Political Parties In Cambodia Wrapped Up Campaign For Tomorrow’s Senate Election

PHNOM PENH, Feb 24 (NNN-AKP) – Political parties in Cambodia, yesterday, concluded a 14-day campaign for tomorrow’s Senate election, without any reports of violence or incidents, a National Election Committee (NEC) official, said. Four parties are contesting the election, namely the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the Funcinpec Party, the…

Ukraine Says It Shot Down Another Russian A-50 Surveillance Plane

KIEV, Feb 24 (NNN-UNIAN) – Ukrainian Air Force Commander, Mykola Oleschuk, said yesterday that, the Ukrainian military shot down another Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft. “I am grateful to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, and all those who ensured the result,” Oleschuk said in a Telegram post.…

Chinese Cinema Week Kicked Off In Bulgaria

SOFIA, Feb 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese Cinema Week kicked off in movie theatres in five major cities in Bulgaria, yesterday. The event is the first attempt to bring Chinese films to Bulgarian cinemas, on a for-profit basis. Three contemporary Chinese films will make a debut during the Cinema Week:…

Austrian Ex-Chancellor Kurz Sentenced To Eight Months In Jail In Perjury Case

VIENNA, Feb 24 (NNN-APA) – The Vienna Regional Court, yesterday found former Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, guilty of perjury and handed him an eight-month suspended jail sentence. The court ruled that Kurz had given false testimony, before an investigative committee of the Austrian parliament. Evidence showed that Kurz had exerted…

Iraq Reopened Key Oil Refinery After Decade Of Closure

BAGHDAD, Feb 24 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq yesterday, reopened the North Refinery unit, in the country’s largest refinery complex of Baiji Refinery, also known as al-Sumoud Refinery, in Salahudin province, after ten years of closure. Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, said, during the inauguration ceremony that, Iraq is getting closer…

24 More Palestinians Killed In Israeli Raid On Central Gaza Yesterday: Death Toll reached 29,514

GAZA, Feb 24 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli airstrike on a house in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 24 Palestinians, and wounded many, yesterday, Palestinian security and medical sources said. The sources said that, the house in Deir el-Balah was sheltering displaced people, when it was hit by the Israeli…

Hamas Delegation Wrapped Up Visit To Cairo After Meeting Egyptian Officials On Gaza Crisis

CAIRO, Feb 24 (NNN-MENA) – A high-level delegation of the Gaza-ruling Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), wrapped up its visit to the Egyptian capital, Cairo yesterday, after meeting senior Egyptian officials on the situation of the war-torn Gaza Strip. The Hamas delegation, headed by the movement’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, held…

Suspension Of UNRWA Funding To Affect 38,000 Palestinian Refugee Children’s Education In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Feb 24 (NNN-NNA) – The suspension of financial support by donor countries to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), will jeopardise the education of 38,000 Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Dorothee Klaus, said yesterday. The decision to halt…

Six Killed In Clash In Central Philippines

MANILA, Feb 23 (NNN-PNA) – Government forces clashed with suspected rebels, in Bohol province, in the central Philippines today, killing five rebels and a police officer, the military said. The military reported, fighting broke out between a combined force of soldiers and police and the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels,…

40 More Palestinians Killed, 100 Injured In Israeli Bombings On Central Gaza Yesterday

GAZA, Feb 23 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 40 Palestinians were killed and 100 others injured, in Israeli airstrikes on the central Gaza Strip, the media office of the Hamas-run government in Gaza said, in a press statement, yesterday. Palestinian security sources, said that, Israeli aircraft launched several raids on a…