One Dead, Eight Injured In Czech Military Training Area Blast

PRAGUE, Jun 18 (NNN-CTK) – One person was killed and eight others were injured, yesterday, in an ammunition explosion, at a military training area in eastern Czech Republic, according to the Czech army. “One soldier died during the explosion, in the Libava military training area,” the Czech Armed Forces said…

Tourism Contributed 8.6 Percent To Philippines’ GDP In 2023

MANILA, Jun 18 (NNN-PNA) – The tourism sector contributed 8.6 percent of the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), said today. The country’s Tourism Direct Gross Value Added in 2023 is about 47.9 percent higher than that in 2022, PSA head, Dennis Mapa said,…

House Fire In U.S. State Of Georgia Leaves Six Dead, Five Injured

NEW YORK, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A fire broke out at a house, in the south-eastern U.S. state of Georgia, early yesterday, leaving six people, including three children, dead, and five others injured, according to media reports. The deceased were aged from 6 to 74, and the five survivors were…

Israeli Regime’s Zionist Forces Burn Down Rafah Crossing’s Departure Hall: Sources

GAZA, Jun 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli regime’s Zionist army, yesterday, burned down the departure hall, on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, rendering it out of service, Palestinian security sources said. Video clips circulated on Facebook, showed the departure lounge, and other facilities at the crossing, were completely…

Putin Vows To Enhance Relations With DPRK

PYONGYANG, Jun 18 (NNN-KCNA) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, expressed his intent to enhance bilateral relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in an article, ahead of his planned visit to the DPRK, it was reported today. In the article, published by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper…

Five Dead In Train Collision In Eastern India

NEW DELHI, Jun 17 (NNN-PTI) – At least five persons died and more than 25 were injured, when a goods train rammed into a passenger train, in India’s eastern state of West Bengal today, confirmed a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official. The accident occurred near the Rangapani railway station, in…

Two Killed, Multiple Injured In Shooting In Texas

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – A shooting left two people dead and several others wounded, on Saturday night, near the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, local police said. The shooting took place before 11.00 p.m. Saturday (0400 GMT Sunday), during a Juneteenth celebration, at Old Settlers…

Over 100 Burkina Soldiers Killed In Attack By Al-Qaeda Affiliate

OUAGADOUGOU, Jun 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – An al-Qaeda affiliate, claimed responsibility for a deadly attack last Tuesday that killed more than 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in Mansila, in the north-eastern part of the country, the SITE Intelligence Group said, yesterday. According to the jihadist threat monitoring portal cited by local media,…

German Police Shot Man Waving Axe In “Threatening Manner”

BERLIN, Jun 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Police yesterday shot and wounded a man armed with an axe and a firebomb, in the northern German city of Hamburg. The man, with the axe in his hand, waved it at police officers in a “threatening manner” in the city’s St Pauli district, according…

Cambodia Recorded Over 2.5 Million Air Passengers In First Five Months: Minister

PHNOM PENH, Jun 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported more than 2.5 million air travellers during the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 22 percent, Mao Havannall, minister in charge of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said, yesterday. Thirty-one international and domestic airlines operated flights to…