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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…

Truck Carrying 68-Metre Wind Turbine Blade Rolls In Australia

SYDNEY, Sept 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Highland Lakes Road, near the Australian township of Bothwell in Tasmania State, is expected…

Car Bomb Kills 15, Wounds 66 In S. Afghanistan

QALAT, Afghanistan, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A car bomb today (Thursday), struck Qalat city, the capital of southern Afghanistan’s Zabul…

Israeli PM Cancels UN Visit After Failure To Secure Majority In Election Re-Run

JERUSALEM, Sept 19 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, cancelled a trip to the United Nations General Assembly in…

Kuwaiti Army Raises Level Of Combat Readiness

KUWAIT, Sept 19 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti army raised the level of combat readiness of some units, as part of precautionary…

Yemen’s Houthis Dismiss Iran’s Involvement In Aramco Attack

SANAA, Sept 19 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels denied any involvement by Iran, in their attacks that targeted two Aramco…

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Threaten Strikes Against Dubai And Abu Dhabi

“We announced that we have dozens of targets in the UAE, among them Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and that they…

Two Jordanians Kidnapped In Libya Set Free

AMMAN, Sept 19 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan said that, two of three Jordanians who were kidnapped in Libya last year, have…

Yemeni Gov’t Forces Dismantle Houthi-Laid Minefield In Hodeidah

ADEN, Sept 19 (NNN-SABA) – Yemeni government forces declared, a large minefield, planted by the Houthi rebels in the Red…