U.S.-British Coalition Launches Airstrikes On Houthis In Yemen

SANAA, May 29 (NNN-SABA) – A warplane of the naval coalition of the United States and Britain, launched two airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, yesterday, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The Houthi television said, the warplane hit the Al-Jabanah district in the western part…

Woman Arrested After Man Fatally Stabbed In Sydney Home

SYDNEY, May 29 (NNN-AAP) – A woman has been arrested by police in Sydney, after a man was fatally stabbed last night. At about 6:15 p.m. local time, emergency services responded to reports of an incident, at a residence on Murrabin Avenue in Matraville. The region is located in Sydney’s…

Bangladesh PM Criticises Foreign Interference In Domestic Affairs

DHAKA, May 29 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, disclosed that, a white man had offered her a smooth reelection in the Jan 7 polls, if she allowed a foreign country to establish an air base in Bangladesh. “If an election took place, there would be no problem for…

5.9-Magnitude Quake Struck Off Western Indonesia

JAKARTA, May 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia’s western Aceh province last night, without triggering giant waves, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The agency had earlier released the magnitude of the quake at 6.2, before revising it. The quake struck at 18:52 p.m. Jakarta time…

Heat Wave Killed Six In Rajasthan As Mercury Soared To 49 Degrees Celsius

NEW DELHI, May 29 (NNN-PTI) – Six people were killed due to a prevailing severe heat wave in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, officials said, yesterday. The deaths were reported at a time when the mercury soared to 49 degrees Celsius in the state. Almost all the places in…

“Highly Unlikely” To Find Any More Survivors In PNG’s Landslide: UN Official

SYDNEY, May 29 (NNN-AAP) – It is “highly unlikely” to find any more survivors from the massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s remote Enga Province, a UN official said, yesterday. “At this stage, more than four days after the disaster, which took place on Friday, at 3.00 a.m. local…

Two Killed, Three Injured In Israeli Airstrikes In S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, May 29 (NNN-NNA) – A member of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ), and a Lebanese civilian were killed on Monday evening, in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources. One of the raids targeted the village of al-Tiri,…

Palestinian Presidency Blames U.S. For Escalation In Rafah

RAMALLAH, May 29 (NNN-WAFA) – Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for the Palestinian presidency, blamed the U.S. administration, yesterday, for the ongoing escalation in Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip. “We hold the U.S. administration fully responsible for the situation in Rafah and across Gaza,” Abu Rudeineh told reporters…

Flights Resume For Syrian Hajj Pilgrims After 13-Year Hiatus

DAMASCUS, May 29 (NNN-SANA) – The first flight carrying Syrian pilgrims to the Saudi city of Jeddah, for the Hajj pilgrimage, departed Damascus yesterday, marking the resumption of the service after a 13-year suspension. The flight, transporting 270 pilgrims, also signifies the kick-off of Syria’s 2024 Hajj season, following the…

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif Elected As Ruling Party PML-N’s President

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), yesterday, elected the country’s former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, as its president, the party announced. Following a meeting of the party’s General Council in the eastern city of Lahore, Rana Sanaullah, a senior leader of the party, who…