French PM Bayrou Arrives At Elysee Palace To Submit Resignation To President

PARIS, Sept 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – French Prime Minister, Francois Bayrou, was seen arriving at the Elysee Palace yesterday, to submit his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, after losing a confidence vote in the French National Assembly. Bayrou on Monday, lost the confidence vote in the National Assembly, over his budget…

U.S.-Venezuela Tensions Mount Over Military Buildup, Drug Dispute

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are rising, following a string of military moves and allegations linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean. The standoff intensified when U.S. President, Donald Trump, announced the deployment of 10 additional F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico, part of…

DPRK Conducts Ground Jet Test Of High-Thrust Carbon Fiber Solid-Fuel Engine

PYONGYANG, Sept 10 (NNN-KCNA) – The Missile Administration of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the Academy of Chemical Materials, conducted a ground jet test of a high-thrust solid-fuel engine, using the composite carbon fiber material, it was reported yesterday. The ninth ground jet test of the engine…

Kazakhstan Dismantles Nine Drug Labs In Nationwide Operation

ALMATY, Sept 10 (NNN-KNA) – Nine drug laboratories have been dismantled in Kazakhstan, since June this year, as part of a national operation, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, said yesterday. Authorities have uncovered 677 drug-related crimes, since the operation began, seizing two tonnes of marijuana, 47 kilograms of hashish,…

IAEA, Iran Agreed To Resume Inspection Activities

VIENNA, Sept 10 (NNN-APA) – The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran, agreed yesterday, in Cairo, on practical modalities to resume nuclear inspection activities in Iran, according to an official social media post. “This is an important step in the right direction,” said Rafael Grossi, director general of the Vienna-based International…

At Least 40 Palestinians Murdered By Israeli Army In Gaza Yesterday; Death Toll: 64,605

GAZA, Sept 10 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 40 Palestinians were murdered by the barbarous Israeli army, in various areas of the Gaza Strip, since dawn yesterday, the Gaza-based Civil Defence, said. The authority’s spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, said that, about 25 people remain missing under the rubble, after a residential house…

Earthquake Disrupts Education For Over 157,000 Students In Afghanistan’s Kunar Province

KABUL, Sept 9 (NNN-BNA) – A recent earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, left more than 157,000 students unable to attend school, with dozens of educational facilities destroyed or damaged, local media outlet TOLOnews reported. A total of 157,074 students across the province are currently out of school, in…

Roundup: Four Israeli Soldiers Killed In Tank Attack Amid Expanding Gaza City Offensive; Palestinian Death Toll: 64,522

JERUSALEM, Sept 9 (NNN-MA’AN/XINHUA) – Four Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza City, yesterday, after their tank was hit by an explosive device, planted by Hamas militants, the Zionist Israeli military said. Three of the dead were Armoured Corps soldiers, while the fourth soldier’s identity has not been cleared for…

Two Dead Due To Homemade Firecracker Explosion In Vietnam

HANOI, Sept 9 (NNN-VNA) – A homemade firecracker explosion has left two dead, in northern Vietnam’s Bac Ninh province, yesterday. According to the initial report, the explosion occurred in a rented apartment, where investigators found metal cans and pipes, suspected of being used in firecracker production. The local authorities are…

Seven Killed In Road Accident In Pakistan’s Sindh Province

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (NNN-APP) – At least seven members of a family were killed, when a speeding truck collided with a car in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, police said, yesterday. The accident occurred on the National Highway, in Naushehro Feroze district, where a trailer rammed into a car carrying the…