Hamas Official Says Prisoner Swap Negotiations Suspended After Israel’s Attack On Doha

GAZA, Sept 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas said yesterday, it had suspended talks on a prisoner swap with Israel, after accusing Israel of targeting its negotiating delegation in the Qatari capital, Doha. “Negotiations cannot continue, if the delegation responsible for them is attacked inside the country acting as mediator,” Tahir al-Nono,…

17 children, Two staff Members reported gastroenteritis symptoms at pre-school in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Seventeen children and two staff members at a pre-school in Singapore, developed symptoms of gastroenteritis from Sept 9, authorities said, yesterday. No one was hospitalised, however, the case is under investigation, according to a joint statement by the Communicable Diseases Agency, the Early Childhood Development…

Israeli Airstrikes In Yemen Killed 26 Media Staff

SANAA, Sept 15 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said yesterday that, 26 staff members of local media outlets were among 46 people murdered in Barbaric Zionist Israeli airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday. In a statement, the Houthis said, the strikes destroyed the offices of two newspapers – 26th September…

Egypt Renews Call For Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

CAIRO, Sept 14 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, reiterated calls for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said, in a statement. Ahead of the 69th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, scheduled for next week in Vienna, Egypt urged all countries…

97 Killed, Over 4.4 Million Affected By Floods In Punjab

ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 (NNN-APP) – At least 97 people have been killed and more than 4.4 million others affected, by recent floods in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), said. According to the PDMA on Friday, floods, triggered by high water levels in the Ravi, Sutlej,…

Drugs, Firearm Discovered, Four Detained In W. Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept 14 (NNN-BNA) – Police, during two separate operations, discovered 39 kg of illegal drugs and arrested four alleged drug smugglers, in western Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, provincial police spokesman, Mawlawi Gul Mohammad Qudrat, said yesterday. In the first operation, which was conducted on a road linking the provincial capital,…

Seven Soldiers, 10 Terrorists Killed In Operation In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 (NNN-APP) – Seven soldiers and 10 terrorists were killed, in an operation in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, yesterday. During the operation, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation, in Lower Dir district of the province, on reported presence of terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations…

Six Killed, Four Injured As Stone Quarry Collapsed In India’s West Bengal

NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (NNN-PTI) – At least six people were killed and four others injured, two of them critically, after rocks caved in, inside a stone quarry, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, officials said yesterday. The stretch of stone quarry collapsed on Friday, near Bahadurpur village…

Etihad Airways To Extend Wings From UAE To Cambodia Next Month

PHNOM PENH, Sept 14 (NNN-AKP) – Etihad Airways will start direct flights from Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, from Oct 3, said a news release from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism, yesterday. The announcement was made, after a meeting between Cambodian…

Sri Lanka Opens Online Registration For Maize Farmers Next Season

COLOMBO, Sept 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Agrarian Development, announced yesterday that, registration is now open for farmers cultivating maize (corn) for the 2025-26 main farming season. In a statement, the department said, farmers can register online as well. It added that, all maize farmers are required to…