Indonesia’s National Roads Ready For Eid Homecoming: Minister

JAKARTA, Apr 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s national roads are ready for Eid travellers, said Public Works and Housing Minister, Basuki Hadimuljono, referring to the annual exodus, when urbanites return to their hometowns to spend the holiday with their relatives. “Our 47,603 km long non-toll national roads are ready, and as…

Israel Responsible For Killing Aid Workers In Gaza

JERUSALEM, Apr 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel yesterday assumed responsibility for the killing of seven workers of international food charity, World Central Kitchen (WCK), during an overnight airstrike in the Gaza Strip. “I send my condolences to the countries and families of the WCK aid organisation workers, who were killed in…

Israeli Airstrikes On Iranian Consulate Building In Syria Killed At Least Five, Iran Vows To Take Countermeasures

DAMASCUS/TEHRAN, Apr 2 (NNN-SANA/IRNA) – At least five people, including a senior Iranian commander, were killed, in Israeli airstrikes on the building of the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, yesterday, according to the Iranian ambassador to Syria and other sources. The Syrian Defence Ministry said, the missile attack…

Over 36 Tonnes Of Controlled Chemicals Seized In Northern Myanmar

YANGON, Apr 2 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police seized 36.82 tonnes of controlled chemicals in Kachin state of northern Myanmar, the state-run media, Myanmar Radio and Television, reported late yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, the country’s anti-narcotics police searched three motorcycles and six-wheeler trucks, in Mohnyin township on Friday and confiscated…

ADB Approves 2.8 Million USD Grant To Boost Mongolia’s Disaster Response

MANILA, Apr 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday said, it had approved a grant of 2.8 million U.S. dollars, to support Mongolia’s relief efforts to deal with the dzud, an extreme wintry weather condition. Dzud refers to a climate-related disaster, wherein a summer drought is followed by…

India To Face Hot Weather Conditions In Apr-Jun

NEW DELHI, Apr 2 (NNN-PTI) – The India Meteorological Department (IMD), yesterday said, the country will face extreme heat from Apr to Jun. “During Apr to Jun, hot weather season, above normal heatwave days are likely to occur, over most parts of the south peninsula, central India, east India and…

Iraqi Security Forces Dismantled Drug Trafficking Network

BAGHDAD, Apr 2 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi security forces said yesterday that, they have dismantled a drug trafficking network and seized one million narcotic pills in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Acting on intelligence reports, a security force affiliated with the Director General of Intelligence and Security (DGIS) of the Defence…

UN Plans Mission To Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations is planning a mission to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, following the withdrawal of the Israeli military from the premises, said a UN spokesman, yesterday. “We are planning a mission to the hospital as soon as we can get there,…

Urgent: Hamas Says At Least Three Foreigners Killed In Israeli Airstrike On Central Gaza

GAZA, Apr 2 (NNN-WAFA) – At least three foreigners were killed yesterday, in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle, in the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run media office in Gaza said in a statement.– NNN-WAFA  

Russia Strongly Condemns Israeli Attack On Iranian Consulate In Syria

MOSCOW, Apr 2 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate building, in the Syrian capital, Damascus earlier in the day, denouncing the action as “unacceptable.” “We consider any attacks on diplomatic and consular facilities, the inviolability of which is guaranteed by…