ISLAMABAD, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, rose to 13 on Tuesday morning, police and rescue officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police in District City, Karachi, Muqaddas Haider, told Xinhua that the death toll…
Russia Complains About U.S. Arrogance Towards Its Space Programme
MOSCOW, June 10 (NNN-TASS) – Despite its long-term reliance on Russian spacecraft, the United States does not take the Russian space programme seriously, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency. “When our partners finally managed to conduct a successful test on their spacecraft, there were nothing but jokes…
U.S. Military Plane Damaged At Air Base Near Iraq’s Capital
BAGHDAD, June 9 (NNN-NINA) – A U.S. C-130 Hercules air plane, on Monday, sustained damage when landing at a military air base to the north of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, an Iraqi army source said. The incident took place at night, when the plane slid off the runway, at Camp Taji,…
Rocket Hits Perimeter Of Iraq’s Baghdad Airport
BAGHDAD, June 9 (NNN-NINA) – A rocket, Monday evening, landed on the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said. The rocket was launched from the Arab Khudair area, south of the airport, said the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) in a statement, without giving…
S.Korea Urges North Korea To Maintain Inter-Korean Communication Lines
SEOUL, June 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea urged North Korea today, to maintain communication lines between the two Koreas, after Pyongyang’s threat to cut off all inter-Korean hotlines, multiple local media reported. An unidentified South Korean unification ministry official was quoted as telling local reporters that, the inter-Korean communication lines,…
Three Killed, Five Injured As Oil Refinery Catches Fire In Pakistan’s Punjab
ISLAMABAD, June 9 (NNN-APP) – Three labourers were killed and five others injured, when fire erupted in an oil refinery, in Faisalabad district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province, on Monday night, local media reported. The factory was housing about 100,000 litres of oil, when fire erupted in one of its…
Thai PM Calls On Workers To Prepare For Overseas Work After Pandemic Subsides
BANGKOK, June 9 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, via spokeswoman, Narumon Pinyosinwat, instructed Thai workers to prepare themselves for overseas work, once the global COVID-19 pandemic subsides. “Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants Thai labour workers to prepare themselves in terms of technical and language skills, physical fitness and…
Billions Of Desert Locusts Swarm Through War-Torn Yemen
SANAA, June 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Billions of desert locusts are swarming through war-torn Yemen, threatening crops and exacerbating the food crisis. They were seen invading cultivation areas in several provinces, including Dhamar, Bayda, Ibb, Dhalea, Mahweet and Hajjah, according to local residents and farmers. The rainy season and the shortage…
Two Dead, One Missing As Boat Capsizes In Northern Vietnam
Bodies of the two men aged 26 and 31, were found Monday morning, while a 35-year-old man was still missing, as the boat capsized midnight Sunday, in a section of Chay river in Bac Ha District, the news agency reported. HANOI, June 8 (NNN-VNA) – A boat carrying seven people…
Four Dead, Six Injured In Multi-Vehicles Crash In Northern Philippines
MANILA, June 8 (NNN-PNA) – Four people were killed and six others injured, in a multi-vehicle accident in Benguet province, in the northern Philippines, before dawn today, local police said. Police said, the crash occurred at about 4.00 a.m. along a highway in a village near Tuba town, and directly…
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