Iran Ready To Pay Compensations In Crashed Ukrainian Plane Case

TEHRAN, Aug 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran is ready to pay compensations pertaining to the case in the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran’s airspace in Jan, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the remarks, ahead of a new round of talks between the two…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Defuse 65 Houthi-Laid Landmines In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Aug 22 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s pro-government forces, yesterday managed to dismantle a minefield laid previously by the Houthi rebels, in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official said. “A team of explosives experts received calls from a local resident, about existence of mines on his…

Roundup: All Nine Men Trapped In India’s Hydroelectric Plant Fire Killed

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rescuers yesterday recovered bodies of all the nine people, who were trapped inside a hydroelectric power plant that caught fire Thursday night, in India’s southern state of Telangana, officials said. The fire broke out Thursday night, in its under tunnel…

Massive Fire Breaks Out In Plastic Plant In U.S. Texas

HOUSTON, Aug 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – A massive fire that broke out overnight at a plastics plant near U.S. Texas city of Dallas is likely to burn for days, officials said. Local fire department officials said, the fire started around midnight at a plastic plant in Grand Prairie, about 21 kilometres…

15 Injured In Car Accident In West Bekaa, Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug 20 (NNN-NNA) – Fifteen people were injured yesterday, in an accident between a passenger bus and a vehicle in West Bekaa, around 65 km away from the capital, Beirut, Elnashra news website reported. The injured people, include 10 military members, who were all transferred to a local hospital…

Two Iraqi Women Shot Dead In Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (NNN-NINA) — Two Iraqi women were shot dead yesterday, by unidentified gunmen, in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, a local security source said. The attack took place in the afternoon, when gunmen opened fire from their assault rifles, on a sport utility vehicle (SUV), carrying four women,…

Israel Reports New Record Of Daily COVID-19 Deaths

JERUSALEM, Aug 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 18 new COVID-19 death cases yesterday, the highest daily death toll, since the country’s pandemic outbreak in late Feb. The previous daily death case record in Israel, 17, was recorded on Aug 12. The ministry also added to the total…

Older Black, Ethnic People Among Poorest 20 Percent In England: Study

LONDON, Aug 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, aged 50 to 70, are more likely to be in the poorest 20 percent of the population in England, a new study revealed yesterday. Carried out by the Centre for Ageing Better, with the Institute for Public Policy…

Gunmen Kill At Least 11 In Northern Nigeria

ABUJA, Aug 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Gunmen in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna, killed at least 11 villagers, in attacks extending over multiple days, according to local authorities yesterday. A village head was among those killed in the attacks, recorded in the three local communities of Zangon Kataf, Kajuru, and Kachia,…

Yemeni Military Official, Soldiers Killed In Battle With Houthis In Al-Jawf

SANAA, Aug 18 (NNN-SABA) – A Yemeni senior military official and eight soldiers were killed, in battle with the Houthi rebels, in Yemen’s northeastern province of al-Jawf, a local medical source said. General Mohammed Ali al-Roqn, commander of the 122 Brigade, along with eight soldiers, were killed in the battle,…
Load More