Man Arrested After 22 Kg Of Cocaine Seized At Sydney Airport

SYDNEY, Nov 14 (NNN-AAP) – A Sydney man has been arrested, over an alleged attempt to import 22 kg of cocaine from South Africa, hidden inside suitcases. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF), said in a statement today that, the 25-year-old man from south-west Sydney, was…

Unexploded Ordnance Blast Killed Three Children In Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 14 (NNN-BNA) – Three children lost their lives, as an unexploded device left over from the past wars exploded yesterday, in the western Afghanistan Badghis province, provincial police spokesman, Sediqullah Sediqi said, today. The ill-fated children found a toy-like device and began playing with it, but the device…

Dementia Becomes Australia’s Leading Cause Of Death For First Time On Record

CANBERRA, Nov 14 (NNN-AAP) – Dementia was the leading cause of death in Australia in 2024, becoming the country’s top killer disease for the first time on record, according to official data released today. The data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that, dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, overtook…

DPRK Denounced G7’s Denuclearisation Statement

PYONGYANG, Nov 14 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), yesterday, denounced a joint statement issued recently by G7 foreign ministers in Canada, about the DPRK’s “complete denuclearisation.” “The present position of the DPRK does not change, according to the rhetorical assertion of the outsiders, and in the…

Lebanese Leaders Urge Israel To Release Detainees

BEIRUT, Nov 14 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese leaders, yesterday, called for the immediate return of Lebanese prisoners held in Israeli jails, urging global intervention through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “Lebanon demands the international community and humanitarian organisations pressure Israel, to ensure the return of Lebanese prisoners,” Prime…

Pilot Killed As Turkish Firefighting Aircraft Crashed In Croatia

ANKARA, Nov 14 (NNN-TRT) – A Turkish firefighting aircraft crashed in Croatia, yesterday, leaving its pilot dead, Türkiye’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister, Ibrahim Yumakli, said. “The wreckage of our firefighting aircraft, belonging to the General Directorate of Forestry, which lost radio contact in Croatia, has been located near the town…

BBC Rejects Trump’s Demand For Financial Compensation Over Panorama Edit

LONDON, Nov 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The BBC has issued an apology yesterday, to U.S. President Donald Trump, for a Panorama episode that stitched together separate parts of his Jan 6, 2021 speech, but refused Trump’s demand for financial compensation. The broadcaster also confirmed that the programme will not be shown…

Indian Security Forces Killed Six Armed Rebels

NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (NNN-PTI) – Indian security forces killed six armed rebels, including two senior leaders, in the country’s central state of Chhattisgarh, local police confirmed, yesterday. The encounter took place in the forests inside the Indravati National Park, in the state’s Bijapur district. The killed Naxal rebels collectively…

India, Canada Held Talks To Boost Trade, Investment Ties

NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (NNN-PTI) – India and Canada held talks yesterday, to discuss ways to boost trade, promote investment, and deepen bilateral cooperation, officials said. The two sides discussed the issues at the 7th India-Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment, here. “The meeting marked a renewed phase of…

Illegal Israeli Settlers Set Fire To West Bank Mosque, Leave Hateful Graffiti

RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (NNN-WAFA) – Illegal Israeli settlers, set fire to a mosque, north-west of Salfit, in the West Bank yesterday, and wrote anti-Islam slogans on its walls, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s Commission Against the Wall and Settlements said, in a brief statement. The settlers poured flammable material at the…