Pilot Killed After Cargo Plane Crashes In Indonesia’s Papua

JAKARTA, Oct 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – A cargo plane crashed at the airport, in Puncak district of Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua today, killing the pilot and injuring the co-pilot, spokesperson of the Indonesian Transportation Ministry, Adita Irawati, said, in a text message. The incident occurred when the small plane, operated…

Zika Virus Case Reported In Northern India

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (NNN-PTI) – A new Zika virus case was detected in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, said a report. The patient is reportedly an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district. After the patient began showing mysterious symptoms, his blood samples were…

All Students In Australia’s New South Wales Can Return To Classroom As COVID Lockdown Lifts

SYDNEY, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After nearly four months of at-home-learning, all students across Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) could return to the classroom. The final stage of the return to the classroom saw more than 500,000 students from across years 2 to 11, going to school from…

China Donates More COVID-19 Vaccines To Philippines

MANILA, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China donated another batch of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines to the Philippines yesterday, to support the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The donation arrived in Manila along with the vaccines of the same brand that the Philippines purchased from China. In a brief statement to reporters at…

At Least Four Dead In Avalanche On Ecuador’s Volcano

QUITO, Oct 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – At least four people were killed yesterday, by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano, in central Ecuador, said the country’s Integrated Security Service, ECU 911. The avalanche fell on a group of 12 hikers, as they were climbing the volcano, at an altitude of…

Palestinian PM Says Tourism Back After One-And-Half-Year Pause

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday announced that, international tourism in Palestine was back, after it had stopped for one year and a half, due to the spread of the COVID-19. Ishtaye made the remarks, at the inauguration of several development projects in the West…

Sudanese Senior Officials Arrested By Armed Men: Media Reports

KHARTOUM, Oct 25 (NNN-SUNA) – Armed men arrested some Sudanese senior officials early today, according to local media reports. Armed men have arrested several members of Sudan’s transitional government in their homes, reports say, as the country’s political crisis escalates. At least four cabinet ministers were detained by unidentified soldiers,…

Newly-Opened “Medicine City” Aims To Transform Egypt Into Regional Pharmaceutical Hub

QALYUBIA, Egypt, Oct 25 (NNN-MENA) – A medicine city, recently opened in Cairo, is seeking to transform Egypt into a regional pharmaceutical hub, by securing local and regional markets with high quality products. “We are building a strategic road map on establishing a regional pharmaceutical hub of excellence, for multi-national…

Saudi-Led Warplanes Continue Bombing Houthi-Controlled Sites In Yemen’s Marib

ADEN, Oct 25 (NNN-YPA) – Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, yesterday continued bombing various sites controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib. “The Houthi-held sites in Marib were heavily struck by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes, that succeeded in slowing down the rebels’ progress towards the strategic…

Three Paragliding Pilots Wounded After Colliding In Mid-Air In SW Turkey

ISTANBUL, Oct 25 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Three paragliding pilots were wounded yesterday, after they collided in mid-air and fell into the sea, at an air games festival, in Turkey’s south-western province of Mugla, local media reported. Cagdas Turkmen, a 42-year-old solo paragliding pilot, hit Ibrahim Kars, 40, and Murat Can Sak,…