Two Houthi rebels killed in clashes with gov’t forces in southwestern Yemen

ADEN, Jan 9 (NNN-SABA) – Forces of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, said that, armed confrontations erupted with the Houthi rebels, in the country’s southwestern province of Taiz. “Clashes erupted with Houthi elements, who were attempting to infiltrate into the army sites, located near the 40th Street, northeast of Taiz,” the…

9-Year-Old Girl Attacked By Shark In Northeast Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A nine-year-old girl was rushed to hospital, after being attacked by a shark in Australia’s northeast. The attack occurred in the early evening (yesterday), as the girl was swimming in waters near North West Island, in the State of Queensland. It left her with a…

ERC Begins Winter Aid Campaign For Refugees In Jordan

ABU DHABI, Jan 8 (NNN-WAM) – Upon the directives of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, the ERC has begun implementing its winter aid campaign worth AED 15 million. One million people from Jordan, Iraq, Egypt,…

Smoke From Australian Bushfires Reaches South America

MONTEVIDEO, Jan 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Smoke from Australia’s bushfires has reached Uruguay, darkening the sky of the South American country with a “grayish veil,” the Uruguayan Meteorological Institute (Inumet) said. “Since Monday afternoon, Jan 6, we can see a greyish veil over Uruguay’s skies and redder sunrises/sunsets,” the Inumet…

International Aid, Donations Pour In For Australian Bushfire Crisis

SYDNEY, Jan 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The international community has rallied behind Australia, during the ongoing bushfire crisis, which in many parts of the country has been the worst on record. Since Sept, 2019, 25 people have been killed, close to 2,000 homes destroyed, and hundreds of millions of wild animals…

New Zealand Forest Fire Continues

WELLINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Firefighters are working today (Wednesday), to contain a large forest fire, which started on Monday and stretched to 350 hectares near New Zealand’s Napier. Firefighters faced strong westerly winds during the past few days, making it difficult to battle. With 55 ground and forestry crews…

UAE To Support Australia In Fighting Bushfires

DUBAI, Jan 8 (NNN-WAM) – Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE’s Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussed with Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, over the phone, the latest developments of the bushfires in Australia. Sheikh Mohamed posted on his official tweeter…

Update: 43-Hour Rescue Ends, After 36 Dead In Building Collapse In Cambodia

by Nguon Sovan, Mao Pengfei PHNOM PENH, Jan 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Death toll in the collapse of a six-story building in southwest Cambodia’s Kep province on Friday, rose to 36, as rescue had completed, Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said on Sunday. “A total of 36 people, including…

Trump Threatens To Hit 52 Iranian Targets If Tehran Retaliates After Soleimani Killing

WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, warned Iran that, America has targeted 52 Iranian sites, and Iran will be hit “very fast and very hard” if it attacks any American or U.S. assets. “We have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran…

Five Killed In Gas Explosion In Northern Nigeria

LAGOS, Jan 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five people were killed and four others injured, in a gas explosion, in the city of Kaduna, northern Nigeria, local police said. Kaduna police spokesman, Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the casualty figures, said, the explosion emanated from a roadside gas vending shop, in the business…
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