Fresh Attack Hit Merchant Vessel Off Yemen

SANAA, Aug 4 (NNN-SABA) – A merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, off Yemen, was struck by a second attack yesterday, just hours after an earlier attack on the same ship, according to Britain’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The vessel was sailing 125 nautical miles east of Aden, when…

Egypt Demands Israel Withdraw From Philadelphi Corridor, Rafah Crossing

CAIRO, Aug 4 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, demanded Israel withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor and the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing, and halt the ongoing Israeli offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip, Egyptian sources said yesterday. The Egyptian demands were presented yesterday, in a meeting with an Israeli…

One Killed, Seven Wounded In Cairo Building Collapse

CAIRO, Aug 4 (NNN-MENA) – At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in a five-story building collapse that took place on Saturday in a neighbourhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. Cairo Governor, Ibrahim Saber, ordered the…

One Killed, Seven Wounded In Cairo Building Collapse

CAIRO, Aug 4 (NNN-MENA) – At least one person was killed and seven others wounded, in a five-storey building collapse, that took place yesterday, in a neighbourhood in the Shubra district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Cairo Governorate said in a statement. Cairo Governor, Ibrahim Saber, ordered the evacuation…

Türkiye Seized More Than 1.5 Tonnes Of Methamphetamine

ANKARA, Aug 4 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish police seized more than 1.5 tonnes of methamphetamine brought from Iran to Türkiye, the country’s Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, said yesterday. The police detained eight suspected drug smugglers and manufacturers, in operations named “Narcocelik-30,” which were carried out in the provinces of Istanbul and…

Two Killed, Two Injured In Myanmar Military Helicopter Crash

YANGON, Aug 4 (NNN-MNA) – A military helicopter crashed in the Myanmar’s Yangon region, killing two people and injuring two others on board, the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council reported, yesterday. The crash occurred on Friday, around the region’s Hmawbi township, due to a technical malfunction, during a…

North Afghanistan Road Accident Killed Nine

MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Aug 4 (NNN-ANA) – At least nine people were killed and three others injured yesterday, in a road accident in north Afghanistan’s Faryab province, a local official confirmed. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon, when two vehicles collided in the Khan-e-Charbagh district, according to Mawlawi Shamsuddin Mohammadi, the provincial…

To Lam Elected As Vietnam’s Party General Secretary

HANOI, Aug 4 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnamese President, To Lam, has been elected as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, according to a press conference here, yesterday. Lam was unanimously supported at a meeting of the 13th CPV Central Committee, held in the Vietnamese capital, yesterday.…

Two Policemen Killed In Attack On Judges’ Convoy In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (NNN-APP) – At least two policemen were killed and two others wounded, in an attack on a judges’ convoy, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, police said. The attack happened near the Bhagwal area of Tank district of the province, when unknown terrorists targeted the judges’…

11 Killed After Fire Hit Building In Manila

MANILA, Aug 3 (NNN-PNA) – At least 11 people were killed, after a fire broke out yesterday, in a commercial building in Manila City, in the Philippine capital, a village official told a local radio. Nelson Ty said, the initial report from the firefighters and witnesses accounted for 11 dead…