Landing Craft Capsizes In Strait Of Hormuz, Seven Missing: Media

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-ISNA) – A landing craft capsized in the Strait of Hormuz and seven people on board went missing. The vessel overturned, 25 miles (42.2 km) southeast of Iran’s Lark Island, in the Strait of Hormuz and efforts are underway to save the seven people, Esmail Makizadeh, deputy…

Update: 10 Climbers Killed In Iran After Heavy Snowfall

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The death toll of climbers rose to ten, after heavy snowfall in the northern heights of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Mehdi Valipour, head of the Red Crescent Rescue and Relief Organisation of Iran, announced. The search operation for other missing climbers is currently stopped, due…

Military Helicopter Crash In Pakistan Leaves Four Dead

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (NNN-APP) – A Pakistani army helicopter crashed in the country’s north Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region, leaving four people, including two pilots and two soldiers killed, an army statement said early today. The helicopter crashed yesterday, due to technical reasons, when it was evacuating body of a soldier…

Two Killed, Eight Injured In Explosion Near Football Ground In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (NNN-APP) – Two people were killed and eight others injured, when a bomb went off, near a football ground in Panjgur district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, yesterday. The explosion happened when boys of two teams and spectators were leaving the ground after a game, a spokesman,…

Israeli Midnight Strikes In Syria Kill Six Fighters: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Dec 26 (NNN-SANA) – A total of six pro-government fighters were killed, during an Israeli strike that targeted positions in central Syria after midnight, a war monitor reported. The Israeli missile strike targeted defence factories, where a scientific research centre is located, in the city of Masyaf, in the…

Ice, Snow Kill Two Climbers In Mountain Fall North Of Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec 26 (NNN-ISNA) – Two climbers lost their lives, after falling from a cliff, in the north of Tehran, and another one was severely injured, an official at Iran’s Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation, said. “Three people were injured in a fall along the Kolakchal trail, two of whom…

Pakistani Soldier Killed In Unprovoked Firing By India In Disputed Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani army said early today that, a soldier was killed, in Indian firing in Kashmir, amid escalations along the Line of Control (LoC), in the disputed region. The military said, Indian troops “committed unprovoked ceasefire violation” yesterday, in the Satwal sector, along the LoC. “Pakistan…

EU, Germany, France Jointly Provide 116 Million USD To Develop Rural Infrastructure In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Dec 24 (NNN-AKP) – The European Union, Germany and France earlier this week provided a credit agreement worth 95.8 million euros (116 million U.S. dollars) to Cambodia, to support Rural Infrastructure Development for Cambodia (RID4CAM) project, said a joint press statement yesterday. In Cambodia, where 70 percent of…

Trump Vetoes Annual Defence Bill Despite Passage In Congress By Veto-Proof Majority

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, vetoed the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), for Fiscal Year 2021, despite the bill’s passage in Congress, by a veto-proof majority. The presidential action followed through on Trump’s threat, to block the 741-billion-U.S.-dollar annual national security legislation, which now depends on…

The Former Blackwater Guards Trump Pardoned Were Convicted Of Killing 14 Iraqi Civilians, Including Two Children

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Outgoing U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Tuesday, pardoned four men, convicted in connection with a massacre of civilians in Iraq, in 2007. The Blackwater guards Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard, opened fire in a busy section of Baghdad, resulting in the…
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