David Malpass Selected New President Of World Bank Group

WASHINGTON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – David Malpass, undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department, was selected as president of the World Bank Group, for a five-year term beginning on April 9, 2019, the World Bank Group said in a statement. Malpass, 63, was chosen by U.S. President, Donald…

No Less Than 25 Parties Have Won MP Seats: Thai Election Commission

BANGKOK, Thailand, April 6 (NNN-TNA) – No less than 25 parties have won MP seats in the March 24 election, Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) said. In a statement issued on Friday, the EC said that, no less than 25 parties have secured a total of 500 MP seats, following the…

Six Killed, 21 Injured In Bus-Truck Collision In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 6 (NNN-PPI) – At least six people, including a woman, were killed and 21 others injured on Friday, in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus in Khuzdar district of Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, an official said. Deputy Commissioner of Khuzdar, Muhammad Ilyas Kibzai, told…

Mongolian Firefighters Battle Cross-Border Steppe Fire

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, April 6 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – Around 100 Mongolians, including firefighters, soldiers and local residents, are now battling a cross-border steppe fire, that extends from Russia to easternmost Mongolia, Mongolia’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said today. The steppe fire started in Russia and spread across the border…

District Falls To Taliban In Western Afghan Province

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Militants loyal to the Taliban completely took control of the turbulent Ab Kamari district in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province overnight, an official said today. “Taliban militants finally managed to take control of Ab Kamari district, after three days of siege this late Friday night,”…

Speeding Truck Crushes Eight To Death In India

NEW DELHI, India, April 6 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight people were killed and two others injured on Friday, after a speeding goods truck crashed into a roadside hut in eastern India. The accident took place at Koria Naya locality in Begusara district, about 126 km east of Patna, the…

Philippine Troops Rescue Indonesian Hostage In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines, April 6 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine troops rescued an Indonesian hostage on Friday, following a gunfight that killed three Abu Sayyaf militants, in the waters of Simisa Island in the southern Philippine province of Sulu. But another hostage died due to drowning, the military added. In a statement, the…

Kuwait Hosts Iraqi Exhibition To Strengthen Relations

KUWAIT, April 6 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait hosted an Iraqi exhibition on Thursday, to strengthen relations between the two countries. Ala Al-Hashemi, Iraqi ambassador to Kuwait, told Xinhua that the two-day exhibition, entitled “Mesopotamia is a cultural heritage,” was the first Iraqi exhibition since the Gulf War in 1991. The exhibition…

Jordan Follows Up Assault Against Citizen In Southern Israel

AMMAN, Jordan, April 6 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan said on Friday that, it was following up an assault against a Jordanian citizen in southern Israel. Sufian Qudah, spokesperson of Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that, an Israeli national assaulted the Jordanian, who works in Eilat in southern Israel. The Jordanian…

Intense Fighting Flares Up In Southern Yemen, Scores Killed

ADEN, Yemen, April 6 (NNN-SABA) – Scores of Houthi fighters were killed on Friday, during intense fighting with Yemeni government forces in the southern province of al-Dhalea, a military official said. The intense fighting flared up between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and the Houthi rebels in Muris, in the…