At Least Seven Killed In Flash Flood In NE Iran

TEHRAN, May 17 (NNN-IRNA) – At least seven people have lost their lives, in flash flood, triggered by heavy rains in the north-eastern Iranian city of Mashhad. Two people, trapped inside a car by floodwaters, were killed at the Enqelab Square in Mashhad, in the Khorasan Razavi province on Wednesday,…

Iran Dismisses U.S. Accusations Of Arms Transfer To Houthis

TEHRAN, May 17 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has rejected the U.S. accusations that it was “transferring weaponry” to the Yemen-based Houthis, enabling them to carry out attacks on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere. Iran’s UN Ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, made the remarks in a letter to UN Secretary-General, Antonio…

Japan Starts 6th Ocean Discharge Of Fukushima Nuclear-Tainted Wastewater Despite Opposition

TOKYO, May 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan today started the sixth round of release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater, from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, into the Pacific Ocean. Despite furious opposition at home and abroad, Tokyo Electric Power Company, the plant’s operator, started releasing the radioactive wastewater in the morning,…

12 Killed In Lightning Strikes In West Bengal

NEW DELHI, May 17 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 people were killed and several others injured yesterday, due to lightning, in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, officials said. The casualties in the lightning strikes were reported in Malda district, about 327 km north of Kolkata, the capital city of…

Palestinians Marked 76th Anniversary Of Nakba Amid Ongoing Conflict With Israel, Which Now Leaves More Than 35,000 Palestinians Massacred

by Sanaa Kamal RAMALLAH/GAZA, May 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict entered its 222nd day yesterday, Palestinians marked the 76th anniversary of Nakba, the massive exodus of Palestinians, that occurred in 1948, following the establishment of the state of Israel. In the West Bank city of Ramallah, thousands of…

Two Suspected Rebels Killed In Philippine Clash

MANILA, May 16 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine troops killed two suspected rebels, during a clash in the southern Philippines, early this morning, the military said. In a report, the military said, the troops were combing a village near Lebak town, in Sultan Kudarat province, when they clashed with around 10 New…

Lawrence Wong Sworn In As Singapore Prime Minister

SINGAPORE, May 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Lawrence Wong took his oath of office as Singapore’s fourth Prime Minister, at the Istana, the country’s presidential palace, last night. In the inauguration speech, Wong expressed gratitude to Lee Hsien Loong, who served as the prime minister for the past two decades and remains…

Venezuelan VP Denounces U.S. Unilateral Sanctions As New Form Of “Neocolonialism”

CARACAS, May 16 (NNN-ABN) – Venezuelan Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez, denounced the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries, as “new mechanisms of neocolonialism.” “Sanctions are, along with war, the central axis of the foreign policy of the United States,” Rodriguez told the Caribbean Regional Seminar of…

Helicopter Crash Killed One, Injured 12 In West Afghanistan

KABUL, May 16 (NNN-ANA) – One person was killed with 12 others injured, as a helicopter crashed in Firoz Koah, the provincial capital of west Afghanistan’s Ghor province, yesterday, provincial government spokesperson, Abdul Wahid Hamas, said. “The MI-17 model helicopter of the air force, which was busy in a rescue…

Turkish FM Tells Blinken Attacks On Rafah Unacceptable

ANKARA, May 16 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, yesterday told U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, over the phone that, Israel’s attacks on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip are unacceptable, reported the local media. Fidan discussed with Blinken the latest developments in the Gaza Strip,…