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Canada sends team to Iran to investigate Ukrainian plane crash

SANAA, Jan. 13 (YPA) - Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champaign said that a team of investigators has gone to Iran to investigate the incident in which the Ukrainian plane was shot down. Reuters quoted Champaign as saying that…

New Zealand volcano death toll rises to 20

SANAA, Jan. 13 (YPA) - The death toll of New Zealand's White Island volcano has risen to 20. New Zealand police announced on Monday that the death toll had risen to 20 after the death of one of the wounded. The 47 people, the majority of…

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies

SANAA, Jan. 11 (YPA) - Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media said early on Saturday. The state-run Oman News Agency announced his death on its official Twitter account late on Friday. Sultan Qaboos was believed…

11 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing

SANAA, Jan. 9 (YPA) - Eight refugees and three soldiers were killed in clashes triggered by a suicide bombing and burning down of a refugee camp in northeastern Nigeria, officials said Wednesday evening. According to AFP, a Nigerian…

2 civilians killed in car bomb explosion in Syria

SANAA, Jan. 9 (YPA) - Two civilians were killed and others wounded, as a result of a car bomb explosion in he countryside of Ras Al-Ain city occupied by Turkish forces and their mercenaries in northern Syria. "SANA" agency, quoting local…

2 rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone near US Embassy

SANAA, Jan. 9 (YPA) - Two rockets fell on Wednesday evening inside the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, where the US embassy and other headquarters are located, according to an Iraqi security source. Iraqi security media affiliated…

Syrian army shoots down Takfiri organizations’ drone in Hama

SANAA, Jan. 9 (YPA) - Syrian army on Wednesday evening shot down a drone in the vicinity of the town of Asilah in the northwestern countryside of Hama, according to Syrian agency(SANA). SANA reported that the Syrian army intercepted a…