Passenger Plane Damaged After Engine Ingested Container At New Delhi Airport

NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (NNN-PTI) – An engine of Air India’s new Airbus A350 was damaged yesterday, after it sucked in a cargo container, while it was taxiing, at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, officials said. All the more than 300 passengers on board the plane are…

13 Terrorists Killed In Clashes With Security Forces In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (NNN-APP) – Thirteen terrorists were killed, in clashes with security forces, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, yesterday. The security forces conducted operations in Bannu and Kurram districts of the province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said,…

Hamas Reaffirmed Readiness To Hand Over Gaza Administration To Palestinian Technocratic Committee

GAZA, Jan 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas, yesterday, reaffirmed its readiness, to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a newly formed Palestinian technocratic committee and facilitate its mission. “Hamas welcomed the formation of the committee and announced its readiness to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip…

221 Afghan Prisoners Released From Pakistani Jails, Return Home

KABUL, Jan 15 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 221 Afghan prisoners have been released from Pakistani jails, over the past week, and have safely returned to Afghanistan, the country’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced, today. The detainees, who had been held across various Pakistani facilities, on charges largely stemming…

Kazakhstan saved nearly 900 million cubic metres of water Last Year

ASTANA, Jan 15 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan saved 874 million cubic metres of water last year, by introducing water-saving technologies in irrigated agriculture, the Kazinform news agency reported today. Water Resources and Irrigation Minister, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, said, 678 km of irrigation canals were reconstructed, cutting water losses during transport from about…

UAE, Türkiye Discuss Gaza, Bilateral Ties

ABU DHABI, Jan 15 (NNN-WAM) – President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, held talks yesterday in Abu Dhabi, with Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, discussing the situation in Gaza and bilateral relations. Both sides stressed the urgent need to uphold the ceasefire in Gaza…

Kazakh Maritime Transport Giant Posts 15 Percent Growth In Caspian Container Shipments

ALMATY, Jan 15 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan’s maritime transport giant, Kazmortransflot, saw its container shipments across the Caspian Sea up by more than 15 percent last year, the press service of the national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) reported, yesterday. Last year, KMG’s subsidiary, Kazmortransflot, transported 59,400 twenty-foot equivalent units,…

5.5-Magnitude Quake Hit Hokkaido, Japan – GFZ

TOKYO, Jan 15 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Hokkaido, Japan, at 2213 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 42.81 degrees north latitude, and 145.36 degrees east longitude.–…

Vietnam’s National Party Congress To Kick Off Next Week

HANOI, Jan 15 (NNN-VNA) – The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), is scheduled to take place from Jan 19 to Jan 25, in the capital, Hanoi, with the participation of over 1,500 delegates, local media reported, yesterday. The press centre for the congress was officially…

Senior Iranian Officials Discuss Unrest Developments, Condemn Foreign Interference

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Senior Iranian officials held talks with their foreign counterparts, on the latest developments in the country, and condemned foreign interference, in wake of the recent unrest. In separate phone calls on Tuesday night with Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab…