VNA) – Border guards of Vietnam’s northern Nam Dinh province, have arrested two Vietnamese men for illegally transporting 10 cakes of heroin. The duo aged 34 and 38 from northern Thanh Hoa province and central Nghe An province, respectively, were caught red-handed, trafficking the drug in…

World’s First “Zero Waste” Flight Takes Off In Australia

SYDNEY, Australia, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The first-ever commercial flight to produce “zero waste” has taken to the skies today (Wednesday), as part of a new initiative from the Australian airline Qantas, to cut single-use plastics that end up in landfill. Flying from Sydney to Adelaide, all products and packaging…

Nine Killed In Blast Near Shrine In Pakistan’s Lahore

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 8 (NNN-PPI) – At least nine people, including three policemen, were killed and 24 others injured this morning, in a blast near a police vehicle, outside a shrine, in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, a police official said. Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations, Ashfaq Ahmad, told…

Two Children Killed As Car Rams Into Preschoolers In Western Japan

TOKYO, Japan, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two children died after a vehicle rammed into more than 10 preschoolers from a daycare centre in western Japan, local media reported today. According to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, the motorist hit a group of 13 children aged between two and three years old.…

Nepali PM To Visit Vietnam, Cambodia From May 9-15

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 8 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepali Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, is visiting Vietnam and Cambodia from May 9 to 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said here, on Tuesday. Oli is paying an official visit to Vietnam on May 9-13, and to Cambodia on May 13-15, according to…