2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria: UNICEF

ISTANBUL, March 12 (NNN-ANADOLU) – 2018 was marked by the highest death toll of children in Syria as the civil war enters its ninth year, the UN agency for children, UNICEF, announced on Monday. “Children in parts of the country remain in as much danger as at any other time…

Algeria president quits, polls postponed – Presidency

Algeria protests grow against fifth term for president. Twitter ALGERIS, Algeria, March 12 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) – Algerian president Abdul Aziz Bouteflika will not be seeking a fifth term, the presidency confirmed late Monday. The date of elections has also been postponed according to a statement from the presidency. Polls were slated…

Both black boxes from Ethiopian Airlines flight recovered

ADDIS ABABA, March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday (Mar 10) have both been recovered from the crash site, the airline said in a statement on Monday. “After tedious search by the rescue and…

50 killed in US-led airstrikes in eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, March 11 (NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA) — At least 50 people were killed on Monday by US-led airstrikes on the last Daesh stronghold in eastern Syria, according to state news agency SANA. The airstrikes targeted the Daesh-held area in the town of Baghouz in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour province. The…

UN’s environment assembly takes off with hopes of setting a more sustainable global economic path

The fourth UN Environment Assembly (March 11-15) took off in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday with the theme “Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production. Photo courtesy of United Nations. NAIROBI, March 11 (NNN) — Over 4,700 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, senior UN officials and civil society…

Decision to accede to Rome Statute wont affect King’s immunity, says Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Malaysian government’s decision to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was made with confidence that such action would not affect the position and immunity of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Sunday…

US Indians donate to families of soldiers killed in Pulwama terrorist attack

By Manik Mehta NEW YORK, March 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Emotionally stirred by the Feb 14 suicide bomb attack in Pulwama in Kashmir, several US-based Indian organisations have made generous financial donations for families of Indian security personnel killed in the attack. Among them were American medical doctors of Indian descent from the New Jersey…

Thailand beefs up security in southern provinces

BANGKOK, March 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Thailand’s security authorities believe that “a network trying to destroy the government’s confidence” is behind the series of explosions in Satun and Phatthalung provinces on Saturday and Sunday.  In a statement, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said he had instructed the security forces to beef up security…

Kim Jong Nam trial: Indonesian suspect freed after Malaysian prosecutors drop charges

Indonesian defendant Siti Aisyah is escorted by police personnel following her appearance at the Malaysian Chemistry Department in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on Oct 9, 2017. Photo courtesy bernama KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An Indonesian woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea’s leader was freed…

Morocco brings back 8 nationals from Syria

Photo courtesy Anadolu RABAT, Morocco, March 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Moroccan authorities have repatriated eight Moroccan nationals who were in the conflict zones in Syria, the Interior Ministry announced Sunday. The humanitarian operation enabled them to return to their country of origin in safety, a ministry statement said. This move…