At Least Nine Killed In Small Plane Crash In Southern Brazil

SAO PAULO, Dec 23 (NNN-CMA) – At least nine people were killed yesterday morning, after a small plane crashed, in the tourist city of Gramado, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, authorities said. The plane, with 10 people onboard, took off from Canela Airport near Gramado,…

Death Toll From Cyclone Chido In Mozambique Rises To 94

MAPUTO, Dec 23 (NNN-AIM) – The death toll from Cyclone Chido, a powerful tropical cyclone that struck northern Mozambique last weekend, has climbed to 94, while the number of injured has risen to 768, according to the latest update from the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD).…

Putin Says Russia Does Not Lose Desire To Improve Ties With U.S.

MOSCOW, Dec 23 (NNN-TASS) – Russia has not lost the desire to improve its relations with the United States, Russian President, Vladimir Putin said, in an interview published yesterday. “Everything can be done if there is a desire. We have never lost this desire,” Putin told Pavel Zarubin, a journalist…

U.S. Warplane Shot Down By “Friendly Fire” Over Red Sea

ADEN, Dec 23 (NNN-SABA) – Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely, after their fighter jet was shot down yesterday, over the Red Sea, in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, said the U.S. military. “The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group,…

Bangladeshi Marine Court Issues Arrest Warrants For 19 Sailors

DHAKA, Dec 22 (NNN-BSS) – A Bangladeshi marine court has issued arrest warrants for 19 sailors, who fled ships docked at foreign ports over the past three years, the Department of Shipping (DoS) said, in a statement yesterday. The fugitives had escaped from 13 vessels, including three Bangladeshi-flagged ships and…

Thousands In Havana Protest U.S. Hostility Towards Cuba

HAVANA, Dec 22 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Around 700,000 people marched outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday, demanding an end to Washington’s decades-long blockade of Cuba, calling for the removal of the island from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, led the march,…

Tunisia Busts Drug Trafficking Network

TUNIS, Dec 22 (NNN-TAP) – Tunisian security units, have dismantled a drug trafficking network in the northern Ariana province, private radio station, Mosaique FM reported, yesterday. “On Friday, the security units dismantled a drug trafficking network, led by two brothers, and operating in Ettadhamen City,” said the radio. After a…

2,460 People Killed By Road Accidents In Libya This Year

TRIPOLI, Dec 22 (NNN-LANA) – The number of people killed by road accidents in Libya this year has reached 2,460, Faisal Barnus, head of the Traffic and Licensing Department of the Libyan Ministry of Interior, said yesterday. Barnus announced the number during Libya’s First International Forum and Exhibition for Road…

U.S. Airstrikes Hit Yemen’s Capital Sanaa

SANAA, Dec 22 (NNN-SABA) – The U.S. military launched airstrikes on the Houthi-held Yemeni capital, Sanaa, last night, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The airstrikes hit the Attan area, said the report, without providing further information or revealing any casualties. Residents of Sanaa said, the airstrikes struck a missile depot in…

Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Nearly Finalised: Palestinian Source

GAZA, Dec 22 (NNN-WAFA) – A ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip is imminent, with most of its terms already agreed upon, a senior official from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, said, yesterday. The official, who required anonymity, said, the proposed agreement outlines a gradual cessation of hostilities and the…