Turkey Sentences Australian Daesh Member To More Than Seven Years In Prison

ANKARA, Turkey, March 16 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey, on Friday, sentenced an Australian national to seven years and six months in prison, for joining the Daesh militant group. Neil Christopher Prakash was arrested in Oct, 2016, when trying to illegally cross the Syrian border into the Turkish south-eastern province of Kilis.…

117 Children Die In Battered Camp In North-eastern Syria: Watchdog

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 16 (NNN-SANA) – As many as 117 children died, in a battered camp in north-eastern Syria, over the past few months, a war monitor reported Friday. The dead children were mostly under 12 years old and 60 percent of them died as a result of the tough…

Two Jordanians Killed, Eight Injured In Mosques Shootings In New Zealand: Official

AMMAN, Jordan, March 16 (NNN-PETRA) – At least two Jordanians were killed and eight others injured, in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, a Jordanian official said. Sufian Qudah from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, the ministry and the Jordanian Embassy in Australia are following…

90 Suffocate From Gas Leak In Eastern Iraq: Health Ministry

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 16 (NNN-NINA) – About 90 people suffocated from the leak of chlorine gas, in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut, capital of Wasit Province, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said, Friday. The leakage took place “at a water treatment facility in Kut, some 180 km south-east of the…

Chinese Firm Helps Train Indonesian Students In Drilling Machine Operation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – A graduation ceremony was held Friday, in Jakarta’s western outskirt of Serpong, for 19 Indonesian students from four vocational schools, after they received training from a Chinese construction firm in drilling machine operation. Trainees, who graduated from the programme, would be recruited by the…

Cambodia, S.Korea Ink Pacts To Boost Ties

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, March 16 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and South Korea, on Friday, signed five cooperation documents to boost bilateral ties and cooperation. Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, witnessed the signing ceremony of the documents after their bilateral meeting at the…

Palestinians In Hamas-Run Gaza Protest For Second Day Against Economic Deterioration

GAZA, Palestine, March 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Friday in the Gaza Strip, for the second day in a row, against the worsening economic situation in the coastal enclave that Hamas has been ruling since 2007. Dozens of protesters burned tires and blocked the main streets, chanting…

Women Continue To Face Multiple And Intersecting Inequalities: Pakistani Official

UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (NNN-APP) – Women across the world continue to face multiple and intersecting inequalities, a Pakistani official said here on Friday. Addressing the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Khawar Mumtaz, head of the Pakistani delegation to the conference, said, prompted by poverty,…

Kenya, France Ink Wide-Ranging Deals To Boost Ties During Macron’s Visit

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 14 (NNN-KBC) – Kenya and France signed four partnership deals, aimed at boosting bilateral ties in areas including skills and talents, universities, research and professional training, education and strategic infrastructure projects in Kenya. France is committed to working together with Kenya in several areas of mutual interest,…

Possible Power Outages In Days Warned In South Africa

CAPE TOWN, S. Africa, March 14 (NNN-SA NEWS) – South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility, Eskom, warned of possible power outages in the next few days, amid a worsening power crisis in the country, since Feb. “The risk of load shedding remains high for the next few days” as its power…