Death Toll From Myanmar’s Flooding Rises To 226

YANGON, Sept 17 (NNN-MNA) – The death toll from Myanmar’s flooding has risen to 226, with 77 people still missing, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported, late yesterday. The floods have affected dozens of townships across the country, killing 128,344 animals, the report said. A total of…

Yemen’s Houthis Down Another U.S. MQ-9 Drone

SANAA, Sept 17 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis, said yesterday, it shot down a U.S.-made MQ-9 drone, over the Yemeni central province of Dhamar. “The drone was shot down by a locally made surface-to-air rocket,” Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sarea said in a statement, aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. “This…

ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre Hosts Advanced Training In Psycho-Social Support

PHNOM PENH, Sept 17 (NNN-AKP) – The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC), yesterday, hosted here, the sixth psycho-social support training of trainers (ToT) session, aiming at strengthening mental health care for survivors of landmines and explosive ordnance in the region. The five-day event, running from Monday through Friday, marked…

Foreign Tourist Arrivals To Mongolia In Jan-Aug Surged 23 Percent

ULAN BATOR, Sept 16 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia welcomed a total of 576,283 foreign tourists in the first eight months of this year, marking a 23 percent increase, compared to the same period last year, according to a statement from the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth, today. From…

Three Killed In S. Korea When Fishing Boat Capsized

SEOUL, Sept 16 (NNN-YONHAP) – A fishing boat capsized in an accident, off South Korea’s western coast, which left three sailors dead, even after all the sailors on board were rescued, the coast guard was cited as saying. The 35-tonne fishing vessel overturned, off the western port city of Gunsan,…

Singapore Authority Arrested 65 Drug Offenders

SINGAPORE, Sept 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), said today that, it arrested 65 suspected drug offenders, in an island-wide operation from Sept 9 to 13. The CNB seized 954 grams of heroin, 201 grams of Ice, and 158 grams of cannabis, among other drugs, in the operation.…

Developing Nations Unite At UNHRC To Challenge Western Unilateral Sanctions

By Xinhua writer Shi Song GENEVA, Sept 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – “To my regret, sanctioning states deny the existence of the humanitarian and often disastrous impact of unilateral sanctions,” said Alena Douhan, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures, during an interactive dialogue at…

Yemen’s Houthis Threaten To Intensify Military Action Against The Israeli Regime

ADEN, Sept 16 (NNN-SABA) – Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Houthis, said yesterday that, the Houthis’ military operations against Israel will continue and intensify. The Houthi leader issued the threat, in wake of a missile attack launched by the Houthis on central Israel, earlier in the day. “Our operations will…

Zionist Drone Falls In Lebanese Village

BEIRUT, Sept 16 (NNN-NNA) – A Zionist drone fell in the Wazzani area, in south-eastern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources confirmed, yesterday. “The drone was not exposed to gunfire, and it seems that it fell due to a technical malfunction,” said the sources. Earlier in the day, the fallen drone dropped…

Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Named Most Photogenic UNESCO World Heritage Site In Asia: PM

PHNOM PENH, Sept 16 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said yesterday that, Angkor Wat has been named the most photogenic UNESCO World Heritage site in Asia, by Times Travel. The prime minister announced this in a text, posted on his official Telegram channel, with a Times Travel’s list…