ISRO releases video showing images captured by Chandrayaan-2

NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (NNN-WAM) — Indian Space Research Organisation,ISRO, on Sunday released a video showing images captured by the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft. The 10-second video shows several images of Earth captured by the spacecraft, Asian News International, ANI, reported on Sunday. “See the video showing the images of earth captured…

Turkey to launch offensive in Kurdish-controlled area of northern Syria, Erdogan says

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed a pledge for a cross-border military operation into northeastern Syria and said: “We’ve entered Afrin, Jarablus, al-Bab. Now we will enter the east of the Euphrates.” Photo courtesy of Presidential Press ANKARA, Aug 5 (NNN-ANADOLU) -Turkey will launch a military operation in Syria’s terrorist PKK/YPG-occupied eastern Euphrates…

El Salvador Reports First Day Without Homicides in Two Years

A demonstrator holds a placard reading “No more violence, no more Impunity, No more corruption,” during a protest against violence in San Salvador. Photo courtesy of Telesur SAN SALVADOR, Aug 5 (NNN-TELESUR) – El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, announced Wednesday, July 31 its the first day without a single homicide since 2017.  The Salvadorean…

Peru: Army Deployed to Port Amid Protest Against Mining Project

LIMA, Aug 5 (NNN-TELESUR) – Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra authorized Sunday for the army to join the national police forces to “protect” the key mining port of Matarani, a day before an expected new round of protests against Southern Copper’s ‘Tia Maria’ open-pit mining project.   Vizcarra’s government has declared…

India Puts Kashmiri Leaders Under House Arrest, Declares Curfew

Amarnath pilgrims at a base camp after the Yatra was suspended in Jammu.Photo courtesy of PTI Photo SRINAGAR, Aug 5 (NNN-TELESUR) – Three prominent political leaders in Indian Occupied Kashmir have been put under house arrest Sunday night local time, local Indian media has confirmed.  Two of them, Mehbooba Mufti and Omar…

Massive blackout hits Jakarta, neighbouring provinces across Java

A major power outage hit Jakarta and other areas in Indonesia yesterday. The Indonesian capital, as well as parts of West Java and Central Java, experienced a major blackout affecting tens of millions of people. The mass rapid transit system was also disrupted and passengers had to be evacuated from…

Mexico to Take Legal Action Against US Post-El Paso Shooting

MEXICO CITY, AUg 5 (NNN-TELESUR) – Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Sunday that the country will take legal actions to protect its citizens in the United States, following a shooting in El Paso, Texas, that left 20 dead, including three Mexicans. Mexico will take legal action to ensure the protection…

Sudanese celebrate the signing of constitutional declaration deal

Ethiopian mediator Mahmoud Drir, left, protest leader Ahmad Rabie, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, right, celebrate after signing the constitutional declaration Photo courtesy of Ashraf Shazly KHARTOUM Aug 5 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) – Sudanese protesters on Sunday in the capital, Khartoum celebrated after Sudan’s ruling generals and protest leaders signed the constitutional…

Iran has seized an Iraqi vessel in the Gulf

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (NNN-IRNA) – An Iranian commander said on Sunday that the tanker seized in the Persian Gulf had received smuggled fuel from other vessels, and was heading to the neighboring Arab countries. A commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Ramezan Zirahi, said in a statement that the…

US mass shootings leave 29 dead amid ‘domestic terrorism’ concerns

Mourners take part in a vigil near the border fence between Mexico and the U.S after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso U.S. in Ciudad Juarez. August 3, 2019. Photo courtesy of Telesur LOS ANGELES, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Back-to-back mass shootings in the US states of Texas and Ohio…