Rescue Underway After Mountain Torrents Leave 10 Dead, 33 Missing In Gansu, China

LANZHOU, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rescue efforts are underway, after continuous heavy rainfall triggered mountain torrents in Yuzhong County, north-west China’s Gansu Province, leaving 10 dead and 33 missing, as of 3:30 p.m. yesterday, local authorities said. Torrential rain began pounding Yuzhong, which is under the jurisdiction of the provincial…

Israeli Regime’s Cabinet Approves Plan To Take Over Gaza City, In New Escalation of Genocide

JERUSALEM, Aug 8 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli regime’s Security Cabinet, has approved a plan to take over Gaza City, Barbaric Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, today, in a New Escalation of Genocide. The Zionist Israeli Defence Forces will prepare for the takeover, while distributing humanitarian assistance to…

Teenager Arrested After Man Critically Injured In Sydney Public Park Stabbing

SYDNEY, Aug 8 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been hospitalised in a critical condition, and a teenager has been arrested, following the stabbing attack at a public park in Sydney. Emergency services were called to reports of an assault at the park, in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Annandale, at…

Heavy Rain Emergency Warning Issued For South-Western Japanese City

TOKYO, Aug 8 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency issued a heavy rain emergency warning this morning, for the city of Kirishima, in the south-western prefecture of Kagoshima, calling for the highest level of caution against landslides, and flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing rivers. The highest-level warning on the country’s…

Police Discovered 343 Kg Illicit Drugs In Afghanistan’s Uruzgan

KABUL, Aug 8 (NNN-BNA) – Police have discovered 343 kg of illegal drugs, during a series of operations in parts of Tirin Kot, the provincial capital of southern Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, provincial police spokesman, Bilal Uruzgani, said, today. The drugs included opium poppy, heroin and methamphetamine, said the spokesman. The…

Indonesia Eyes Over 700 Million Tonnes Of Coal Production This Year

JAKARTA, Aug 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, said yesterday that, the country is projected to produce more than 700 million tonnes of coal by the end of this year. As of the first half of this year, Indonesia had produced 371.66 million tonnes of coal,…

Netanyahu, His Govt Barbaric; Their Barbarism Supported By West: Priyanka

The Indian National Congress (INC) general secretary’s remarks came, after Netanyahu defended Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, in a speech to the US Congress NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian National Congress (INC) leader, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Friday slammed Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, over what she said were the Israel…

Iran Urges Extraordinary OIC Meeting On Gaza Humanitarian “Catastrophe”

TEHRAN, Aug 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, called for convening an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on the ongoing humanitarian “catastrophe” in Gaza, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, yesterday. He made the request on Wednesday, in a letter addressed to OIC Secretary-General,…

Senior Pakistani Official Called For Strategic Alignment With ASEAN To Meet Global Challenges

ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (NNN-APP) – A senior Pakistani diplomat, yesterday, called for a strategic alignment between Pakistan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), urging deeper engagement, amid rising global uncertainty. “This is the hour, not merely for routine dialogue, but for strategic alignment,” said Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, additional…

5.9-Magnitude Quake Hit New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea – GFZ

MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (NNN-DPA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.9, jolted New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea, at 1634 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 4.21 degrees south latitude,…