Pakistan Rubbishes US ‘Politicised, Double Standard’ Human Rights Report

ISLAMABAD, Apr 26 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan has “categorically” rejected a report by the U.S. State Department, over the alleged human rights violations in the country last year, saying that, only a politically motivated report can ignore the alarming situation in Gaza. “It is deeply concerning that a report purported to…

28 Of 160 Pilot Whales Perish In Western Australia After Mass Stranding

PERTH, Apr 26 (NNN-AAP) – Wildlife authorities confirmed that 28 long-finned pilot whales died, and more than 100 others returned to the ocean, after they were found stranded at a Western Australian beach yesterday. Earlier in the morning, four pods of up to 160 pilot whales in total, were beached…

UN Envoy For Syria Calls For Regional De-Escalation

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, yesterday, stressed the need for regional de-escalation. This last month, the grim spectre of regional conflict loomed over Syria once again, he told the Security Council. Following the Apr 1 strikes on Iranian diplomatic premises in Damascus,…

Israel To Begin “Soon” Evacuating Civilians In Rafah

JERUSALEM, Apr 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel is expected to “soon” begin evacuating civilians from Rafah, ahead of a planned ground attack on Gaza’s southernmost city, state-owned Israeli Kan TV reported, yesterday. According to the report, the planned evacuation will start “soon,” pending final approval by the regime’s Prime Minister, Benjamin…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Attacks On Ship In Gulf Of Aden, Israeli City

SANAA, Apr 26 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the attack on the MSC Darwin ship, in the Gulf of Aden, and the launch of missiles towards the Israeli city of Eilat. “We attacked the Israeli ship, MSC Darwin, in the Gulf of Aden, with a number of…

Singapore Changi Airport Recorded 16.5 Million Passengers In Q1

SINGAPORE, Apr 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore Changi Airport registered 16.5 million passenger movements from Jan to Mar, this year, surpassing the passenger volume in the first quarter of 2019 by 0.5 percent, the airport said in a statement, yesterday. The airport recorded 89,400 landings and take-offs, in the first three…

Bangladesh Denounces U.S. State Department’s 2023 Human Rights Report

DHAKA, Apr 26 (NNN-BSS) – A Bangladeshi foreign ministry spokesperson, yesterday, denounced the U.S. State Department’s 2023 Human Rights Report, released recently, saying, the report mostly relied on assumptions and unsubstantiated allegations. “Some of the inherent and evident biases in the reporting pattern are quite evident,” spokesperson, Seheli Sabrin said,…

Indonesian Court Sentences 45 Kg Meth Dealer To Death

JAKARTA, Apr 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Medan District Court in Indonesia, yesterday sentenced a prisoner, who was behind the distribution of 45 kg crystal methamphetamine, to death. “The court sentenced the defendant Nasrun alias Agam to the death penalty,” said Judge Eriyanto Siagian. Eriyanto continued, “Nasrun committed actions that did…

Passenger Plane Landed At Hokkaido Airport With Hydraulic Glitch: Media

TOKYO, Apr 25 (NNN-NHK) – An All Nippon Airways (ANA) aircraft, reporting a hydraulic system issue, landed at an airport in Hokkaido in northern Japan yesterday, local media reported. No injuries have been reported among 213 people on board the Boeing 787 plane, which had departed from Tokyo’s Haneda airport…

Cambodia On Right Track To Achieving Malaria-Free Goal By 2025: PM

PHNOM PENH, Apr 25 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia is making significant progress towards achieving its self-imposed malaria-free goal by 2025, the country’s Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today. In a message on National Malaria Day, Hun Manet said, although malaria still plagues lives and has caused severe loss of productivity, adversely…