Indian Navy Rescued 17 From Cargo Ship Hijacked By Somali Pirates

NEW DELHI, Mac 18 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian navy seized a cargo vessel, hijacked by Somali pirates, and rescued 17 crew members, after forcing 35 pirates to surrender, the navy said, yesterday. Using coordinated tactical manoeuvres and aerial support from HALE RPA, P8I, and MARCOS PRAHARs, the Indian navy forced…

Defence Force Deployed To Evacuate Australians From Path Of Damaging Cyclone

CANBERRA, Mac 18 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian Defence Force (ADF), is deployed, to carry out evacuations from a remote area of the Northern Territory (NT), ahead of a cyclone, making landfall. Murray Watt, minister for emergency management, approved a request from the NT government, for ADF assistance to evacuate up…

Syria Condemns U.S. Destructive Policies

DAMASCUS, Mac 18 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday strongly denounced a recent joint statement by the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, as the perpetuation of “destructive policies.” The ministry said, the joint statement was a continuation of the “destructive policies” that these countries have been imposing on Syria…

First Flour Distribution In Months Started For Northern Gaza Strip Families

GAZA, Mac 18 (NNN-WAFA) – Relief and food aid, mainly flour, reached Palestinian families in the northern Gaza Strip for the first time in about four months, local sources said, yesterday. Local sources and eyewitnesses said that, 12 trucks loaded with relief and food aid, entered Gaza City and reached…

EU To Provide Egypt With 7.4-Billion-Euro Financial Package: President

CAIRO, Mac 18 (NNN-MENA) – The European Union (EU), agreed yesterday, to provide a financial package of approximately 7.4 billion euros (8.06 billion U.S. dollars), to bolster the Egyptian economy, Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, said. Sisi made the remarks during a press conference, jointly held with visiting European Commission President,…

Palestine Condemns Israel’s Use Of Starvation As Weapon In Gaza

RAMALLAH, Mac 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy, condemned Israel for using starvation as a weapon, in its war in the Gaza Strip for more than five months. “The right to access food and medicine as guaranteed by international laws has no value to the Israeli regime,…

Landmine Explosion Killed One In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Mac 18 (NNN-AKP) – A boy was killed and his two younger sisters seriously wounded, in a landmine explosion in north-west Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, yesterday, a mine clearance chief said. Heng Ratana, director-general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), said, the blast occurred yesterday morning, in…

Japan finishes first-year ocean discharge of nuclear-tainted wastewater amid backlash

TOKYO, Mac 18 (NNN-NHK) – Despite opposition and concern from at home and abroad, Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has finished its initial year of discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, according to the plant’s operator. The plant completed the fourth and final round of discharge for the…

Bangladesh’s Sea-Land Oil Storage, Transportation System Operational

DHAKA, Mac 18 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s first sea-land integrated oil storage and transportation system, has been put into commercial operation. The project started in 2019, and was completed in Nov, last year, with preferential loans provided by the Chinese government, financed by the Export-Import Bank of China and undertaken by…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Climbs To 31,645: Ministry

GAZA, Mac 18 (NNN-WAFA) — The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 31,645, with 73,676 others wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, in a press statement yesterday. The Zionist army killed 92 Palestinians and wounded 130 others, during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death…