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Fire breaks out at oil refinery in Kuwait

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - A fire at a kerosene unit in the refinery of Mina Abdulla is under control and cooling down, Kuwait state news agency KUNA said early on Wednesday. According to the agency, the chief executive of the Kuwait Petroleum…

5.6 magnitude quake hits Taiwan

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - A powerful earthquake of 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale South-eastern Taitung Province on Wednesday morning, according to the Meteorological authority of Thailand.  According to Reuters, there were no immediate…

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resignes

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned on Tuesday evening from the country's presidential post and notified the Shura Council. The Algerian army chief of Staff, Deputy Minister of Defense, has ordered…

Israeli forces penetrate in central Gaza Strip

SANAA, April 3 (YPA) - Israeli occupation police forces on Wednesday morning arrested one of the people who work inside the Holy Al-Aqsa on the pretext of opening the chapel of “Bab al-Rahmah". Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli…

3 Pakistani soldiers killed by Indian shelling

SANAA, April 2 (YPA) - The Pakistani army announced on Tuesday that three of its soldiers were killed and one wounded as a result of "unjustified" shelling of the Indian-controlled part of the disputed Kashmir region. "Three of our…

8 workers killed in collapse of gold mine in Peru

SANAA, April 1 (YPA) - At least eight people were killed in a collapse of an illegal gold mine in Huamachuco, La Libertad Province in northern Peru, local media reported on Sunday. The collapse was caused by a gas explosion in the mine…

Dozens of Zionist settlers storm al-Aqsa mosque

SANAA, April 1 (YPA) – A group of Israeli settler stormed the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque Square in the occupied city of Jerusalem on Monday morning. According to Palestinian sources, dozens of settlers stormed the squares of the Holy Al-Aqsa…