Indian Security Personnel Killed Five Armed Rebels

NEW DELHI, Jan 13 (NNN-PTI) – Indian security forces, gunned down at least five armed Naxal rebels, in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh yesterday, confirmed a local senior police officer. The rebels were eliminated in the National Park area of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, local media quoted Bijapur Superintendent of Police,…

Trams Collided In Strasbourg, Injuring Several Dozen

PARIS, Jan 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two trams collided on Saturday evening, in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, leaving several dozen people injured, but no fatalities, confirmed Jeanne Barseghian, the mayor of Strasbourg. Speaking to French news channel BFMTV, Barseghian said that, while about 100 people were involved in the…

Barbaric Israeli Attacks Killed 20 More Palestinians In Gaza; Latest Death Toll: 46,537

GAZA, Jan 13 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 20 more Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded, on Saturday, in Israeli airstrikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip. Eight Palestinians, including two children and two women, were murdered, and more than 30 people, including 19 children, were wounded, in a brutal…

S. Korean President Not To Attend 1st Hearing Of Impeachment Trial For Safety Concerns

SEOUL, Jan 13 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol, will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial, scheduled for tomorrow, for safety concerns, Yoon’s defence counsel said, yesterday. Yun Gap-geun, Yoon’s lawyer, was quoted by multiple media outlets as saying that, concerns remained about safety and mishaps…

Iran Says Ready To Provide Rescue Aid To U.S. Amid Wildfires

TEHRAN, Jan 12 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), expressed its readiness yesterday, to send specialised rapid reaction teams, rescue equipment, and trained personnel to the United States, in response to the wildfires raging through Los Angeles County. IRCS President, Pirhossein Kolivand, made the remarks in a message…

Journalists In Gaza Condemn Israeli Killing Of Media Workers, Urge Int’l Protection

GAZA, Jan 12 (NNN-WAFA) – Dozens of journalists in Gaza, yesterday, called on the international community to take urgent action to protect them from Israeli attacks. They made the appeal during the funeral of photojournalist, Saed Nabhan, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the al-Nuseirat camp in central…

UAE Announces Plans To Reopen Embassy In Lebanon

ABU DHABI/BEIRUT, Jan 12 (NNN-WAM/NNA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced plans yesterday, to reopen its embassy in Lebanon, following a phone call between UAE President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun. During the conversation, Sheikh Mohamed extended his congratulations to Aoun on…

Gas Station Blast In Central Yemen Killed 10

ADEN, Jan 12 (NNN-SABA) – An explosion at a gas station, in Yemen’s central province of Al-Bayda yesterday, killed at least 10 people and left more than 65 others injured, a local government official, said. The official said, on condition of anonymity that, “the blast occurred at a gas filling…

Security Forces Killed Five Terrorists In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (NNN-APP) – Five terrorists were killed, in an operation by security forces, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the country’s military said in a statement. The incident happened in Dera Ismail Khan District of the province on Friday, where the security forces conducted the operation on the…

Three More Bodies Recovered From Flooded Coal Mine In India’s Assam

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (NNN-PTI) – Rescuers in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, yesterday, retrieved the bodies of three more trapped workers from inside a coal mine, as the operation to trace the missing workers has entered the sixth straight day, officials said. The bodies were recovered from the rat-hole…