Latest Syrian Constitutional Talks End After “Challenging Week”

GENEVA, Aug 30 (NNN-SANA) – The latest session of the United Nations-mediated Syrian constitutional talks concluded in Geneva on Saturday afternoon, without announcing the date for the next meeting, as expected. “We just concluded the session, after what I would call a challenging week,” UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir…

Rocket Lands In Green Zone In Iraq’s Capital

BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (NNN-NINA) – A Katyusha rocket on Saturday evening, landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, causing no human casualties, the Iraqi military said. The rocket was fired from an area near the Qanat al-Jaish waterway, or Army Canal, in eastern Baghdad, and landed…

Roadside Bombs Kill Seven, Wound Eight In Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Roadside bombs on Saturday killed seven people and wounded eight others across Afghansitan, officials said. A roadside bomb planted by armed insurgents, struck a car in the northern Sari Pul province on Saturday, killing a father and his son, provincial police spokesman, Noor Aqa Faizi,…

Three Killed, Seven Wounded In Fighting In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Aug 30 (NNN-PNA) – Three people were killed, including a soldier, and seven other soldiers wounded, when government forces clashed on Saturday, with some 30 Abu Sayyaf fighters, in the jungles of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, the military said. Brigadier General William Gonzales, the joint task force…

Three Militants, Trooper Killed In Indian-Controlled Kashmir Gunfight

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug 29 (NNN-PTI) – Three militants and a trooper were killed early today, in a fierce gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The gunfight broke out at Zadoora village of Pulwama district, about 40 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. “In…

ASEAN, China, Japan, S. Korea Reaffirm Commitment To Actions Against COVID-19 Fallout

HANOI, Aug 29 (NNN-VNA) – Economic ministers from the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea, reaffirmed their commitment to take collective actions in mitigating the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attending the 23rd ASEAN Economic Ministers Plus Three Consultations via…

Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts Bomb-Laden Drone Heading Towards Border City Najran

RIYADH, Aug 29 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi-led coalition said yesterday, it intercepted a bomb-laden drone, launched by the Houthis, towards Saudi Arabia’s southwest border city of Najran. The coalition destroyed another drone yesterday morning, shot towards the kingdom’s southern region. Meanwhile, the coalition announced on Thursday, the destroying of a…

Car Bomb Explodes Near Turkish Military Point In NW Syria

DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (NNN-SANA) – A car bomb exploded yesterday evening, near a Turkish military point in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The bomb went off, on the M4 road south of the Jisr al-Shughur area, in the countryside of Idlib, near the administrative border with…

Japanese PM Abe Resigns Over Health Issues, Intends To Run In Next General Election

TOKYO, Aug 29 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said at a press conference yesterday that, he would step down from his post due to health concerns, bringing an end to his record tenure of nearly eight years. However, the prime minister said, he planned to continue his political…

Iran’s FM Slams Pompeo For Trying To “Flood” Region With Weapons

TEHRAN, Aug 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, criticised U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for “violating his own country’s laws” and trying to “flood” the Middle East with weapons. On a note on Twitter, Iran’s chief diplomat wrote that the U.S. Secretary of State “has no…
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