Maldives Tourist Arrivals Set New Record This Year

MALÉ, Dec 26 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldives recorded the highest number of tourist arrivals in a single year, this year, it was reported today. The report said that, by Dec 23, the country welcomed 1.97 million visitors, a nine-percent increase over the total arrivals in 2023. This number exceeds the…

Azerbaijan Declares National Mourning Over Air Crash

BAKU, Dec 26 (NNN-TNA) – Azerbaijan has declared today, a national day of mourning, for the victims of the tragic crash of an Embraer 190 passenger plane, operating a Baku-Grozny flight. Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, signed an official order to observe the day of mourning in response to the tragedy…

Ambush In Syria’s Tartus Killed 14 Interim Gov’t Officers, Wounded 10

DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (NNN-SANA) – Fourteen officers from Syria’s interim Ministry of Interior were killed, and ten others injured, in a “treacherous ambush” in the north-western province of Tartus, yesterday, the interim government’s Interior Minister, Mohammed Abdul Rahman, announced. Cited by local Al-Watan newspaper, the minister described the attackers as…

Israeli Warmongering Defence Minister Vows To Maintain Military Control Over Gaza

JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli warmongering Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said yesterday that, the Israeli Zionist forces will remain in Gaza, and maintain “security control” over the Palestinian territory, raising concern that the latest ceasefire talks, may face further deadlock. During a visit to a buffer zone along the…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim New Strikes On Israeli Cities With Drones

SANAA, Dec 26 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said, they launched two drones at the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Ashkelon yesterday, targeting “vital” and “industrial” areas. “We carried out two military operations, the first of which targeted a vital and sensitive zone in Tel Aviv city. The second operation…

Israel Sets New Conditions, Delays Ceasefire Deal, Hamas Says; Latest Palestinian Death Toll: 45,361

GAZA, Dec 26 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli regime has set new conditions related to its withdrawal from Gaza, a ceasefire, a prisoner-hostage exchange, and the return of the displaced Palestinians, which has delayed reaching an agreement that was available, Hamas said yesterday. The ceasefire and prisoner exchange negotiations are proceeding…

Azerbaijan Airlines Plane From Baku Crashes Near Kazakhstan’s Aktau

ALMATY, Dec 26 (NNN-TNA) – A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines from Baku to Grozny, crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau yesterday, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) said. The Embraer 190 aircraft with flight number J2-8243 crashed near Aktau Airport. The ministry reported 28 survivors in the…

One Palestinian Child Got Murdered Every Hour In Gaza; Latest Palestinian Death Toll: 45,338

GAZA, Dec 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said yesterday that, one Palestinian child gets killed every hour, in the Gaza Strip. “No place for children. Since the beginning of the war, 14,500 children have been reported killed…

Indonesia Eyes Nickel Production Limits To Stabilise Global Prices

JAKARTA, Dec 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia, one of the world’s largest nickel producers, is considering limiting ore production, to stabilise prices in the international market, an official said. The move aims to address oversupply, which has driven down prices globally, according to Tri Winarno, director general of minerals and coal,…

Bangladesh’s Largest Railway Officially Opens Across Its Entire Line To Traffic

DHAKA, Dec 25 (NNN-BSS) – With the first train decorated with colorful balloons and ribbons arriving at Dhaka station, Bangladesh’s largest railway, Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP), officially opened across its entire line to traffic here, yesterday. The PBRLP, one of the significant projects under the Belt and Road…