Egypt’s 2021 El Gouna Film Festival to be unique: organisers

CAIRO, Oct 4 (NNN-MENA) – This year’s edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), will be unique, with world-class movies and celebrities joining the event, said its organisers. The festival renews its pledge to nurture and support the art of cinema in the Middle East and beyond, for the…

Violence During Farmers Protest Kills Eight In India’s Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight people were killed yesterday, in violence, during farmers’ protest in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, media reported. The violence broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri district, about 132 km north of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. According to…

New Zealand Imposes New Vaccination Requirement For Non-Citizen Travellers

WELLINGTON, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Full vaccination will become a requirement for non-New Zealand citizens arriving at the country from Nov 1, COVID-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins, said yesterday. Travellers will be required to declare their vaccination status, when registering with the Managed Isolation Allocation System, as well as, presenting…

WWI Shipwrecks On Display Off Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula

ISTANBUL, Oct 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Warships that sank during World War I, off the Gallipoli Peninsula in northwest Turkey, were introduced to the attention of diving enthusiasts as part of an underwater park as of yesterday. The Gallipoli Historical Underwater Park, located off the Canakkale province, in the Dardanelle Strait,…

Kuwait Reopens Schools Amid Strict Precautions After 18-Month Shutdown

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 4 (NNN-KUNA) – Thousands of students across Kuwait returned to their classes yesterday, as the country decided to reopen schools after 18 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a smile on his face, Ali Al-Mhana, a tenth grader, wears his school uniform and a…

U.S. Should Unfreeze Iranian Assets To Show Goodwill In Nuclear Talks: Iran’s FM

TEHRAN, Oct 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said, he demanded the United States to show the “true will” of reaching an agreement with Iran, by liberating part of Iranian assets frozen abroad under U.S. sanctions. “If (U.S. President Joe) Biden’s intentions are serious, he must first…

Russia Continues To See Surge In COVID-19 Infections

MOSCOW, Oct 3 (NNN-TASS) – Russia confirmed 25,219 new COVID-19 cases, over the past 24 hours, the highest since July 16, taking the national tally to 7,560,767, the official monitoring and response centre said yesterday. The nationwide death toll grew by 886, almost the same as the record of 887…

Egyptian Women Get On Wheels To Break Taboo

CAIRO, Oct 3 (NNN-MENA) – Dozens of Egyptian biker women, dotted a highway in the capital Cairo, to encourage more females to take the plunge and get on two wheels. During a one-day event, women of different ages rode their motorcycles and scooters for some 30 km, on the Cairo-Suez…

Georgia’s Former President Saakashvili Detained After Returning

TBILISI, Oct 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Georgia’s former President, Mikheil Saakashvili, has been detained, Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili announced. “I want to inform the public that the third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is arrested. He has been transferred to a jail,” Garibashvili said at a special briefing in Tbilisi. He…

Kuwait Launches Tree-Planting Campaign To Address Climate Challenges

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 3 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait launched yesterday, a tree-planting campaign in the Capital Governorate, in an endeavour to address climate challenges. The campaign was organised by the Kuwait Public Authority Of Agriculture Affairs And Fish Resources (PAAF). Dozens of volunteers participated in planting trees in the median strip…