Road Accident Killed Five In West Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan, Sept 28 (NNN-ANA) – Five commuters lost their lives and another injured, as their car turned turtle in west Afghanistan’s Herat province yesterday, provincial police spokesman, Abdullah Insaf, said today. The deadly road crash, according to the official, took place in Gazara district, last night, leaving five travellers…

Cosmonauts Return To Earth After Longest Space Mission

VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 28 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, announced that, two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut, have safely returned to Earth yesterday, after living for a year in the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, carrying Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, and Frank Rubio, undocked from…

435 Kg Of Crystal Meth Seized In Central Myanmar

YANGON, Sept 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized 435 kilograms of crystal meth in the country’s central region of Mandalay, according to a statement from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) late yesterday. Acting on a tipoff, anti-narcotics police searched a motorcycle and a vehicle, in Yamethin Township…

U.S. Public Schools See Continuing Enrolment Drop

SACRAMENTO, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – From Los Angeles to New York City, public schools in big U.S. cities are reporting declining enrollment, a trend that school districts said is worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and expected to continue in the coming years. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second…

Czech Republic To Buy 24 U.S. Fighter Jets

PRAGUE, Sept 28 (NNN-CTK) – The Czech government approved a plan to purchase 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets, it was announced yesterday. The country’s Ministry of Defence said, the state will pay a total of 150 billion Czech crowns (6.48 billion U.S. dollars) for the jets. This makes it one…

Roundup: UN General Debate Concluded With Renewed Commitment To Combat Global Challenges, Create Solidarity

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The General Debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) concluded Tuesday, with global leaders stating that the UN remains a paramount platform for crafting solutions to humanity’s challenges. In his concluding remarks, General Assembly President, Dennis Francis, underscored the…

UN Envoy Expresses Deep Concern Over Gaza-Israel Border Tension

GAZA, Sept 28 (NNN-WAFA) – UN special coordinator, Tor Wennesland, yesterday, expressed his deep concern over the tensions on Gaza’s eastern border with Israel. “I am deeply concerned by the escalating tensions in and around Gaza,” Wennesland, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, wrote in a…

33 School Children Injured In Bus Accident In Israel

JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – At least 33 children were injured last night, when a school bus overturned at a crossroad west of Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said. At least 33 passengers aged 8-12 were evacuated to hospitals, two of whom sustained serious injuries, one was in a moderate condition and…

Five Killed In Shooting In Arab Town In Northern Israel

JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – Five people, all in a family, were killed yesterday, in a shooting in an Arab town in northern Israel, the latest in a wave of violence sweeping through Arab communities across the country. Israeli police said in a statement that, five people were shot dead…

Hamas To Request For Municipal Elections In Gaza For First Time In 18 Years

GAZA, Sept 28 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), is planning to send an official request to the Palestinian Authority, to hold municipal elections in Gaza, for the first time in 18 years, a Palestinian official said yesterday. Hazem Qassem, a Hamas spokesman, said in a press statement that,…