China-Arab Expo A Vital Platform For High-Value Investment Partnerships, Say Business Insiders

DUBAI, Sept 1 (NNN-WAM) – The China-Arab States Expo is a vital platform to strengthen traditional trade ties and high-value investment partnerships, between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China, UAE business insiders said. The seventh edition of the expo, concluding yesterday in Yinchuan, capital of north-west China’s Ningxia Hui…

Hezbollah Member Killed In Israeli Airstrike On S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, Sept 1 (NNN-NNA) – A Hezbollah member was killed yesterday, in an Israeli airstrike targeting southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources. An Israeli drone “struck a motorcycle, on the Nabatieh Al-Fawqa road, with a guided missile.” A Lebanese army intelligence source said, the dead was a Hezbollah member named…

Two Killed, Six Injured In Gas Pipeline Maintenance Accident In Egypt

CAIRO, Sept 1 (NNN-MENA) – Two people were killed and six others injured yesterday, during routine maintenance work on a gas pipeline, in Egypt’s Ismailia Governorate, east of Cairo, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said. In a statement, the ministry reported that, emergency teams rushed to the Abu…

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…