Victim Bodies Of New Zealand Mosques Terror Attacks To Be Returned To Families: PM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Sunday that, the bodies of those killed in terror attacks on two Christchurch mosques were beginning to be returned to their families, but only a small number at this stage. The suspect Brenton Tarrant was…

Man Rams Gate Of Australian Mosque, Shouts Offensive Remarks

SYDNEY, Australia, March 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A drug-affected man has allegedly driven his car into the gates of a mosque in the Australian State of Queensland, Saturday evening, shouting offensive remarks at the worshippers. Queensland Police said, the 23-year-old man was stopped earlier in the day, for a roadside drug…

Attacker Charged With Murder, Residents Show Solidarity Following Shootings In Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – One day after the terror attacks on two mosques in Christchurch shocked the world, the attacker was charged with murder and New Zealand considered to change the country’s gun law. In the meantime, people here showed great unity after the tragedy and they…

Pakistan “Shoots Down” India’s Spy Drone: Military

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 17 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani Army, said that, it has “shot down” an Indian spying quad-copter along the Line of Control (LoC), in the disputed Kashmir region. The incident happened amid tensions between Pakistan and India, following a suicide attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir last month. The…

Cambodia Facing Power Shortage Of 400 Megawatts During Dry Season: PM

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, March 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said that, the country is facing electricity shortage of 400 megawatts during the ongoing dry season. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the fifth River Festival in Kampong Chhnang province, Hun Sen said, the Southeast Asian…

25 Yemeni Houthi Rebels Killed In Pro-Government Military Operation

ADEN, Yemen, March 17 (NNN-SABA) – Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally-backed government, launched a new military operation against the Houthi rebels, in the south-western province of Taiz on Saturday, a military official said. The military source said that, pro-government forces, supported by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, began an operation in…

Yemen’s Rebels Threaten To Strike Riyadh, Abu Dhabi If Hodeidah Attacked

SANAA, Yemen, March 17 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels, on Saturday, threatened to launch ballistic missile attacks on Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, if coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) attacked the Yemeni lifeline port city of Hodeidah. “Our forces stand ready to respond to…

Arab, African Youths Play Active Role In Building Future: Egypt’s President

ASWAN, Egypt, March 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, said that, young people will play an active role in overcoming the challenges surrounding the Arab and African countries, to build the future. Sisi’s remarks came during the opening ceremony of the first edition of the Arab African Youth Platform…

Moroccans Hold Sit-Ins To Condemn New Zealand Terrorist Attacks

RABAT, Morocco, March 17 (NNN-MAP) – Hundreds of Moroccans held, on Saturday, two sit-ins in the capital Rabat and the city of Casablanca, to condemn terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. The protesters expressed their sympathy to the families of the victims, and vowed their support to the…

1.7 Million Syrian Refugees Wish To Return Home: Russian Centre

MOSCOW, Russia, March 17 (NNN-ITAR TASS) – Around 1.7 million Syrian refugees registered in foreign countries are hoping to return to their homeland, the Russian Defence Ministry’s Centre for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring, said. “It is estimated that 1,712,264 Syrians in nine countries expressed their…