Flammable Chemicals Believed To Trigger Massive Fire In Bangladeshi Capital

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 23 (NNN-BSS) – Flammable chemicals are believed to trigger the massive fire in the old part of Dhaka and fuelled the fire to burn longer and stronger, a member from a probe team said, after visiting the site. “The building where the fire originated had a huge…

41 Killed By Spurious Liquor In India’s Northeast

NEW DELHI, India, Feb 23 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll due to consumption of illicit liquor in India’s northeastern state of Assam, Friday, has risen to 41, local government officials said. Over 60 others are in hospitals undergoing treatment. The hooch was consumed by people on Thursday evening, at Halmira…

Pakistan Does Not Want War With India, Says Military Spokesman

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 23 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani military, rejected India’s allegations over a recent attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, and called for peace, as the country doesn’t want to have a war with its neighbour. The comments by the military spokesman, Major General Asif Ghafoor, chief of the army’s…

Afghan Forces Kill 23 Militants In 24 Hours

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nearly two dozen anti-government insurgents have been killed over the past 24 hours, as government forces increased military pressure in the insurgency-plagued country, the Afghan Defence Ministry said, in a statement. The security forces, according to the statement, conducted five well-coordinated operations in Nangarhar,…

Palestinian Killed, Dozens Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In Eastern Gaza

GAZA, Palestine, Feb 23 (NNN-WAFA) – One Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday, and dozens injured, in clashes between hundreds of Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers, during the weekly anti-Israeli rallies and protests, held in the eastern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman…

Peninsula Shield Military Exercise To Start In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb 23 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced, on Friday, the arrival of all teams participating in the joint Peninsula Shield military exercise. The exercise will start on Saturday (today), covering military scenarios to enhance the fighting capabilities of the forces and benefit the most from the joint…

Canada Donates Military Equipment To Lebanese Army

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 23 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese Army, on Friday, received military equipment donated by Canada, local media reported. “Canada is committed to offering military aid to the Lebanese Army,” Canadian Ambassador to Lebanon, Emmanuelle Lamoureux, was quoted as saying. The ambassador donated the military equipment, during a ceremony…

More Evacuees Flee Daesh Holdouts In NE Syria

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-SANA) – In a fresh displacement, some 2,500 people, mainly women and children, fled fighting in Hajin and Baghouz, both Daesh holdouts, to an already overcrowded camp in northeastern Syria, a UN spokesman said. Fleeing besieged sites in Deir Ezzour governorate, the evacuees arrived in Al-Hol…

Civilian Deaths Reported In Yemen Despite Hodeidah Ceasefire Deal

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-SABA) – Eight Yemeni civilians have been killed by shelling, earlier this week, in Hodeidah, despite a ceasefire deal reached by the warring parties. “Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that, on Feb 19, eight civilians were killed and another 10 were injured in Hodeidah, when an…

Over 31,000 Cambodians Expelled From Thailand In 2018

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Feb 23 (NNN-AKP) – About 31,136 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand, were sent home through the Poipet International Border Checkpoint in 2018, according to a national police report on Friday. Posted on its website, the report said, those Cambodian nationals, including 10,591 women and 4,147 children, were…