Pakistan Navy Conducts Live Missile Firing In North Arabian Sea

ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan Navy, today successfully conducted a live weapon firing, of the extended-range surface-to-air missile in the North Arabian Sea, the military said in a statement. The Pakistan Navy ship, effectively engaged highly manoeuvrable aerial targets, during the firepower demonstration, reaffirming the navy’s war-fighting capability and…

Hope fades for Indonesian fishermen shipwrecked off Portugal

LISBON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hope faded on Sunday for three Indonesian fishermen missing after their vessel sank in the Atlantic near the Portuguese-Spanish border, as rescuers suspended their search. The vessel carrying five people sank on Sunday morning “in a rocky area of Insua Island” in the northern municipality…

13 Terrorists Killed In Two Military Operations In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces killed 13 militants, earlier in the week, in two separate intelligence-based operations, conducted in the country’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, yesterday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan Army, the first operation was carried…

S. Korea’s Special Counsel Completes Investigation Into Ex-President Yoon’s Insurrection Charges

SEOUL, Dec 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s special counsel team, today completed its investigation into former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol’s insurrection charges, including filing charges against 24 people on martial law.– NNN-YONHAP

Cambodian Evacuees Rise To Almost 395,000 As Border Conflict With Thailand Continues

PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 (NNN-AKP) – The number of displaced Cambodian civilians has risen to nearly 395,000, as the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict has entered its eighth day, the Cambodian Ministry of Interior said in a press release, yesterday. Among the displaced are 204,889 women and 95,949 children, according to the…

Death Toll Rises To 16 In Sydney’s Bondi Beach Shooting

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (NNN-AAP) – The death toll from a shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach yesterday, has risen to 16, with a father and son identified as the attackers, police said. Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW), said this morning that, 16 people have been confirmed dead…

Iran Dismisses Lebanese Claims Of Interference, Urges Focus On Israel

TEHRAN, Dec 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday, dismissed accusations by Lebanese Foreign Minister, Youssef Rajji that, Tehran is interfering in Beirut’s internal affairs, characterising the nations’ diplomatic ties as “age-old” and enduring. Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei addressed the tensions during his weekly press conference in Tehran. The…

UK-France: Small boat migrant crossings resume in English Channel

LONDON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Migrants resumed attempts to cross the English Channel to reach Britain on Saturday, four weeks after the last small boat arrived. An interior minister spokesperson condemned the crossings as “shameful”, adding: “The British people deserve better.” The recent pause in crossings — believed to be…

UN chief condemns ‘horrific’ drone attack in Sudan as 6 peacekeepers killed

A UN peacekeeping patrol drives by in Abyei UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A drone attack has hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The attack on Saturday hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the…

Police Seized 222 Kg Of Hashish In Northern Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 14 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan police arrested two drug traffickers for attempting to smuggle 222 kg of hashish in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman, Ehsanullah Kamgar, said, today. The suspects were apprehended earlier today, during an operation in the Kishim district of Badakhshan. According to Kamgar, the…
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