Body Of Missing Soldier Recovered In Portugal Helicopter Crash

LISBON, Sept 1 (NNN-LNA) – The body of a missing soldier, involved in a helicopter crash in northern Portugal, was recovered yesterday afternoon, according to Portugal’s civil protection authorities. The helicopter, with a pilot and five soldiers on board, crashed Friday, on the Douro River, while returning from firefighting operations…

Three Children, Man Found Dead At House In Surrey, UK

LONDON, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three children and a man were found dead yesterday, in a property in Staines-upon-Thames, a town in north-west Surrey, British police said. Surrey Police officers were called by South-East Coast Ambulance service to the property, at around 1:15 p.m. local time, where they found the…

Zimbabwe Bans Sale Of Unblended Gasoline To Save Foreign Currency For Imports

HARARE, Sept 1 (NNN-IRIN) – The Zimbabwean government, on Friday, banned the sale of gasoline that has not been blended with ethanol, in an effort to further save foreign currency, needed to import the fuel. A notice issued by the government said, the new regulations would come into operation seven…

More Than 48 Palestinians From Gaza Tortured To Death By Israel

GAZA, Sept 1 (NNN-HAARETZ) – More than forty-eight Palestinian detainees from Gaza have been tortured to death, while being held in custody by the Zionist Israeli army. The army is reportedly conducting criminal investigations into the deaths. An army source was quoted as saying that, 36 of the victims died…

Palestinian Prisoner From Gaza Dies In Israeli Jail: Statement

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (NNN-WAFA) – A 65-year-old Palestinian prisoner from Gaza, has died in a prison in central Israel, according to a joint statement released by the Ministry of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Club, yesterday. Nasr Ziyada, a father of seven children, passed away at Ramla…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Responsibility For Attacking Cargo Ship In Gulf Of Aden

SANAA, Sept 1 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility yesterday, for an attack on a cargo ship named “Groton,” in the Gulf of Aden. “In support of the Palestinians and Hamas, we carried out a military operation targeting the ship Groton, in the Gulf of Aden, because of its company’s…

Egyptian, Somali PMs Discussed Economic, Security Cooperation

CAIRO, Sept 1 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, met his Somali counterpart, Hamza Abdi Barre, here yesterday, to discuss economic and security cooperation, according to a statement from the Egyptian cabinet. During the meeting, Madbouly emphasised that, his government is “moving strongly towards supporting and strengthening economic, trade,…

Indonesia Strives For Fast Economic Growth Amid Shrinking Middle Class

by Hayati Nupus JAKARTA, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesia has been grappling with a marked reduction in the middle class in recent years, even as the country strives to reach an economic growth of 5.2 percent in 2025. At a recent hearing with the House of Representatives in Jakarta, the…

Weeks Of Floods In Bangladesh Killed 59

DHAKA, Sept 1 (NNN-BSS) – Devastating weeks of floods this month, killed at least 59 people, according to the National Disaster Response Coordination Centre (NDRCC), under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief. The centre said, in its latest update yesterday that, 59 people, including 41 men, six women and…

Bangladesh Records 346 New Dengue Cases, Four More Deaths

DHAKA, Sept 1 (NNN-BSS) – Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours, till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities in Bangladesh to 83 this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the Ministry of Health. A total of 12,841 dengue cases have…