World

  • Service : English General
  • Category : World
  • Sultan Muhammad V has stepped down as king

    Date: 2019-01-06 14:33:21 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:55 - ID:7745196

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (MENA) - Sultan Muhammad V stepped down as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Bernama news agency reported on Sunday. Comptroller of the Royal Household, Datuk Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said that the monarch had officially ....

  • Kolkata airport on alert after air India plane leaked fuel: Report

    Date: 2019-01-06 09:50:26 GMT - India - World - SN:21 - ID:7744701

    NEW DELHI, Jan 6 (MENA) - An emergency was declared at Kolkata airport on Saturday night after an Air India plane started leaking fuel, NDTV reported. The Air India flight AI-335 came from Bangkok and was going to Delhi. No one was injured, ....

  • 7 killed, injured in shooting near Los Angeles

    Date: 2019-01-05 11:39:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:7743724

    WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The US police said that three persons were killed, while four others were wounded in the shooting that took place earlier today near Los Angeles in California. The incident happened in bowling alley near Los Angeles, ....

  • Shooting with multiple victims reported near Los Angeles - US police

    Date: 2019-01-05 10:07:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7743522

    WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The US police reported a shooting with multiple victims near Los Angeles in California. US-funded Alhurra Channel broke the news without offering further details. (MENA) Y Y E/A S E ....

  • Afghan national security adviser probes with Indian counterpart security situation

    Date: 2019-01-05 09:56:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7743468

    KABUL, Jan 5 (MENA) - Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib met with his Indian counterpart and other security officials during his visit to India. "Productive meetings were held in India with my counterpart Ajit Doval and other ....

  • Car bomb explosion wounds 3 in northwest Pakistan

    Date: 2019-01-05 08:40:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7743409

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (MENA) - Pakistani police said a car bomb has exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and damaging several shops. The explosion took place outside a mosque in the Kali Bari area of the city, ABC News quoted a ....

  • 4.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Jayapura

    Date: 2019-01-05 07:19:36 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:7 - ID:7743337

    JAKARTA, Jan 5 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Jayapura District, Papua Province, on Friday at 8:15 a.m. local time. The quake`s epicenter was located at 2.46 degree southern latitude and 140.55 degree eastern ....

  • Taliban threaten oil fields in northern Afghanistan

    Date: 2019-01-04 17:28:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:58 - ID:7743031

    KABUL, Jan 4 (MENA) - Taliban fighters are threatening major oil wells near the northern Afghan city of Sar-e Pul following days of fighting in which dozens of members of the security forces have been killed and wounded, Euronews quoted officials ....

  • Japan urges South Korea to avoid unfair measures in forced labor case

    Date: 2019-01-04 17:26:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:57 - ID:7743010

    TOKYO, Jan 4 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Friday urged his South Korean counterpart to take prompt steps to avoid measures unfair to Japanese companies in the wake of South Korea's claim against a Japanese firm over wartime forced ....

  • Man killed himself after stealing delivery truck and taxi during Sydney rampage

    Date: 2019-01-04 17:25:41 GMT - Australia - World - SN:56 - ID:7743069

    CANBERRA, Jan 4 (MENA) - A man who sparked a high-speed chase through Sydney after ramming into a police car used a stolen delivery truck and a taxi to plough into several other vehicles before stabbing a pedestrian and killing himself, Sky News ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD