Four Daesh Militants, Two Security Members Killed In Attacks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 4 (NNN-NINA) – Four Daesh militants and two security members were killed on Sunday, in separate attacks in Iraq, security sources said. Acting on intelligence reports, the army’s helicopter gunships, chased a vehicle of Daesh militants, and bombed it, after spotting it in the mountainous area of Himreen,…

DPRK’s Official Newspaper Publishes New Photos Of Kim Jong Un

PYONGYANG, May 2 (NNN-KCNA) – An official newspaper of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday (today), published photos of its top leader, Kim Jong Un, whose recent disappearance has triggered much speculation. The pictures posted by Rodong Sinmun were dated May 1 and were Kim’s first public…

Cambodia’s Famed Angkor Reports 60-Percent Drop In Foreign Tourists In First Four Months

PHNOM PENH, May 2 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park, attracted 384,317 foreign tourists, in the first four months of 2020, down 60 percent over the same period last year. The ancient site made gross revenue of nearly 18 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales, during the Jan-Apr period…

Explosion Hits Town In Syria’s Aleppo, Killing Four

DAMASCUS, May 2 (NNN-SANA) – An explosion took place in a storehouse of cooking gas cylinders, in a town in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, in northern Syria on Friday, killing four people and wounding 23 others, state TV reported. The explosion left damage in buildings near the storehouse…

Yemeni Gov’t Forces Clash With STC’s Military Units In Socotra

ADEN, May 2 (NNN-SABA) – Intense clashes erupted on Friday, between Yemen’s government forces, and the military units of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), in the country’s archipelago of Socotra. “The government forces exchanged artillery shelling with the STC’s military units, during hours of clashes, sparked over the control of…

Saudi Arabia’s Q1 Budget Deficit Reaches 9.1 Billion USD Amid Oil Price Collapse

RIYADH, Apr 30 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s national budget deficit in the first quarter reached 34.107 billion Saudi riyals (9.09 billion U.S. dollars), amid oil price collapse and a significant drop in demand in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Finance Ministry, said. “The total revenue for the first…

Iran Says Reported U.S. Attempt To Extend Iran’s Arms Embargo Breaches UN Resolution

TEHRAN, Apr 30 (NNN-IRNA) – The U.S. attempt to extend Iran’s arms embargo, reported by media, is in contravention of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, Iranian ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday (yesterday). The UN “Security Council members should pay heed to the fact that any move to…

Fire erupts in Istanbul’s recycling facility, no casualties reported

ISTANBUL, Apr 30 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A fire erupted at a recycling facility in Istanbul, on Wednesday, with no reported injuries, a local media outlet said. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, the NTV broadcaster said, noting, the intervention of fire brigades has been continuing. A video, aired…

Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council Declares 72-Hour Curfew In Aden

ADEN, Apr 30 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared a three-day 24-hour curfew, in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country’s southern port city of Aden. Responding to five confirmed cases of COVID-19, the STC that’s controlling Aden and the neighbouring southern cities, announced…

12 Rangers Killed In Armed Attack In National Park In DRC

GOMA, DRC, Apr 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Seventeen people, including 12 rangers from Virunga National Park, died in an armed attack, by an unidentified armed group, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities said. According to a press release from Nzanzu, Kasivita Carly, governor of the eastern province…
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