Enemies Target Iran’s “Neighbourliness Policy” Through “Terrorism”: FM

TEHRAN, Jan 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, yesterday accused the country’s enemies, of using “the tool of terrorism” to target Iran’s neighbour-oriented policy, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. He made the remarks at a conference on Iran’s foreign relations history, while commenting on the recent…

Iranian, Qatari FMs Discuss Release Process Of Iran’s Unfrozen Funds

TEHRAN, Jan 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Qatar and the United States were committed to an agreement with Iran, regarding the country’s use of its unfrozen funds worth six billion U.S. dollars, Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said yesterday. The fund release process was advancing, following agreement between…

Latest: Iran Launches Three Satellites Into Space Today

TEHRAN, Jan 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran said today, it has successfully launched three satellites into space today, the latest for a programme that the West says, improves Tehran’s ballistic missiles.– NNN-IRNA

Construction Of New Dams Begins In South Afghanistan

QALAT, Afghanistan, Jan 28 (NNN-ANA) – Work for constructing two dams has begun in south Afghanistan’s Zabul province, the official news agency Bakhtar reported, yesterday. Built at 300 million afghanis (about 4.08 million U.S. dollars), along the Kabul-Kandahar highway, in Zabul province, the dams would benefit thousands of families, including…

4.8-Magnitude Quake Jolted Tokyo, Kanagawa, Other Areas In Japan

TOKYO, Jan 28 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, jolted Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other surrounding areas in Japan, this morning, the country’s weather agency said. The quake occurred at 8:59 a.m. local time, with the epicentre in Tokyo Bay, at a depth of 80 km,…

Two Missing In S. Korea’s Fishing Boat Sinking Incident

SEOUL, Jan 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – A small fishing boat sank, off South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju, leaving two of the three crew members missing, the coast guard was cited as saying. The Jeju maritime traffic control centre received a call at around 9:52 p.m. local time last night…

Man Threatening Police Shot Dead In Australia’s Queensland

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (NNN-AAP) – A man who threatened police officers with a knife was shot dead by the police, earlier this morning, in Australia’s state of Queensland. A Queensland police report issued this morning said, the police was called to a Payne Street address in Mount Louisa, a suburb…

Rare Asian Elephant Found Dead In Cambodian Jungle, With Sharp Force Injury In Chest

PHNOM PENH, Jan 28 (NNN-AKP) – A seven-month-old endangered Asian elephant was spotted dead, in Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, with a sharp force injury in the lower part of its chest, said a Ministry of Environment’s statement, yesterday. Rangers found the 200-kg elephant dead, in a forest in Kaoh Nheaek district,…

Sri Lankan Police Arrested Two For Operating Pyramid Scheme

COLOMBO, Jan 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s police, yesterday, arrested a couple, on suspicion of defrauding people of 5 billion rupees (15.7 million U.S. dollars), through a pyramid scheme, said the police. Police spokesman, Nihal Thalduwa told the media that, the two were arrested in Pilimathalawa of the country’s Central…

Five Killed, 13 Injured In Kyrgyzstan Road Accident

BISHKEK, Jan 28 (NNN-KNA) – A traffic accident has killed five and injured 13, in northern Kyrgyzstan, according to the country’s Ministry of Health’s press service. The incident occurred on Friday at around 11:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), on a bypass highway near Bishkek, according to data from law…