Senior UN Peacekeeping Officer Injured, Vehicles Torched In Beirut

BEIRUT, Feb 15 (NNN-NNA) – A senior officer from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), was injured, and three UN vehicles were set on fire yesterday, during clashes near Beirut’s airport road, local media and officials said. Violence broke out when a group of young men attacked a…

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Family In West Bank, Injuring Five: Report

JERUSALEM, Feb 15 (NNN-WAFA) – About 40 Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian family, near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, injuring four people, Israeli army radio reported yesterday. The settlers, from an illegal outpost, used dogs, clubs, and pepper spray in the assault, the station said. However, no arrests were…

Turkmenistan Gas Supplies To Türkiye To Begin On March 1

ASHGABAT, Feb 15 (NNN-SNA) – The supply of Turkmen natural gas to Türkiye will begin on March 1, through Iran, under a barter scheme, Turkmen media reported yesterday. Türkiye and Turkmenistan signed an agreement on Turkmen gas supplies on Feb 10, between Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) and Turkmengaz, Turkmenistan’s…

Four Dead After Shop Explosion In Northern Laos

VIENTIANE, Feb 15 (NNN-KPL) – Four people, including Chinese nationals, were killed, and many others injured yesterday, in a fire and explosion that occurred at a Chinese-owned shop in Nami village of Xay district, in northern Laos’ Oudomxay province, according to the Chinese Consulate General in Luang Prabang. The explosion…

Iran Rejects U.S. Accusation of Funding, Arming Yemen’s Houthis

TEHRAN, Feb 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York, has rejected the U.S. accusation that Tehran is providing the Yemen-based Houthis with financial resources, arms support, and military training. Speaking at a UN Security Council briefing on Yemen on Thursday, Dorothy Shea, acting…

India Imposes Direct Rule In Manipur After Chief Minister’s Resignation

NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal government imposed direct rule in the restive north-eastern state of Manipur, four days after Manipur chief minister, N. Biren Singh, tendered his resignation, officials said today. The decision was announced last night, through a notification from the federal home ministry that the…

No Injuries Reported As U.S. Aircraft Carrier Collided With Merchant Vessel Near Egypt

CAIRO, Feb 14 (NNN-MENA) – U.S. aircraft carrier, “Harry Truman,” collided with a merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt, with no injuries recorded, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV channel said yesterday, citing the U.S. military. The report said, the U.S. carrier collided with the ship Besiktas-M, late Wednesday night,…

Zionist Israeli Military Alleges It Struck “Hezbollah Targets” In S. Lebanon, Regardless of Ceasefire

JERUSALEM, Feb 14 (NNN-MA’AN) – Brutal Zionist warplanes carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon last night, with the uncivilised Israel’s military claiming the attacks were aimed at Hezbollah targets, regardless of a ceasefire between the two countries. Lebanon’s TV channel LBCI reported that the warplanes targeted localities near the Litani…

Lebanon Rejects Israeli Demand To Stay In Five Southern Locations Beyond Ceasefire Deadline

BEIRUT, Feb 14 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri, voiced yesterday, Lebanon’s “absolute rejection” of Israel’s demand, to hold five locations in southern Lebanon beyond the ceasefire deadline on Feb 18. “I refused to discuss any extension of the withdrawal timeline. It is the Americans’ responsibility to enforce the…

Indonesia’s Free Health Check Programme Reaches 65,000 Participants: Deputy Health Minister

JAKARTA, Feb 14 (NNN-ANTARA) – As many as 65,000 people have benefited from the recently launched Free Health Check programme, Indonesia’s Deputy Health Minister, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, announced, yesterday. “As of yesterday, 65,000 people had benefited. We hope for broader outreach so that more people can take advantage of this…