Roadside Bomb Hits U.S. Troops’ Trucks In Western Baghdad: Iraqi Ministry Official

BAGHDAD, Aug 23 (NNN-NINA) – A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks, carrying equipment belonging to U.S. troops in western Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The blast took place when the convoy was moving on a highway, near al-Ghazaliyah neighbourhood, in the western part of the…

Explosion Rocks Afghan Capital Kabul, Casualties Feared: witnesses

KABUL, Aug 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Casualties were feared after an explosion rocked the western part of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan yesterday, eye witnesses said. “The blast occurred near a political party office in Kart-e-Parwan locality, along a four-line road, connecting Kabul airport with the Intercontinental Hotel, roughly at 5:25 p.m.…

Afghan President, NATO’s Civilian Envoy Discuss Peace Process

KABUL, Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghanistan’s President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, yesterday met with NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, and discussed issues including the peace process in Afghanistan, the Presidential Palace said. In the meeting, attended by National Security Adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, the two sides exchanged views on…

IAEA Chief To Visit Tehran Tomorrow

VIENNA, Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, will travel to Tehran tomorrow, to meet with high-level Iranian authorities, IAEA said. The visit will be the director general’s first to Iran, since he took office last Dec, the statement said. During…

Hamas Threatens Israel To Battle If Attacks On Gaza Continue

GAZA, Aug 22 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Hamas movement threatened Israel yesterday, to get engaged into a battle, if Israel continues striking Hamas militant posts, facilities, and sites. Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman, said in a press statement that, “the armed resistance (Hamas and other militant factions) won’t hesitate to join…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Defuse 65 Houthi-Laid Landmines In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Aug 22 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s pro-government forces, yesterday managed to dismantle a minefield laid previously by the Houthi rebels, in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official said. “A team of explosives experts received calls from a local resident, about existence of mines on his…

Two Iraqi Women Shot Dead In Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (NNN-NINA) — Two Iraqi women were shot dead yesterday, by unidentified gunmen, in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, a local security source said. The attack took place in the afternoon, when gunmen opened fire from their assault rifles, on a sport utility vehicle (SUV), carrying four women,…

Gunmen Kill At Least 11 In Northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Aug 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Gunmen in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, killed at least 11 villagers, in attacks extending over multiple days, according to local authorities yesterday. A village head was among those killed in the attacks, recorded in the three local communities of Zangon Kataf, Kajuru, and Kachia,…

Yemeni Military Official, Soldiers Killed In Battle With Houthis In Al-Jawf

SANAA, Aug 18 (NNN-SABA) – A Yemeni senior military official and eight soldiers were killed, in battle with the Houthi rebels, in Yemen’s northeastern province of al-Jawf, a local medical source said. General Mohammed Ali al-Roqn, commander of the 122 Brigade, along with eight soldiers, were killed in the battle,…

Palestinian Killed In East Jerusalem After Stabbing An Israeli Police Officer: Sources

RAMALLAH, Aug 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli police shot dead yesterday, a Palestinian young man, in the old city in East Jerusalem, after he stabbed an Israeli police officer and wounded him, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The sources said that, an Israeli police force shot and killed the Palestinian…
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