Australia Launches Investigation After Dozens Of Koalas Found Dead In Land-Clearing

SYDNEY, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An investigation has been launched, after a distressing land-clearing incident left around 40 koalas dead and another 80 needing care. The authorities first became aware of the disturbing act last week, when a local resident stumbled upon the private timber plantation, while hiking near the…

Ukraine And Turkey Intend To Expand Trade, Investment Cooperation

KIEV, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, discussed the increase of bilateral trade and investment with Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during the eighth meeting of bilateral High-Level Strategic Council held in Kiev, the Ukrainian president’s press service said. The two leaders talked about the growth of bilateral…

Indonesia Saves Two Baby Orangutans From Trafficking, Detains Alleged Trader

JAKARTA, Feb 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian authorities saved two babies of critically endangered Sumatran orangutans, from a wildlife trafficking, and detained a man suspected of illegal trading. The two Sumatran orangutan babies were seized at the suspect’s house, in North Sumatra province’s district of Langkat, Director General of Law Enforcement,…

Mortar Shell Kills Seven People In Pakistan’s Bajaur

ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (NNN-APP) – Officials in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal district said, a mortar shell fired from the Afghan side of the border, killed at least seven people. Gulzar Khan, deputy superintendent of police in Bajaur, confirmed the incident there, bordering Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province. Khan said, the mortar shell…

International Women’s Group Celebrates Kuwait’s National, Liberation Days

KUWAIT, Feb 3 (NNN-KUNA) – International Women’s Group (IWG), held a ceremony to celebrate Kuwait’s National and Liberation Days in Farwaniya Governorate. The event was attended by wives of foreign ambassadors, members of the IWG and elite women of Kuwait. During her opening speech, Rima Al-Khaldi, vice president of the…

Nearly 110 Million Square Metres Of Land Cleared Of Mines In Angola

CAXITO, Angola, Feb 2 (NNN-ANGOP) – More than 109.8 million square metres of land across Angola’s northern Bengo province, has been cleared of mines since 2006, said head of the provincial department of the National De-mining Institute (INAD). For 2020, INAD expects to clear 500,000 square metres in Bengo province,…

Air Raids Kill Seven Militants In Afghanistan’s Northern Baghlan

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Feb 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Seven militants have been confirmed dead, after fighter aircraft pounded a Taliban hideout in Baghlan-e-Markazi district, of the northern Baghlan province, in Afghanistan, said an army statement, released here today (Sunday). The airstrikes, according to the statement, were conducted late Saturday evening, in Maghal…

Leading Hindu Organisation Leader Shot Dead In North India

NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (NNN-PTI) – A senior leader of a leading Hindu organisation, Hindu Mahasabha, was killed by unidentified assailants, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, early today (Sunday), said media reports. Identified as Ranjeet Bachchan, he was shot at, while he was having a morning walk outside…

Iran, Ukraine Jointly Decipher Black Box Of Crashed Ukrainian Plane

TEHRAN, Feb 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development, Mohammad Eslami, said that, Iran and Ukraine are jointly investigating the black box of the downed Ukrainian plane in Iran. The aircraft accident investigating board of Iranian and Ukrainian experts, is investigating the black box according to standards…

In Australia Four Children Killed By Drunk Driver

MELBOURNE, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four children were killed, and three others injured, after being struck by a drunk driver, in the Australian city of Sydney. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), reported that, three of the children who were killed were siblings — two girls, aged 8 and 12, and…
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