Israel Says It Strikes Iranian Sites In Syria To “Foil Attack”

JERUSALEM, Aug 25 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli army said on Saturday that, its air force has struck Iranian sites in Syria, to foil an Iranian drone attack on Israel. “Jets recently targeted a number of terror targets in Aqraba, Syria, southeast of Damascus,” the Israeli military said in a statement. According…

Update: Search For 34 Missing Passengers Continues After Ship Fire In C. Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – A search and rescue operation for 34 missing people continued Saturday, after a passenger ship caught fire, off the East Java province in central Indonesia, leaving at least four people dead, an official said. The ship, KM Santika Nusantara, caught fire while passing off…

Afghan forces’ fresh operations kill 25 militants in northern province

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (Afghanistan), Aug 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 25 militants have been killed, several others injured, as security forces launched fresh operations against Taliban militants in Chamtal district of the northern Balkh province on Friday, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Saturday. The crackdown, according to…

Kashmir crisis: India says soldier killed in border clash

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near a temporary checkpoint during lockdown in Srinagar SRINAGAR, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Indian soldier was killed by Pakistani forces on the Kashmir border, the military said, as a tense lockdown in the region of seven million residents entered its third week. The…

Myanmar blames Rohingya repatriation failure on Bangladesh

YANGON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Myanmar on Friday pushed blame for its second failed attempt to repatriate the Rohingya on Bangladesh, a day after not a single refugee turned upto return to conflict-scarred Rakhine state. The Myanmar military waged a brutal crackdown on the stateless Muslim minority in western Rakhine state, leading…

Rohingya offer special prayers to go home

Rohingya Muslim refugees pray at a mosque in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh KUTUPALONG (Bangladesh), Aug 124 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rohingya imams offered special prayers on Friday for a safe return to their homeland ahead of the second anniversary of hundreds of thousands of the minority fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh.…

US, Taliban due to resume peace push at Doha talks

DOHA, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US and the Taliban said they would return to talks in Qatar aimed at bringing a close to Afghanistan’s 18-year conflict. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a media WhatsApp group that day two of the ninth round of negotiations in Doha would “restart after…

Update: US-China trade war deteriorates, as Trump lashes out at Beijing

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China exchanged blows on Friday as each side increased punitive tariffs on the other, intensifying a trade war that is threatening to engulf the global economy. In a rapid back-and-forth, Beijing took action against US$75 billion in American goods in response to US…

Drugs worth $161m seized in Malaysia’s biggest haul

Malaysia imposes the mandatory death penalty for possession of a certain amount of cocaine KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 3,700kg ketamine and cocaine worth about $161m in the country’s biggest drug haul to date.Malaysia is a key transit point for illegal narcotics, with authorities…

North Korea fires ‘unidentified projectiles’ into sea: Seoul

SEOUL, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea Saturday fired two“unidentified projectiles” into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea’smilitary said, the latest in a series of launches by Pyongyang. “Our military is tracking the movement in the North in case of additionallaunches,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a…
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