Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Bridge Collapse Rises To Nine, With 17 Wounded

JAKARTA, Jan 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Rescuers recovered nine bodies and were searching for another missing person, after a suspension bridge collapsed, in Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province on Sunday, Head of the Search and Rescue Office of the province, Abdul Malik, said today (Monday). Torrential rains triggered flash floods that hit…

70 More Injured In Clashes Between Protesters, Riot Police In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Jan 20 (NNN-NNA) – Clashes between protesters and riot police continued on Sunday evening, in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, leaving 70 injured, local TV channel reported. Among the injured, 30 people were transported by the Lebanese Red Cross to nearby hospitals, said the report. Protesters attempted to break into parliament…

Anti-Gov’t Protests Escalate In Iraq Over Slow Pace Of Reform

BAGHDAD, Jan 20 (NNN-NINA) – Hundreds of angry Iraqi youths intensified their protests, due to the slow pace of comprehensive reform in the political process, demanded by the demonstrators. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in the squares of Tayran and Wathba, near al-Tahrir Square, the epicentre of Iraq’s anti-government protests, and…

India Grants Citizenship To Over 3,900 People From Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh In Six Years

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 NNN-PTI) – India granted citizenship to as many as 2,838 people from Pakistan, 914 from Afghanistan, and 172 from Bangladesh, during the past six years, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman said. According to a report in The Times of India, the minister also stated that, more than…

Five Indonesian Nationals Abducted By Abu Sayyaf

JAKARTA. Jan 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Abu Sayyaf terrorist group, held hostage, five Indonesian citizens, in waters off Sabah in Malaysia, not far from the area where three other Indonesian sailors had been previously kidnapped. The abduction took place on Thursday night, when eight Indonesian nationals were fishing there, but…

Thai Armed Forces Conduct First Parade Of Troops Before King

BANGKOK, Jan 19 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai armed forces, conducted the first parade of troops, before King Maha Vajiralongkorn. On the occasion of the Thai Armed Forces Day, the troops of the armed forces were dressed in royal patterns and marched in the parade, for review by the monarch at…

Iran To Send Black Box Of Crashed Plane To Ukraine

TEHRAN, Jan 19 (NNN-IRNA) – The black box of the passenger plane which crashed over Tehran’s airspace earlier this month, will be sent to Ukraine for reading of the data, an official in Iran’s Aviation Organisation, said. “The black box cannot be read in Iran, and following request by the…

Israeli Army Demolishes School East Of Yatta

WEST BANK, Palestine, Jan 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces today (yesterday), demolished the foundations of a new school in Southern West Bank, according to Rateb Jabour, a member of the National and Popular Committee, Resisting the Wall and Settlements. Jabour said that, Israeli soldiers stormed the area and began to…

6.1-Magnitude Quake Hits Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Jan 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of revised 6.1, jolted Indonesia’s eastern Papua province on Saturday evening (last night), but was not potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. Previously, the agency had released the quake at magnitude of 6.3. The quake struck at…

40 Soldiers Killed In Houthi Missile Attack In Yemen’s Marib

SANAA, Jan 19 (NNN-SABA) – At least 40 soldiers were killed on Saturday, in a ballistic missile attack by Iran-allied Houthi rebels, on a Saudi-led coalition military base, in Yemen’s northeastern province of Marib. “All the killed were Yemeni government soldiers,” the medic said, adding, dozens of other soldiers sustained…
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