Maryam Nawaz Sharif Elected As 1st Female Chief Minister Of Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (NNN-APP) – Maryam Nawaz Sharif, senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, was elected today, as the first female chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Speaker of the provincial assembly, Malik Muhammad Ahmad, announced. Maryam, daughter of former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, secured 220 votes…

Politician Among Two Shot Dead Near Delhi

NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (NNN-PTI) – Two people, among them a political leader, in India’s northern state of Haryana, were shot dead, and a couple of security personnel injured, in a shooting incident yesterday, confirmed a local police over the phone. The firing incident occurred in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh area, nearly…

Qatar, Egypt To Host Israel-Hamas Talks For Truce In Gaza

CAIRO, Feb 26 (NNN-MENA) – Two rounds of talks will be held in Qatar and Egypt respectively, to reach an agreement on a truce in the Gaza Strip, that is currently under massive Israeli siege and bombardment, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News reported, yesterday. “The Doha and Cairo discussions will be held…

Iran Condemns Latest U.S.-British Airstrikes On Yemeni Capital

TEHRAN, Feb 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, yesterday strongly condemned Saturday’s attacks by the U.S. and British warplanes, against the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. He made the remarks in a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website, describing the large-scale military attacks launched late Saturday as…

Knife-Wielding Man Killed One At Convenience Store In Sapporo

TOKYO, Feb 25 (NNN-NHK) – A convenience store employee died, after a man stabbed him and two other co-workers, in Sapporo, in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, today, local media reported. The incident happened around 6:50 a.m. local time, when the man, armed with what appeared to be a…

Eight Palestinians Killed, Including A Child In Israeli Airstrike On A Family House Yesterday In Gaza’s Rafah City

GAZA, Feb 25 (NNN-WAFA) – At least eight Palestinians, including a child, were killed, in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said yesterday. Medical sources and paramedics said that, several others were injured in the strike on…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Attacks On U.S. Oil Tanker, Warships

SANAA, Feb 25 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said today, it attacked a U.S. oil tanker and U.S. navy ships, in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea yesterday, with missiles and drones, while the U.S. military responded with airstrikes. The attacks were in support of the Palestinians and a…

Fifth Senate Election Kicks Off In Cambodia

KANDAL, Cambodia, Feb 25 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Senate election, for the fifth legislative term, kicked off today, with four political parties taking part in the race, a National Election Committee (NEC) spokesperson said. “All 33 polling stations were open at 7:00 a.m. (local time) and will be closed at 3:00…

Harsh Winter Kills Over Two Million Heads Of Livestock In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Feb 25 (NNN-APA) – The number of livestock deaths caused by the extreme weather has exceeded two million, so far this winter, in Mongolia, the country’s State Emergency Commission (SEC) said, yesterday. “At least 2,009,000 heads of livestock have died due to the dzud across the country,” the…

Two Dead In Residential Fire In Philippine Capital

MANILA, Feb 25 (NNN-PNA) – Two people died after a fire gutted a crowded residential community, in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, the city’s disaster risk reduction and management office said, yesterday. The Bureau of Fire Protection said, the victims, a woman and her son, were trapped when flame engulfed their…