Iraqi Airstrikes Killed Six Daesh Militants

BAGHDAD, Mac 10 (NNN-NINA) – Six Daesh militants were killed, in airstrikes in a desert area, between the provinces of Salahudin and Nineveh, the Iraqi military said, yesterday. Iraqi warplanes carried out four airstrikes on six Daesh militants, hiding inside a tunnel in the Tharthar desert, based on intelligence reports,…

TEPCO Pays 402 Million Yen To Japan Shiitake Mushroom Producers For Reputational Damage

TOKYO, Mac 10 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), paid shiitake mushroom producers in the south-western prefecture of Oita, about 402 million yen (about 2.7 million U.S. dollars) in compensation, for reputational damage caused by the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The Oita Prefecture Shiitake Agricultural…

19 Killed, Seven Missing In Floods, Landslides In Western Indonesia

JAKARTA, Mac 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of floods and landslides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province rose to 19, and seven others were still missing, a senior official of the disaster agency said, yesterday. The province has been stricken by the natural disaster since Thursday, as the rivers could…

Golden Eagle Festival Kicked Off In Mongolia To Promote Tourism

ULAN BATOR, Mac 10 (NNN-APA) – The Golden Eagle Festival, opened near Mongolia’s capital yesterday, to promote winter tourism and ethnic Kazakh culture. The 18th edition of the festival is co-organised by the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the Mongolian Eagle Hunters’ Association and the Governor’s Office of the…

Iraqi PM Reopened Strategic Plants In Basra

BAGHDAD, Mac 10 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, reopened three key plants in Basra, southern Iraq, yesterday, following years of closure since the U.S.-led invasion. In a statement, al-Sudani’s office announced the reopening of a rolling mill plant, part of the State Company for Iron and Steel,…

Three More Killed, Nine Injured In Israeli Airstrikes In Southern Lebanon

BEIRUT, Mac 10 (NNN-NNA) – An Israeli air strike on a residential area, in the southern Lebanese village of Kharbet Selm, resulted in the deaths of three more civilians and injuries to nine others last night, according to Lebanese military officials. The deceased were members of the same family, and…

Small Plane Crashed In Kalimantan

JAKARTA, Mac 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – A small cargo plane went down in deep forest, in Indonesia’s North Kalimantan province, an official said last night. The wreckage of the plane, which lost contact on Friday, while flying above the province in central Indonesia, was found yesterday, spokesman of National Search and…

India’s Election Commissioner Resigned Weeks Ahead Of General Elections

NEW DELHI, Mac 10 (NNN-PTI) – India’s election commissioner, Arun Goel, the second-highest official in the country’s election commission, tendered his resignation, yesterday. Goel’s resignation came as a surprise, weeks ahead of the country’s general elections. Officials say that, the date of voting and counting was likely to be announced…

Zardari Won Pakistan’s Presidential Election

ISLAMABAD, Mac 10 (NNN-APP) – Ruling coalition candidate, Asif Ali Zardari, won the presidential election of Pakistan, with an overwhelming lead yesterday, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced. Zardari won the election by taking 411 votes from all the electoral colleges, including parliament and four provincial assemblies, the commission said.…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza From Israeli Attacks Rises To 30,960: Ministry

GAZA, Mac 10 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 30,960, with 72,524 others wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a press statement, yesterday. During the last 24 hours, the Israeli regime’s army killed 82 Palestinians and wounded 122…