Arab League Welcomed UN Resolution Backing Palestine’s Bid For Membership

CAIRO, May 12 (NNN-MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, welcomed yesterday, the resolution recently adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), supporting the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member. “The overwhelming vote in favour of the resolution clearly indicates the compass of global will and…

Iraq Arrested 40 Suspects In Operation Against Human, Drug Trafficking Rings

BAGHDAD, May 12 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces have dismantled two international rings, engaged in human and drug trafficking, and arrested 40 foreigners across the country, Iraqi media reported, yesterday. The Iraqi National Intelligence Service, in collaboration with the Interior Ministry, arrested 40 foreigners, suspected of being involved in crimes…

Iraq Won’t Agree To Renew Oil Production Cuts In Upcoming OPEC+ Meeting

BAGHDAD, May 12 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Oil Minister, Hayan Abdul Ghani, said yesterday that, his country would not agree to renew oil production cuts, in the forthcoming OPEC+ meeting, scheduled for early next month in Vienna. Speaking at an oil and gas licensing event in Baghdad, Abdul Ghani stated that,…

Israeli Bombardment In Gaza Killed 31 Palestinians Yesterday

GAZA, May 12 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 31 Palestinians were killed and many others injured, yesterday, by Israeli bombardment in various areas of the Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter jets targeted several areas in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least 24 persons. Seven others were killed after Israeli aircraft targeted…

Vietnamese Rush To Buy Gold As Prices Skyrocket

HANOI, May 12 (NNN-VNA) – Jewellery stores in Vietnam have been crowded with customers, looking to buy gold, as prices kept soaring to an all-time high of over 90 million Vietnamese dong (3,536 U.S. dollars) per tael, in recent days, VnExpress reported. A store on Cau Giay street, in the…

Singapore Police Arrested 319 For Scam

SINGAPORE, May 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore police arrested 319 suspects for scam offenses, during an operation from Apr 26 to May 9, according to the latest statement from the police. The suspects were involved in over 1,100 scam cases, including e-commerce scams, friend impersonation scams, investment scams, internet love scams,…

10 Killed In Bus Accident In West Java

JAKARTA, May 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded, in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia’s West Java province yesterday, a rescuer said. The accident occurred at 18:45 Jakarta time, at Kampung Palasari street, said the province’s head of search and rescue…

Gov’t Forces Killed 12 Naxals In Gunfight In India’s Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI, May 12 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 Naxals were killed and two government forces wounded, in a fierce gunfight in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said yesterday. The gunfight between Naxals and joint contingents of police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), broke out Friday,…

Syrian Smuggler Killed In Clash With Lebanese Army At Border

BEIRUT, May 12 (NNN-NNA) – A Syrian smuggler was killed, and another was injured yesterday, in a clash with the Lebanese army, on the borderline separating Lebanon and Syria, Lebanese military sources said. The sources, who spoke anonymously, said, the Lebanese army’s Land Borders Regiments exchanged gunfire with a group…

Death Toll From Afghanistan’s Floods Exceeds 330

KABUL, May 12 (NNN-ANA) – More than 330 were killed, as rainstorms and flash floods hit major parts of the provinces of Baghlan, Takhar, Badakhshan and Ghor of Afghanistan, according to the Afghanistan office of the World Food Programme (WFP) and local Afghan officials. The UN agency said on social…