Delhi Recorded Worse Air Quality As Winter Begins To Set In

NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (NNN-PTI) – Indian capital city, New Delhi’s overall air quality has deteriorated to the “Poor” category, showed the data by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, today. Some of the areas in and around New Delhi remained in the “Very Poor” category,…

Russia Reported 9,348 New COVID-19 Cases

MOSCOW, Oct 23 (NNN-TASS) – Russia registered 9,348 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,364,263, the official monitoring and response centre said yesterday. The centre said, the nationwide death toll increased by 90 to 389,449, while the number of recoveries grew by 15,035…

72 People Arrested In Portugal This Year Over Forest Fire Crime

LISBON, Oct 23 (NNN-LNA) – Seventy-two people were arrested for the crime of forest fire, so far, this year in Portugal, the highest number since 2017, the country’s National Republican Guard (GNR) revealed, yesterday. According to the GNR data, this year’s figure was a 38 percent increase compared to that…

Mass Rallies Held Across Ethiopia Against Foreign Interference, Pressure

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 23 (NNN-ENA) – Millions of Ethiopians yesterday, held rallies across cities and towns in the country, to denounce foreign interference and pressure in the country’s internal affairs. In Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, demonstrators gathered at Meskel Square, with slogans that read “a threat to Ethiopia…

Plane Carrying Five Germans Went Missing Off Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Oct 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – A small plane with five German nationals on board, went missing near the Caribbean coast, off Costa Rica on Friday afternoon, Public Security Minister, Jorge Torres, confirmed Friday night. The minister said, the plane was heading for the airport in Costa Rica’s eastern province…

Far-Right Leader Giorgia Meloni Became Italy’s First Woman PM

ROME, Oct 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right populist Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, became Italy’s first woman prime minister on Friday. The official announcement came, after she met with the country’s President, Sergio Mattarella, at the Quirinale Presidential Palace here, in the afternoon. Meloni received the…

Explosion Targeted Military Ambulance In Southern Yemen, Five Killed

ADEN, Oct 23 (NNN-YPA) – An explosion yesterday, struck an ambulance, carrying a medic team of the southern pro-government Yemeni forces, in southern Abyan province, killing five medics on board, a security official said. “A remotely detonated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) struck an ambulance, carrying a military medical team of…

Another Palestinian Killed By Israeli Soldiers In West Bank: Medics

RAMALLAH, Oct 23 (NNN-WAFA) – Another Palestinian was killed yesterday, by Israeli soldiers, at an Israeli army roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said, in a press statement that, Rabi Arafa Rabi, 32, was killed by Israeli…

U.S. Sent Message To Iran, “In Hurry” To Reach Nuke Agreement: Iranian FM

TEHRAN, Oct 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, yesterday said, his country received a U.S. message expressing American hastiness to reach the nuclear deal with Iran. “Three days ago, we received a message from the U.S., we told them, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s accusations against Iran’s nuclear programme…

Brunei Ranks Second Lowest Disaster Risk Country In ASEAN: Report

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Brunei is categorised as the second lowest disaster risk country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in the World Risk Index 2022 report, a local newspaper said, yesterday. According to the paper, World Risk Index 2022, covers risks from earthquakes, floods,…