Dozens Killed Yesterday In Israeli Helicopters’ Attacks In East Of Gaza City

GAZA, Mac 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Dozens of Palestinians were killed yesterday, and several others were wounded, as they gathered in the Kuwait roundabout area, east of Gaza City, to receive aid, eyewitnesses and local Palestinian sources said. The witnesses and sources told Xinhua that thousands of Palestinians, coming from different…

Egyptian President, Spanish FM Discussed Gaza Situation

CAIRO, Mac 15 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, met yesterday, with visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain, Jose Manuel Albares, in the Egyptian capital , Cairo, to discuss the latest developments in the Gaza Strip. The two sides underscored their rejection of Israel’s military…

Indonesia’s Inactive Supreme Court Secretary Faces Nearly 14 Years In Prison

JAKARTA, Mac 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – Inactive Supreme Court Secretary, Hasbi Hasan, was sentenced to 13 years and eight months in prison, as well as, a fine of one billion rupiah (about 64,000 U.S. dollars), for a bribery case of 11.2 billion rupiah (about 715,000 dollars), at the Corruption Crime Court…

More Than One Million Bangladeshi Children Engaged In Hazardous Jobs

DHAKA, Mac 15 (NNN-BSS) – A total of 1.07 million Bangladeshi children are engaged in various hazardous occupations, figures released at an event in Dhaka yesterday, showed. According to the National Child Survey 2022, conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, there are 39.96 million children aged between five and…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Jolted Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture

TOKYO, Mac 15 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8, struck off Japan’s north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima today, according to the country’s weather agency. The temblor occurred at 00:14 a.m. local time (1514 GMT), at a depth of 50 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity…

Bangladesh Expands Social Service Workforce By 40 Percent In Child Protection

DHAKA, Mac 15 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has hired more than 1,200 social workers in child protection services. The initiative underscores the importance of ensuring the welfare of children and families across the nation, UNICEF said in a statement, yesterday.…

Helicopter Crash Killed Two In Russia’s Magadan Region

VLADIVOSTOK, Mac 14 (NNN-TASS) – Two people died and another two were injured, when an Mi-8 helicopter crashed, in Russia’s Magadan region today, local media reported. “The Mi-8 helicopter was transporting 20 workers from one of the mines in the Magadan region. It crashed. Two people died and the fate…

Cambodia Recorded 32 Landmine, ERW Casualties Last Year, Down 22 Percent

PHNOM PENH, Mac 14 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported 32 landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in 2023, a 22 percent decline from 41, in 2022, according to an official report today. “Four people were killed, 18 others were injured, and 10 others were amputated, last year,” the Cambodian…

Jordanian, Spanish FMs Say No Alternative To UNRWA

AMMAN, Mac 14 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian and Spanish foreign ministers, yesterday agreed that, there is no alternative to the UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, especially in light of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. During a press conference with his Spanish counterpart, Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, commended Spain’s…

Hezbollah Leader Says Hamas Will Survive Israel’s Planned Raids In Rafah

BEIRUT, Mac 14 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, yesterday said, Israel will not be able to eliminate Hamas, even if it enters Rafah, local TV channel al-Manar reported. “You have failed to achieve any of the war’s targets; even the Rafah operation will not offer you an image of victory.…