Jordan Condemns Israel For Killing Two Jordanians In West Bank

AMMAN, Mac 13 (NNN-PETRA) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, yesterday, condemned the Israeli regime, for killing two Jordanian citizens in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm, in the West Bank. Spokesperson of the ministry, Sufian Qudah, said, the ministry urged Israel to conduct a full investigation and…

Israeli Troops Shot Dead 12-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Amid Clashes

JERUSALEM, Mac 13 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli troops shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, in East Jerusalem yesterday, after he shot a firecracker at them, according to Israeli sources. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service, confirmed in a statement that, the 12-year-old, from the Shuafat refugee camp, was fatally injured…

Two Foreigners Killed In Israeli Strikes In S. Syria: War Monitor

DAMASCUS, Mac 13 (NNN-SANA) – Two people, believed to be foreign militants, were killed in Israeli airstrikes, on sites in the southern Syrian province of Quneitra, a war monitor reported. The identities of the victims, who are believed to be affiliated with either the Lebanese Hezbollah or Iranian militias, remain…

Online Child Sexual Exploitation Rates Triple In Canada

OTTAWA, Mac 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Canada’s online child sexual exploitation rates, more than tripled between 2014 and 2022, Statistics Canada said, yesterday. According to the national statistical agency, there were 15,630 incidents of online sexual offences against children, and 45,816 incidents of online child pornography reported by police, from 2014…

Madagascar Sees Growing Number Of Int’l Tourists

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Mac 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – In the first two months of this year, Madagascar welcomed a total of 22,333 international tourists, compared with 19,348 in the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts. This increase shows an “encouraging” recovery of…

193 Million People Expected To Travel During Eid Exodus In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Mac 13 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least 193 million Indonesian people will travel to their hometown, during the exodus of Eid al-Fitr, raising concern on huge traffic congestion, the country’s Ministry of Transportation said yesterday. “According to our latest national survey, the number of travellers across the country for this…

India-made fighter jet crashed, pilot safe

NEW DELHI, Mac 13 (NNN-PTI) – An indigenously made light combat aircraft (LCA), “Tejas,” belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), crashed in the western state of Rajasthan yesterday, during a training, confirmed an official source. The lone pilot inside the ill-fated jet ejected safely. This was the first crash…

Lebanon, France Signed Military Cooperation Deal

BEIRUT, Mac 13 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon and France signed an agreement yesterday, to boost cooperation between their armed forces. Lebanese Army Commander, Joseph Aoun, and French Armed Forces’ Director General of Health Services, Jacques Margery, signed the agreement in Beirut in the presence of French Ambassador to Lebanon, Herve Magro.…

Nearly 30 Missing In Jade Mine Collapse In Northern Myanmar

YANGON, Mac 13 (NNN-MNA) – About 30 people went missing, in a tailing pond collapse, in a jade mine of Hpakant township, in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state, yesterday, local residents said.– NNN-MNA  

Nine Killed, Two Injured As Residential Building Collapsed In Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Mac 12 (NNN-APP) – At least nine people were killed and two others severely injured today, after a residential building collapsed in Multan city of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local authorities said. The three-storey building fell early morning, near Haram Gate area of the city, Kaleem Ullah, district emergency…