17-Year-Old Boy Arrested After Fatal Stabbing On Tokyo Street

TOKYO, Feb 24 (NNN-NHK) – The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, today, arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder, after another 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on a street in Adachi Ward of Tokyo. According to authorities, a call was made to emergency services at around 4:15 a.m. local…

Pakistan Reports Third Polio Case This Year

ISLAMABAD, Feb 24 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a new case of polio, in the country’s southern Sindh province, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to three, since the beginning of this year, officials from the health ministry said, yesterday. The officials from the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio…

Two Toddlers Killed In Rocket-Propelled Grenade Explosion In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Feb 24 (NNN-AKP) – Two toddlers were killed, in a rocket-propelled grenade explosion, in north-west Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, a mine clearance chief said yesterday. Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, said, the war-left 66-mm (B-63) shell exploded on Saturday, in Kranhong village of Svay…

Fiji Military, Police To Jointly Combat Drug Trafficking

SUVA, Feb 24 (NNN-FBC) – The Republic of Fiji Military Forces and the Fiji Police Force, plan to form a joint task force, aimed at fighting drug trafficking across the country. The two sides have held a high-level meeting, discussing strategies to address the rising issue of drug-related crimes, it…

Tropical Cyclone Rae To Enter Fiji Waters

SUVA, Feb 4 (NNN-FBC) – Tropical Cyclone Rae, started to enter Fiji waters from last night. The Fiji Meteorological Service said, Tropical Cyclone Rae is tracking towards the eastern part of the country, including the Northern Division, Lomaiviti, and Lau Group, and the windward side of the main island. It…

Emergency Search Underway For Fisherman Feared Taken By Shark Off Australia’s East Coast

SYDNEY, Feb 24 (NNN-AAP) – An emergency search by sea and air is underway, for a fisherman believed to have been taken by a shark, off Australia’s east coast. Paul Barning was participating in a game fishing tournament, off the coast of the city of Newcastle, about 120 km north…

47 Ships Rerouted To Suez Canal Since Feb: Canal Chief

CAIRO, Feb 24 (NNN-MENA) – Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman, Osama Rabie, announced yesterday that, 47 ships have adjusted their routes to pass through the Suez Canal, instead of the Cape of Good Hope, since the beginning of Feb. Rabie made this announcement during his participation in the opening of…

Qatar’s PM Met Syrian FM On Cooperation, Developments In Syria

DOHA, Feb 24 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, met here yesterday, with Syria’s interim Foreign Minister, Asaad al-Shaibani, to discuss bilateral cooperation and the latest developments in Syria, according to a statement by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry. The discussions centered on…

Iranians Commemorated Hezbollah’s Late Leaders

TEHRAN, Feb 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranians, yesterday, held ceremonies in different cities, to commemorate Hezbollah’s former leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, both of whom were killed in Zionist Israeli attacks on Beirut, last year. The ceremony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, was held at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla, a large…

Six Dead, Nine Missing After Truck Plunged Into River In Indonesia’s Riau Province

JAKARTA, Feb 24 (NNN-ANTARA) – Six people were found dead, and nine others remain missing, after a truck carrying 32 people, including several children, plunged into a river, in Indonesia’s Riau province, a top rescuer said, yesterday. The fatal accident occurred in a river in Pelalawan Regency, late Saturday, according…