Explosions Rocked Gov’t-Controlled Weapons Warehouse In NE Yemen

ADEN, Nov 8 (NNN-YPA) – Several explosions last night, rocked a weapons warehouse owned by Yemen’s government forces, in the country’s north-eastern oil-rich province of Marib, a security official said. “Massive explosions rocked a weapons warehouse near a densely populated neighbourhood in Marib province, igniting fires and forcing the evacuation…

Australia’s First National Pet Show

SYDNEY, Nov 8 (NNN-AAP) – While dogs and cats make the top two popular pets in Australia, interest in raising an alternative animal – birds, snakes, lizards, frogs and insects – is also on the rise, as visitors may notice at the country’s first national pet show. Held over the…

New Zealand’s Christchurch Gunman Appeals Conviction, Sentence

WELLINGTON, Nov 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – The gunman who made New Zealand’s worst terrorist attack in two Christchurch mosques in 2019, has appealed his conviction and sentence. The terrorist, Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people on Mar 15, 2019, in the largest city of the South Island, is currently serving a…

Malaysia Reported 2,521 New COVID-19 Infections, Eight New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 2,521 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,929,972, according to the Health Ministry. There are two new imported cases, with 2,519 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Eight new deaths have been…

Myanmar Resumed Hot Air Balloon Festival After Two-Year Hiatus

PYIN OO LWIN, Myanmar, Nov 8 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar held a five-day hot air balloon festival, in Pyin Oo Lwin, starting from Friday after a two-year pause due to COVID-19. About 76 hot air balloons in three main categories were competing in this year’s event, which runs until today, in…

Egypt’s President Urged Developed Countries To Honour Climate Financial Pledges

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 8 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday called on developed countries, to fulfill their climate pledges to help developing countries that suffer the most from the climate crisis. Sisi made the remarks in an inaugurating speech to the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Implementation Summit (SCIS), which gathers…

Iranian Commander Called For Strengthened Military Cooperation With Iraq

TEHRAN, Nov 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, yesterday, announced his country’s readiness to share experiences in the defence sector with Iraq. In a telephone conversation with recently-appointed Iraqi Defence Minister, Thabet Muhammad Saeed Al Abbasi, Bagheri said, military relations between the two countries…

UNESCO Called For Continued Support For Lebanon

BEIRUT, Nov 8 (NNN-NNA) – An official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), yesterday, called for continued support for the Lebanese people, hit hard by a protracted financial crisis. Costanza Farina, director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau in Beirut, made the remarks, at a ceremony to…

Iraq Searched For 11 Missing In Baghdad Building Fire

BAGHDAD, Nov 8 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi rescue teams, yesterday, continue to search for the 11 missing people, believed to have been buried in the rubbles of a building that was engulfed by a massive fire on Sunday in central Baghdad. The huge fire broke out in a three-storey building, which…

Int’l Drought Resilience Alliance Launched At COP27

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 8 (NNN-MENA) – Leaders from nearly 50 countries and organisations, yesterday launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance here, at the ongoing COP27, to help countries to be better prepared for future droughts. Initiated by Senegal and Spain, the alliance is established as a solution for the United…