Education Cannot Wait Calls For Urgent Funding For Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (NNN-BIA) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), yesterday, appealed to donors to significantly increase financial support, for a robust collective humanitarian-development nexus response, including urgent funding for education. ECW Director, Yasmine Sherif, who has just returned from the first all-women UN mission to Afghanistan since the Taliban…

More Aid Needed For Syrians As Winter Approaches: UN Humanitarian Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, said yesterday, more aid is needed for Syrians, as winter approaches. Daily life in Syria is becoming less and less affordable. Over 90 percent of the population now live below the poverty line. Many people are forced…

44 Multinational Companies Receive Licenses To Move Regional Headquarters To Saudi Capital

RIYADH, Oct 28 (NNN-SPA) – A total of 44 multinational companies received yesterday, licenses to move their regional headquarters to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, it was reported. The licenses were issued during the second day of the fifth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), that gathered the world’s most…

Iran Says Nuclear Talks To Resume By End Of Nov

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has agreed to resume talks, aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear agreement, by the end of Nov, Iran’s nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani tweeted yesterday, after his meeting with EU mediators in Brussels. “We had a very serious and constructive dialogue with Enrique Mora,…

Israeli Regime Approves New Settler Homes In West Bank

JERUSALEM, Oct 28 (NNN-PNN) – The Israeli regime approved yesterday, more than 3,000 housing units for Jewish settlers, in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s state-owned, Kan Radio, reported. The approval was made by the Civil Administration, an Israeli regime’s body, that approves construction in the West Bank, according to Kan…

Singapore Reports Record High Of 5,324 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 5,324 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 184,419. This is the first time the number of daily cases has surpassed the 5,000 mark. Of the new cases, 4,651 were in the community, 661 were in migrant…

Food Poisoning Victims In Kyrgyzstan Increase To 282

BISHKEK, Oct 28 (NNN-KNA) – The victims of food poisoning, in a popular chain of cafes, Pizza Empire, in the capital of Kyrgyzstan grew to 282, local media reported yesterday. As of yesterday morning, the total number of people who were poisoned in Pizza Empire chain of cafes reached 282,…

Threat Message Causes Moscow-Bound Flight To Return To Cairo

CAIRO, Oct 28 (NNN-MENA) – A Moscow-bound EgyptAir flight returned to Cairo shortly after takeoff yesterday, due to a threatening message found onboard, the airlines said, in a statement. “Flight MS728 has returned safely to Cairo International Airport, some 22 minutes after takeoff. The flight was heading to the Russian…

Egypt Announces Three Oil, Gas Discoveries In Western Desert

CAIRO, Oct 27 (NNN-MENA) – Italian multinational oil and gas company, Eni, made three oil and gas discoveries in Egypt’s Western Desert, the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced yesterday. “Eni made three new discoveries in the Meleiha Development Concession and south-west of Meleiha, in Egypt’s Western Desert,”…

U.S. Strongly Opposes Israeli Settlement Expansion In West Bank

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States yesterday voiced strong opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank, saying, such a move damages the prospects for a two-state solution. “We are deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan, to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow (today), many of…