Turkey Sentences Australian Daesh Member To More Than Seven Years In Prison

ANKARA, Turkey, March 16 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey, on Friday, sentenced an Australian national to seven years and six months in prison, for joining the Daesh militant group. Neil Christopher Prakash was arrested in Oct, 2016, when trying to illegally cross the Syrian border into the Turkish south-eastern province of Kilis.…

US to deny visas to ICC members probing US troops in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, March 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced  it would deny visas to members of the International Criminal Court involved in investigating the actions of US troops in Afghanistan or other countries. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was prepared to take further steps, including economic sanctions, if the…

Two Jordanians Killed, Eight Injured In Mosques Shootings In New Zealand: Official

AMMAN, Jordan, March 16 (NNN-PETRA) – At least two Jordanians were killed and eight others injured, in mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, a Jordanian official said. Sufian Qudah from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, the ministry and the Jordanian Embassy in Australia are following…

Chinese Firm Helps Train Indonesian Students In Drilling Machine Operation

JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – A graduation ceremony was held Friday, in Jakarta’s western outskirt of Serpong, for 19 Indonesian students from four vocational schools, after they received training from a Chinese construction firm in drilling machine operation. Trainees, who graduated from the programme, would be recruited by the…

Cambodia, S.Korea Ink Pacts To Boost Ties

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, March 16 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and South Korea, on Friday, signed five cooperation documents to boost bilateral ties and cooperation. Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, witnessed the signing ceremony of the documents after their bilateral meeting at the…

Women Continue To Face Multiple And Intersecting Inequalities: Pakistani Official

UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (NNN-APP) – Women across the world continue to face multiple and intersecting inequalities, a Pakistani official said here on Friday. Addressing the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Khawar Mumtaz, head of the Pakistani delegation to the conference, said, prompted by poverty,…

Death toll in Christchurch shootings rises to 49

CHRISTCHURCH, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll has risen to 49 in the terror attacks that took place Friday afternoon in this quiet city of New Zealand.

Update4: Death toll from Christchurch mosque attacks rises to 49

CHRISTCHURCH, March 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The death toll from attacks on two mosques of New Zealand’s Christchurch rose to 49 and 48 others were wounded, New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush said on Friday. — NNN-XINHUA

India: Negligence case over deadly Mumbai bridge collapse

Rescue work at the bridge in Mumbai when it collapsed Thursday evening. Photo courtesy of PTI. MUMBAI (India), March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Indian police said Friday they had filed a negligence case against Mumbai’s civic and railway authorities after a footbridge collapsed killing six people and injuring dozens more. The…

Indonesia police says huge stash of explosives uncovered after suicide blast

SIBOLGA (Indonesia), March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesian police said they had uncovered a huge stash of explosives linked to a terror suspect whose wife blew up herself and a child following a dramatic standoff at their home. The discovery of some 300kg of assembled explosives and bomb-making materials raised fears that a major…
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