Japan’s Shinmoedake Volcano Erupts, Sending Ash Plume

TOKYO, Aug 10 (NNN-NHK) – A powerful eruption occurred at Shinmoedake volcano, in Japan’s Kirishima mountain range, around 5:23 a.m. local time today, sending an ash plume soaring more than 3,000 metres above the crater, local media reported. The volcano, located on the border between Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, has…

Man In Critical Condition Following Shooting In Eastern Australia

SYDNEY, Aug 10 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition, following a shooting in eastern Australia, police in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement, today. The emergency services were called to reports of a shooting, at a home in…

Masses Rally In Tel Aviv Against Gaza City Takeover Plan, Urge Soldiers To Refuse, Seek General Strike

TEL AVIV, Aug 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Tel Aviv’s Ayalon highway shut down, last night, as protesters light bonfires in the road; relatives of hostages bewail ‘eternal war-mongers’ for choosing to ‘sacrifice’ their loved ones. Ten of thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv and cities across Israel, last night, to…

Israeli Plan To Occupy Gaza City To Take At Least Six Months: Media

JERUSALEM, Aug 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Zionist Israeli army’s planned takeover of Gaza City, is expected to take at least six months, Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News reported, last night. Citing senior security sources, the channel detailed the army’s timetable, following the Security Cabinet’s approval of the operation on Friday.…

Tens Of Thousands Rally In Istanbul Against Israeli Actions In Gaza

ISTANBUL, Aug 10 (NNN-TRT) – Thousands of Turkish people, protested here yesterday, denouncing Israeli attacks and blockade in Gaza. Organised by 15 civil society organisations, under the “Support for Palestine Platform,” the “Be Hope for Gaza” march, gathered participants at Beyazit Square, after the evening prayers, before marching towards the…

Brunei’s Muara Port Expansion Project To Be Completed By 2027

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 10 (NNN-PELITA) – The expansion project of Brunei’s Muara Port container terminal, is progressing steadily, and is expected to be completed as scheduled, by the end of 2027, the Muara Port Company (MPC) said, yesterday. According to the MPC, a China-Brunei joint venture, established in 2017,…

Iraqi PM Sacks Paramilitary Commanders Over Gov’t Office Attack

BAGHDAD, Aug 10 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, yesterday, dismissed the commanders of two Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) brigades, and referred individuals involved in a July 27 attack on a Baghdad government office, to the judiciary. A committee investigating the attack found, armed elements from the Kataib…

Syria Pulls Out Of Paris Talks With U.S.-Backed SDF Over Hasakah Conference

DAMASCUS, Aug 10 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s interim authority, said yesterday, it will not attend planned talks in Paris with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), accusing the group of holding a “separatist” conference on Friday, that undermined ongoing integration efforts. An unnamed government source was quoted as saying that, Friday’s…

Arab, Islamic Blocs Slam Israel’s Plan To Impose Full Military Control Over Gaza; Death Toll: 61,369 Palestinians

CAIRO, Aug 10 (NNN-MENA) – The ministerial committee, mandated by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Gaza, along with 23 countries, the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, yesterday jointly voiced “strong condemnation and categorical rejection” of Israel’s intention to impose full military control over Gaza. The joint…

Traffic Accident Killed Six, Injured One In S. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 9 (NNN-BNA) – At least six commuters were killed and another injured, in a road accident in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, yesterday afternoon, a local official confirmed, today. Mullah Ezatullah Haqqani, spokesman for the provincial government, said that, a car collided head-on with another vehicle, killing six people,…