Singapore-based Malaysian doctor dies after rescue from Nepal mountain

SINGAPORE, May 3 (NNN-CNA) — The Singapore-based Malaysian doctor who was rescued from a mountain in Nepal last week has died. Dr Chin Wui Kin, 48, was stranded on Nepal’s Mount Annapurna for two nights. He had summited the mountain but failed to return to the nearest camp. Four sherpas were deployed to…

Turkey: Prosecutors probe Istanbul election irregularities – Anadolu

ISTANBUL, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkish prosecutors launched 32 investigations into allegations of irregularities in Istanbul’s local elections on March 31 and summoned more than 100 polling station officials for questioning as suspects, state-owned Anadolu news agency said. President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party (AKP) has called for the annulment and…

Russia and Syrian army step up attacks on rebel held northwestern Syria – residents, medics

DAMASCUS, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian and Syrian forces intensified air strikes and ground shelling in northwestern Syria overnight in one of the heaviest assaults on the last rebel bastion in recent months, opposition members, rescuers and residents said. The targeted villages and towns in northern Hama and southern Idlib…

Strike by Tunisian fuel workers leads to queues and empty pumps

TUNIS, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fuel distribution workers in Tunisia began a three-day strike on Thursday to demand higher wages, leading to long queues and empty pumps at petrol stations across the North African nation. The government is facing rising public demands for more pay as price rise, with inflation…

South Africa urges removal of obstacles to tourism growth in Africa

DURBAN, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Africa should remove hurdles that impede tourism growth and learn from one another’s best practices, South African Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said. Africa need to improve the sector through collaboration, Hanekom told the official opening of Africa Travel Indaba in Durban. He urged more countries…

Libya coast guard detains 113 migrants during lull in fighting

TRIPOLI, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Libyan coast guard has stopped 113 migrants trying to reach Italy over the past two days, the United Nations said, as boat departures resume following a lull in fighting between rival forces in Libya. The western Libyan coast is a major departure point for…

World Bank grants additional USD 1.2 billion credit to Angola

LUANDA, May 3 (NNN-ANGOP) — The World Bank (WB) will provide an additional USD 1.2 billion loan to the Angolan Government to implement projects in agriculture, improvement of economic statistics, water, electricity and human capital, said its financial institution director Fábio Kanczuk. Kanczuk was speaking to the press after a…

Masood Azhar: Jaish-E-Mohammed Leader Listed As Terrorist By UN

Maulana Masood Azhar founded JeM in 1999  UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN has designated the leader of a militant group behind a deadly bomb attack that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war as a terrorist. Masood Azhar is the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which carried out…

140 Killed In Houthi Cease-Fire Violations In Yemen’s Hodeidah: Gov’t Forces

ADEN (Yemen), May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Yemen’s government forces accused the Houthi rebels of committing 3,719 cease-fire violations in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah since December 2018, killing 140 civilians. “The army has monitored 3,719 violations committed by the Houthi militia in the province of Hodeidah since the truce took effect on Dec.…

Cyclone Kenneth kills 41 in Mozambique: UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Cyclone Kenneth has killed 41 people in Mozambique, a UN spokesman said. The fatalities came about a month after Cyclone Idai killed more than 600 people in the southern Africa country. Cyclone Kenneth also killed seven people and injured more than 200 others in the Comoros, said Stephane Dujarric,…