5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Qotur In NW Iran

TEHRAN, Feb 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Another 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Qotur region, in West Azerbaijan Province, in the northwest of Iran on Sunday, according to Iran’s Seismological Centre. The earthquake took place at 7:30 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), with the epicentre at the depth of 12 km, 38.505 degrees north…

Five Insurgents Killed In Clashes With Thai Special Task Forces

BANGKOK, Feb 24 (NNN-TNA) — Five suspected southern insurgents were shot dead by security forces, on a mountainous area, in Thailand’s restive south. The clash took place in the southern border province of Narathiwat on Sunday (yesterday). The security forces also seized five M16 assault rifles, one HK rifle and…

UAE Continues Dispatching Food Convoys To Hadramaut

HADRAMAUT, Feb 23 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, continued dispatching new food convoys to Arrayda and Qusay’ir districts, in Hadramaut Governorate, as part of its humanitarian response programme, to ease the suffering of Yemeni families and bringing life back to normalcy. The…

Two Sons Of Egypt’s Ex-President Mubarak Acquitted Of Corruption Charges

CAIRO, Feb 23 (NNN-MENA) – An Egyptian court acquitted Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, sons of ousted Egyptian president, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, in a corruption case, state-run Ahram Online news website reported. According to Ahram Online, the Cairo Criminal Court acquitted Alaa and Gamal, and others, in the case known in…

Nine Dead, Five Injured As Vehicle Falls Into Deep Gorge In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Feb 23 (NNN-PTI) – Nine people died and five others were injured, when a vehicle fell into a deep gorge, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a local police official said, over the phone. The accident occurred in the Malhar area of Kathua district, on Saturday evening (last night), the police…

Eight Killed, Several Trapped After Marble Quarry Rock-slide In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (NNN-APP) – A rock-slide from a marble quarry, on Saturday, killed eight labourers and trapped at least 15 others, in Pakistan’s Buner district of northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, official said. The official, who serves as Buner district police officer, told local media that, some 30 miners were…

Damascus-Aleppo Highway Officially Opens For Travel

DAMASCUS, Feb 23 (NNN-SANA) – A week following its capture by the Syrian army, the Damascus-Aleppo strategic highway was opened on Saturday, for travel between the country’s south and north. The opening of the road for travel comes, after the army cleared the road and removed barricades, as well as,…

Erdogan To Meet Putin, Merkel, Macron On Mar 5 Over Idlib

ISTANBUL, Feb 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A quartet summit, attended by leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France, on the Idlib crisis, will be held on Mar 5, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday. During his visit to Turkey’s western province of Izmir, Erdogan said, he “clearly” shared Turkey’s…

Iraqi Paramilitary Forces Arrest Daesh Militant In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Feb 23 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces, said that, a leading figure of the Daesh, working as coordinator for the extremist group outside Iraq, was captured in northern Iraq. A paramilitary force, affiliated with the Hashd Shaabi Operations Command of Nineveh province, conducted an operation, that resulted…

Palestinian Universities Cooperate In Teaching Chinese Language

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Various Palestinian universities, signed a cooperation agreement on Chinese language teaching. Under the agreement, Al-Quds University, which hosts the only Confucius Institute in Palestine, will overlook the implementation of the agreement, in terms of providing educational programmes and language teachers, appointed by the Chinese…
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