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Shelling-Affected Families Receive Food Assistance In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Sept 22 (NNN-SABA) – Scores of families affected by the indiscriminate shelling, launched by the Houthi rebels in Hodeidah,…

Three Militants Killed In Anti-Daesh Operation In Central Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), backed by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft, on Saturday carried out…

20 Militants Killed, Nine Arrested In Afghan Special Forces Operations

KABUL, Sept 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Units of the Afghan Special Forces, backed by fighter planes, killed 20 militants in western…

6.4-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Eastern Indonesia, Not Potential For Tsunami

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province earlier Sunday (today), but there was no…

Pilot Killed As Two-Seater Plane Crashes In Philippines

MANILA, Sept 21 (NNN-PNA) – A two-seater plane crashed into a rice field in Pampanga province, north of the Philippine…

Two Pakistani Soldiers Killed In NW Pakistan’s Bomb Explosion

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (NNN-APP) – Two Pakistani security personnel were killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device, in…

Spotlight: Cambodia Raises Minimum Wage For Garment, Footwear Sectors For 2020

PHNOM PENH, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Cambodian government set a new monthly minimum wage for the country’s multi-billion-dollar garment…

In Rare Protests, Egyptians Demand President Sisi’s Removal

CAIRO, Sept 21 (NNN-MENA) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have marched in cities across Egypt, to demand the resignation of…

NIOSH calls for stiffer punishment for environmental offenders

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health  (NIOSH) today called for the imposition of…

Cockpit Window Crack Forces Aussie Airline To Make Emergency Landing

SYDNEY, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A Jetstar passenger plane, travelling between Australia and Indonesia, was forced to turn back halfway…