New Zealand Passes New Gun Bill After Christchurch Attacks

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The New Zealand parliament passed the Arms Amendment Bill, after its third or final reading Wednesday night, less than a month after the Christchurch mosque attacks, which killed 50 people. The proposed new gun bill, namely The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines and parts)…

Elaborate Arrangements, Security In Place For First Phase Of India’s General Elections

NEW DELHI, India, April 10 (NNN-PTI) – India’s election commission officials said today (Wednesday) that, all arrangements and security measures were put in place, for the first phase of the country’s general elections, scheduled for Thursday (tomorrow). Voting for the first phase would be held in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread…

Two Afghan Army Pilots Injured As Training Helicopter Crashes

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two Afghan national army pilots suffered minor injuries, after a training helicopter crashed in the country’s southern province of Kandahar, the military said, Wednesday. The incident happened at about 6:45 p.m. local time (1415 GMT) Tuesday, when an MD-530 military aircraft, returning from a…

Malaysia’s Palm Oil Stocks Ease To Five-Month Low In March

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Malaysia, the world’s second largest palm-oil producer, saw its palm-oil stockpiles fall to below three million tonnes in March, as exports surged, official data showed. According to Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s latest update, the country’s palm-oil stocks fell 4.6 percent month-on-month, to 2.92…

Former Malaysian PM’s Wife, Rosmah Mansor, Charged Again Over Sarawak Solar Hybrid Project

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) -Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Malaysian prime minister, Najib Razak, was back in the Sessions Court today, to face a new charge over the solar hybrid project for rural schools in Sarawak. She was charged with accepting gratification of RM 5 million (USD 1.22…

Five Miners Killed, Two Wounded As Landslides Hit Central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – Five bodies have been retrieved from the affected areas and two others sustained injuries, after landslides hit a diamond mine, in South Kalimantan province of central Indonesia, a disaster agency official said here. The disaster took place when miners were mining diamond at the…

Indian PM Condemns Killing Of Lawmaker, Security Personnel

NEW DELHI, India, April 10 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, strongly condemned the killing of a state lawmaker, in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, saying the sacrifices will not go in vain. Identified as Bheema Mandavi, a lawmaker belonging to the state’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata…

Chinese Vessel Unloads 1,200 Containers In Tripoli’s Port

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 10 (NNN-NNA) – A vessel, COSCO Shipping Panama, arrived from China at the Port of Tripoli on Tuesday, to unload 1,200 containers. The ship sent by COSCO, short for China Ocean Shipping Company, a Chinese shipping and logistics services supplier company, unloaded some of the products at…

Iran Launches Direct Flight To Venezuela In Defiance Of U.S. Sanctions

TEHRAN, Iran, April 10 (NNN-ISNA) – Iran’s Mahan Air has launched direct flights to the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, Press TV reported on Tuesday. A number of Iranian Foreign Ministry officials, as well as, delegates from Mahan Air, visited Caracas, to discuss maintaining regular flights between the two countries, spokesman of…

Bahrain Rejects Israeli PM’s Statement On Jewish Settlements In West Bank

MANAMA, Bahrain, April 10 (NNN-BNA) – Bahrain rejects statement by Israeli Prime Minister, Banjamin Netanyahu, pledging to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, if he wins the Israeli elections. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that the Israeli plans would undermine efforts, to reach a just and comprehensive…