Heavy Rain Kills At Least Five People In Yemen: Source

ADEN, May 4 (NNN-SABA) – Torrential rain killed at least five Yemeni people, in the country’s south-eastern province of Hadramout, and left some others missing yesterday, according to a government official. Five people drowned, a few others went missing, and a number of residential houses collapsed, after heavy rain and…

13 Killed In Bus Crash In Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, May 4 (NNN-APP) – At least 13 people were killed and 25 others injured, in a road accident in Attock district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, last night, rescue officials and local media said. Officials from the Rescue 1122 told media that, a passenger bus overturned near the Burhan…

Malaysia Airlines Flights From India Did Not Carry Any Passenger

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia Airlines Berhad on Monday stressed that its flights mounted between May 1 and 3 from India did not carry any passengers other than the flight crew who remained on board during transit. As a further precaution, the airline also did not allow any…

Only Cargo Flights Allowed To And From India Since April 28 – Malaysian Minister

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), May 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Only cargo flights were permitted to and from India since April 28, said Malaysian Transport Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong. He said since that date Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) passenger flights from and to India had been prohibited from entering Malaysia and this was…

Iran’s Police Dismantle Online Weapons Trade Gang

TEHRAN, May 2 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian police dismantled a gang involved in online weapons trade, a police commander said yesterday. Qassem Rezaee, deputy commander of the police, said that, all the weapon traders were arrested within less than two weeks, after being detected. All the weapons put up for…

Four Killed In Fuel Tanker Explosion In Kabul: Media

KABUL, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least four people were killed, 10 injured and five others went missing, in a fuel tanker explosion in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan last night, a local TV channel reported today. A fire broke out after the fuel tanker exploded, at the side of a…

DPRK Warns U.S. To Face Worse Consequences After Washington Calls Pyongyang A “Threat”

PYONGYANG, May 2 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), warned today that, the United States “will face worse and worse crisis,” after U.S. President, Joe Biden, called the DPRK’s nuclear programme a “serious threat.” Kwon Jong Gun, director general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the…

Afghan Gov’t Builds Water Canal In Eastern Kapisa Province

KABUL, May 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, completed the construction of a water canal, in eastern Kapisa province, said a statement of the ministry here, yesterday. With a length of 5.3 km and at a cost of three million afghani (one U.S. dollar equals…

Troops Pullout Marks Failure Of U.S.-Led War On Terror In Afghanistan, Say Analysts

KABUL, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Local observers describe the U.S.-led war on terror in Afghanistan as a “failure” and they say, the upcoming troops withdrawal marks a “clear defeat” of the United States and the U.S.-led coalition forces in the Afghan war. “No doubt, it is clear defeat of the…

6.6-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, May 1 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6, struck off Japan’s north-eastern Miyagi Prefecture today, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at 10:27 a.m. local time (0127 GMT), at the depth of 60 km, with its epicentre at a latitude of 38.1…
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