6.0-Magnitude Quake Hit South-Eastern Afghanistan

BEIJING, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0, jolted south-eastern Afghanistan, at 1917 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 34.61 degrees north latitude, and 70.80 degrees east longitude.–…

57 More Palestinians Murdered In Brutal Israeli Attacks Across Gaza; Latest Death Toll: 63,371

GAZA, Aug 31 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 57 more Palestinians were murdered by the Barbaric Israeli army, across the Gaza Strip yesterday, according to Palestinian sources. In Gaza City, four people, including two children, were murdered, in a Zionist Israeli airstrike, targeting two civilian apartments, and a gathering of Palestinians,…

One Dead, 57 Injured In Sri Lanka Bus Crash

COLOMBO, Aug 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – One person was killed, with about 57 others being injured, when a bus carrying pilgrims, crashed, in Pottuvil, in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province yesterday, the police said. According to the police, the bus veered off the road and struck a culvert, before coming to a…

Two Killed In Collision Involving Stolen Car In Eastern Australia

SYDNEY, Aug 31 (NNN-AAP) – Two people have been killed, in a three-vehicle collision, involving a stolen car, north of Brisbane in eastern Australia. Police in the state of Queensland, said today that, emergency services were called to the crash site, near the small town of Chatsworth, 150 km north…

Heavy Rain Hits Philippines

MANILA, Aug 31 (NNN-PNA) – An intense thunderstorm, that affected the northern portion of Metro Manila and the western part of Rizal, yesterday afternoon, dumped five days worth of August rainfall in just an hour in Quezon City. Weather bureau PAGASA said, its Science Garden station recorded 96.6 millimetres of…

Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee Urges U.S. To Reverse Visa Ban On Palestinian Officials

AMMAN, Aug 31 (NNN-PETRA) – The Ministerial Committee, formed by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza, yesterday urged the U.S. administration, to “reconsider and reverse” its decision, not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA). In a statement issued after its meeting…

Nearly 3,000 Afghan Families Return Home In A Day As Expulsions Step Up Again

KABUL, Aug 31 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 2,844 Afghan refugee families, totalling 13,662 individuals, returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan on Thursday, Afghanistan’s High Commission for Addressing Returnees Problems announced Friday. The returnees returned to Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border crossing in western Herat province, the Torkham…

Policeman Killed, Two Injured In Terrorist Attack In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (NNN-APP) – A policeman was killed and at least two others were injured, in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province yesterday, an official said. A group of terrorists attacked a police check post, in the Lachi area of Kohat district of the province,…

Central Vietnam Warned Of Flash Floods, Landslides Under Impact Of Typhoon Nongfa

HANOI, Aug 31 (NNN-VNA) – Central Vietnam localities, from Thanh Hoa province to Hue city, are facing high risks of flash floods, landslides and flooding, as Typhoon Nongfa approaches. Vietnamese Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, yesterday, instructed localities to call on and guide vessels, to return to safe shelters. Authorities…

Drug Seized, Smuggler Detained In N. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 31 (NNN-BNA) – Police have confiscated 40 kg of opium poppy, and arrested an individual, on charges of attempting to smuggle the contraband from the northern Afghanistan Baghlan province, provincial director for counter-narcotics police, Mullah Mohammad Nabi Kamran, said yesterday. The alleged drug smuggler had hidden the contraband…