Nearly 100,000 Cattle Dead Of Lumpy Skin Disease In India

NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll of cattle due to the lumpy skin disease in India doubled over the past three weeks, taking the total to nearly 100,000, confirmed a government official yesterday. “The cumulative number of cattle deaths caused by lumpy skin disease has gone up…

10 Killed As Vehicle Fell Into Pond In North India

NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (NNN-PTI) – Ten people, including eight women and two children, died, and nearly 37 others were injured, when a vehicle they were in, fell into a pond, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, a local police officer said. The mishap occurred in the state…

China-Mongolia Friendship Week Kicked Off

ULAN BATOR, Sept 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – China-Mongolia Friendship Week, aimed at increasing mutual understanding between the two peoples and expanding people-to-people exchanges and cultural cooperation between the two countries, started here yesterday. Nyamdorj Ankhbayar, state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, said at the opening ceremony that,…

Palestinian PM Urged Israeli Leader To Prove Support For Two-State Solution

RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday urged his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid, to prove his support for the two-state solution, by stopping settlement building and ending the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. “Whoever claims to believe in the two-state solution must stop settlements, lift…

Egypt, Bulgaria Vowed To Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

CAIRO, Sept 27 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and Bulgarian President, Rumen Radev, discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. In a phone conversation, the two leaders also discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations, particularly in the economic, investment,…

Egypt Slammed Deadly Shooting At Russian School

CAIRO, Sept 27 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, condemned in the strongest terms, the deadly school shooting at a Russian school. “It is a heinous terrorist attack that killed and wounded a large number of people, including children,” said Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesperson of the ministry. He expressed…

Chinese Phone Maker Vivo Launched Latest 5G Smartphones In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Sept 27 (NNN-SPA) – Chinese phone maker, Vivo, unveiled yesterday, two 5G smartphones in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. At its first offline launch of new products in the kingdom, Vivo presented the latest additions to its 5G smartphones V series: V25 and V25 Pro, which feature superior photography. The…

Pakistani Rupee Gained Strong Recovery Against USD

ISLAMABAD, Sept 27 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani rupee gained a strong recovery against the U.S. dollar, as the greenback was being traded at 237.02 rupees in the interbank, yesterday, according to the State Bank of Pakistan. The U.S. dollar closed at 239.65 rupees on Friday, and yesterday, went down after…

Victims In Migrant Boat Rose To 102, Search Still Underway Off Syrian Shore

DAMASCUS, Sept 27 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 102 bodies have so far been found, after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off the Syrian shore, while 40 others were still missing, a war monitor reported. Twenty people have been rescued by the Syrian authorities, said the Syrian Observatory for…

Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon Discussed Means To Boost Food Security

AMMAN, Sept 26 (NNN-PETRA) – The agriculture ministers of Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, convened in Amman yesterday, to discuss means to boost food security. During the meeting, Jordan’s Agriculture Minister, Khaled Hanaifat, highlighted the magnitude of challenges facing countries in the region, including climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, the…