Sudanese PM, Officials Arrested By Military Forces: Ministry

KHARTOUM, Oct 26 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council’s civilian component and several ministers have been arrested by joint military forces, Sudan’s Ministry of Information and Communications said. “Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, in a message from his house arrest, asks Sudanese to…

Jordan Warns Israel Against Expanding Settlements In Palestinian Territories

AMMAN, Oct 25 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan yesterday warned Israel, against building new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Haitham Abu Al-Foul, said in a statement that, the approval of the plan to build 3,000 new settlement units is a rejected and condemned move, which represents…

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…