Six Killed As Elevator Collapses In Pakistan’s Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 10 (NNN-APP) – Six labourers died on Saturday, as an elevator collapsed, at an under-construction building in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, police and local official said. Commissioner of Karachi, Iftikhar Ali Shalwani, told media that a group of six labourers was installing glass sheets outside…

Scores Injured As Train Derails In West Java, Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – Scores of people were wounded, after a train derailed in Bogor district of West Java province on Sunday, head of the community police in the district, Agus Priyonyo, said. The incident took place at 10:30 a.m. Jakarta time, when the train arrived in Kebon…

Malaysian Police Arrest Nine Over Terror Links

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Malaysian police said on Sunday that, nine suspects, most of who are foreigners, had been arrested in recent operations over suspicion of being involved in terrorism. Of the nine, six were Egyptian nationals, one was Tunisian and the other two were Malaysians, according…

Nine Policemen Killed In Police Outpost Attack In Myanmar’s Western State

YANGON, Myanmar, March 10 (NNN-MNA) – Nine policemen have been killed, in an attack on a village outpost in Ponnagyun township, Myanmar’s Rakhine state, with two others being injured, according to local police, on Sunday. The attack on the Yo Ta Yoke village police outpost, occurred Saturday at 11:20 p.m.…

Schedule Of All England Open Badminton Championships Finals

BIRMINGHAM, England, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Following is the schedule of the finals competition at the All England Open badminton championships here on Sunday (starting at 12:00 GMT, prefix number denotes seeding): Women’s doubles 5-Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, China, vs 3-Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, Japan Women’s singles 1-Tai Tzu Ying, Chinese Taipei,…

Myanmar’s Gems Emporium To Kick Off In Capital City

YANGON, Myanmar, March 10 (NNN-MNA) – The 56th Myanmar Gems Emporium is due to kick off in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw on Monday (tomorrow), expecting to attract over 2,600 gems merchants from China, Thailand, Australia and the United States, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and…

Mongolian Rescuers Retrieve Bodies Of Four Missing Miners

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, March 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The bodies of four miners who went missing after a gold mine collapsed in Mongolia’s central province of Tuv, in late Feb, have been retrieved, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Saturday. The four miners went missing, after the accident happened,…

Two More Vietnamese Provinces Hit By African Swine Fever

HANOI, Vietnam, March 10 (NNN-VNA) – Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh, in Vietnam’s northern region, have become the latest two Vietnamese localities stricken by African swine fever (ASF). Earlier on Friday, the Vietnamese Department of Animal Health announced, ASF affected 333 farming families and small pig farms in 10 localities,…

Another Body Of Indian Defence Personnel Recovered After Avalanche

NEW DELHI, India, March 10 (NNN-PTI) – The dead body of the fourth Indian Army personnel, out of the total six, who went missing in an avalanche incident, was recovered on Saturday, after 18 days from the avalanche site near Namgya region of the northern hilly state of Himachal Pradesh,…

International Security, Defence Exhibition Kicks Off In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 10 (NNN-NINA) – The 8th edition of the International Security and Defence Exhibition was launched on Saturday, in the Iraqi capital with participation of 102 foreign weapons production companies from 20 countries. The opening ceremony was attended by Iraqi military commanders, and sponsored by Iraqi Army’s Chief…