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US mulls plan to train Ukrainian military: US ambassador
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States is considering the possibility of providing training to the Ukrainian military, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Monday, citing the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.
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Lebanon arrests 31 over illegal immigration attempt
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Lebanon's state security on Monday arrested 31 people, including women and children, over their illegal immigration attempt, the National News Agency reported.
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Injury toll in earthquakes that shook Iran hits 84
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five were killed and 84 wounded in three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 that shook Iran's southern province of Hormozgan early Saturday, semi-official Fars news agency quoted an emergency official as saying.
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Five killed, 49 injured as three quakes rock Southern Iran
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five people were killed and another 49 injured as three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 shook Iran's southern Hormuzgan province early on Saturday, the Fars news agency quoted an emergency official as saying.
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10 killed in car accident in SE Iran
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 1 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 10 people were killed in a car accident in the south-eastern Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan, the official IRNA news agency reported Friday.
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Director Paul Haggis makes latest court appearance in Italy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): 'Crash' director Paul Haggis has appeared in court again in Italy, where he is currently under house arrest in a hotel after being alleged of sexual assault, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
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Over 600 inmates escape Sri Lanka's rehabilitation centre
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 29 (ANI): Over 600 inmates escaped a rehabilitation centre in Polonnaruwa in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday after a fight broke out between two prisoner groups, Xinhua News Agency reported citing the Sri Lankan police.
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1 dead, several injured after building collapses in Lebanon
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], June 27 (ANI/Xinhua): An infant died and several other people were injured on Sunday after a three-storey building collapsed in the Qibbeh district of Tripoli, northern Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.
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Iran carries out 2nd launch of homemade satellite carrier
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran has successfully launched for the second time a domestically-developed hybrid-propellant satellite carrier rocket into space, the IRIB news agency reported Sunday, citing a defense ministry spokesman.
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Iraqi PM to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia soon
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is scheduled to pay an official visit in the upcoming days to Iran before heading to Saudi Arabia for talks with leaders of the two countries, an official news agency reported on Saturday.
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Daily new fever cases drop below 10,000 in North Korea
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): About 9,600 fever cases were reported in the past 24 hours through 0900 GMT on Friday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), with zero deaths, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.
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18 dead in stampede while crossing into Spanish enclave
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rabat [Morocco], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Death toll climbs to 18 in a stampede as more than 2,000 sub-Saharan migrants tried Friday to breach the border between Morocco and Melilla, a Spanish enclave city in Africa, Moroccan official news agency MAP reported.
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