Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Zionist Forces Exchanged Fire At Border Area

BEIRUT, Sept 10 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah targeted several military sites in northern Israel and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Sunday afternoon, prompting the Israeli army to respond with airstrikes that injured three civilians, according to official and military sources in Lebanon. Hezbollah claimed responsibility in statements, saying their fighters launched…

Trigana Aircraft Skidded In Indonesia’s Papua Province

JAKARTA, Sept 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – An aircraft of Indonesia’s Trigana Air, skidded at Kamanap Serui Airport, in Papua province, this morning. No casualties were reported. Trigana Air Deputy Area Manager, Irwan Rochendi, as reported by local media, stated that, the accident happened at 8:35 a.m. local time. The plane was…

FLASH: TYPHOON YAGI LEAVES 59 DEAD, MISSING IN VIETNAM’S NORTHERN REGION

Three Children Hospitalised With Life-Threatening Injuries After Melbourne House Fire

SYDNEY, Sept 9 (NNN-AAP) – Three children have been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries, following a house fire, in the suburbs of Melbourne last night, police said, today. The children were rescued from a house that had caught fire, in the outer north-west of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, by…

Sri Lankan Tourism Earnings Exceed Two Billion USD

COLOMBO, Sept 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka earned over two billion U.S. dollars from tourism, in the first eight months of the year, the latest data from the country’s Central Bank shows. Sri Lanka earned 2.17 billion dollars in the above period, which is a 66.1 percent increase from the…

Pakistani PM Kicked Off Nationwide Special Anti-Polio Campaign

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, yesterday, kicked off a special nationwide anti-polio campaign, as part of efforts to completely eradicate polio from the country. “Our efforts to eliminate polio from Pakistan are certainly bearing fruit … The federal government, in collaboration with provincial governments and…

Update: Typhoon Yagi Kills 21, Injures 229 In Northern Vietnam

HANOI, Sept 9 (NNN-VNA) – Super typhoon Yagi that swept through Vietnam’s northern mountainous localities over the weekend, killed at least 21 people and injured 229 others, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, last night. The fatalities include five from the coastal province of Quang Ninh, two…

Bus Plunges Off Mountain Road In S. Yemen, 15 Killed

ADEN, Sept 9 (NNN-SABA) – At least 15 people were killed and three others injured, when a passenger bus fell off a mountain road, in Yemen’s southern province of Lahj, yesterday, a security official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, the accident occurred in the Maqatrah…

Kuwaiti Emir Accepts Oil Minister’s Resignation, Appoints Finance Minister As Acting Oil Chief

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 9 (NNN-KUNA) – The Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accepted yesterday, the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister, Imad Mohammad Al-Atiqi. Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti Emir appointed Nora Al-Fassam, finance minister and minister of State for Economic and Investment Affairs, as acting oil minister.…

Zionist Israel Strikes Research Facility, Arms Depot In Central Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 9 (NNN-SANA) – The Zionist Israel carried out air strikes on a scientific research facility and an arms depot in central Syria, last night, a war monitor reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, the attack targeted sites in Masyaf, in western Hama province. Ambulances were seen…