Daesh Militants Launch Counter Offensive In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 14 (NNN-SANA) – The Daesh group launched a counter-offensive on the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Wednesday, with suicide bombers in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported. Taking advantage of a sand storm that hit eastern Syria, the militants sent five suicide bombers, who detonated themselves…

Canada To Assist Lebanon In Implementing Several Reforms

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 14 (NNN-NNA) – Canadian Ambassador to Lebanon, Emmanuelle Lamoureux, vowed to help Lebanon’s Interior Ministry in its reform process. “We will cooperate with the interior ministry, in its efforts to reform prisons, strengthen the capabilities of municipal police, in addition to the fight against domestic violence,” Lamoureux…

China’s SDIC Keen To Invest In Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan, March 14 (NNN-PETRA) – China’s State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC), said, it is interested in investing in Jordan in several sectors, including energy and infrastructure. In a meeting between Jordan’s Minister of State, Muhannad Shehadeh, and a delegation from SDIC in Amman, the Chinese company said, it…

UNIFIL Won’t Reduce Support For Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 14 (NNN-NNA) – The spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Andrea Tenenti, assured that, UNIFIL’s priority is to offer maritime and land support to the Lebanese Armed Forces. “We will continue to work with the international community, to offer the needed support for…

Houthis Attack Pro-Government Military Base In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Yemen, March 14 (NNN-SABA) – Fighters of the Houthi group, launched a missile attack against a pro-government military base in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday evening, causing huge blasts. The security source said, “A missile, fired by the Houthi rebels landed on Abu Musa Ashary…

PA Slams U.S. For Dropping “Occupation Status” Of Palestinian Territories

RAMALLAH, Palestine, March 14 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) Presidency, slammed the United States for dropping the status of occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights of Syria. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, PA presidential spokesman, said in an official statement that, “the U.S. decision is a continuation of…

Nigerian President Expresses Sadness Over Lagos School Building Collapse

Photo courtesy NAN ABUJA, Nigeria, March 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, expressed sadness over the collapse of a three-storey building, housing a primary school in Ita-Faji area of Lagos, which caused fatalities, particularly of small children. In a statement issued in Abuja, Buhari sympathised with the…

Brazil School Shooting Leaves 10 Dead

Photo courtesy Presna latina SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – At least 10 people were killed and many more injured, in a school shooting in Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo. Among the dead are seven students, a woman and the two shooters, who killed themselves at the scene,…

Laos, Vietnam To Cooperate In E-Government, Cyber Security

VIENTIANE, Laos, March 13 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao and Vietnamese governments have agreed to continue cooperation in the development of cyber security, e-government solution, and postal service. The commitment to ongoing cyber security, e-government solutions and postal cooperation was made in the Lao capital Vientiane between Lao’s Ministry of Post…

New Zealand Suspends Operation Of Boeing 737 Max 8 Jets

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand announced today (Wednesday), it has suspended the operation of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to or from New Zealand, after Sunday’s deadly crash in Ethiopia. The move currently affects only one operator, Fiji Airways, said the statement, released by New Zealand’s…