Four Daesh Militants Killed In Air Strike In Eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 (NNN-NINA) – At least four Daesh militants were killed on Tuesday, in an air strike on their hideout, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, provincial security sources said. Acting on intelligence reports, Iraqi gunships pounded a Daesh hideout in a rural area, some 110 km north-east…

Iraqi PM Intends To Visit Saudi Arabia, Turkey To Boost Ties

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, said, he intends to visit Saudi Arabia, Turkey and some other Gulf countries in the coming weeks, to boost ties with the regional countries. “During the next two weeks, we will make an official visit to Saudi Arabia…

Italy Keen To Cooperate With Lebanon In Oil, Gas Sector

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 3 (NNN-NNA) – An Italian trade official, said that, his country is keen to cooperate with Lebanon in the oil and gas sector. “Italian companies are placing big hopes on Lebanon as a gate for exporting oil and gas to other countries,” said Francesca Zadro, trade commissioner…

Iraqi President Calls For Developing Bilateral Ties With UK

BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi President, Barham Salih, received a senior British official in Baghdad and called for developing bilateral relations. Salih’s comments came, during his meeting with John Gordon Lorimer, senior adviser to the British Ministry of Defence for the Middle East. Salih “highlighted the importance of…

Chinese, UAE Entrepreneurs Seek To Enhance Trade, Investment Cooperation

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate, April 3 (NNN-WAM) – A trade and investment meeting between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was held in Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, to discuss means of further strengthening cooperation in economic, trade and investment fields. The China-UAE Trade and Investment Seminar, co-organised by…

Fierce Clashes Break Out In Yemen’s Hodeidah Amid UN Efforts To Maintain Cease-Fire

SANAA, Yemen, April 3 (NNN-SABA) – Heavy clashes and artillery shelling erupted, on Tuesday night, between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels, on the south-eastern edges of Hodeidah port city, amid UN peace efforts to maintain the cease-fire deal. Residents said, the fighting was concentrated at Rabasah neighbourhood, Sanaa street,…

57 Killed In Iran’s Floods In Past Two Weeks

TEHRAN, Iran, April 3 (NNN-IRNA) – At least 57 people were killed, in the floods that hit most parts of Iran, over the past two weeks, Iran Emergency Organisation said, Tuesday. Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman of the organisation, told the media that, 478 others were also injured in the recent floods.…

Japan Approves Controversial Plan To Deploy SDF Troops To Egypt

TOKYO, Japan, April 3 (NNN-MENA) – The Japanese government approved deploying Self-Defence Force (SDF) personnel, to join a multinational peacekeeping force in Egypt, for the first time, since the controversial new security legislation came into effect in 2016. Japan’s cabinet green-lit the contentious plan, to dispatch two SDF members to…

Highway Accidents Kill 20, Injure Over 100 In Myanmar In March

YANGON, Myanmar, April 2 (NNN-MNA) – Twenty people were killed with 113 others injured, in traffic accidents on Myanmar’s Yangon-Mandalay highway last month, according to the figures from the Highway Police Office on Tuesday. In March alone, there were a total of 51 road accident cases reported on the Myanmar’s…

Singapore Airlines Grounds Two Boeing 787-10 Aircraft Due To Premature Blade Deterioration

SINGAPORE, April 2 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore Airlines has grounded two Boeing 787-10 aircraft, due to the deterioration of engines, which was found in routine inspections, according to a statement issued, Tuesday, by the company. According to the statement, some of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines, on Singapore Airlines’ Boeing…