Israeli Warplanes Strike Gaza Targets

GAZA, Palestine, Jan 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli warplanes on Saturday night, carried out several airstrikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, in response to the launch of balloons carrying explosives into southern Israel, security sources in Gaza said. The sources said that, the warplanes struck posts belonging to Hamas movement’s armed…

Canada Confirms First “Presumptive” Case Of Coronavirus

TORONTO, Canada, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Canada confirmed its first “presumptive” case of the deadly coronavirus in Toronto, Saturday evening. A man in his 50’s, who had travelled to the Chinese city of Wuhan, was found at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital. Within a day of his return, the man became quite…

35 Cambodian Students Fall Ill After Eating Contaminated Food

PHNOM PENH, Jan 26 (NNN-AKP) – Thirty-five students at a high school in northwest Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, suffered food poisoning on Saturday, after eating contaminated snacks, said the national police today (Sunday). The incident occurred at around 9:00 a.m. local time, at Banteay Chmar high school, in Thmar Puok…

UN Says S. Sudanese Represent Largest Refugee Population In Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 26 (NNN-ENA) – South Sudanese nationals represent the largest refugee population in Ethiopia, totalling 329,123, at the end of 2019, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. Ethiopia, which hosts one of the largest refugee population in Africa, along with Uganda and Sudan, is now home to…

India, Brazil Sign 15 Pacts To Boost Mutual Cooperation

NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – India and Brazil, on Saturday, inked 15 agreements, for boosting mutual cooperation on a wide range of areas, including cyber security, oil and natural gas, and health and medicine. Other agreements covered cooperation in traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy, cultural exchange, social security,…

Five Killed After Under-Construction Building Collapses In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (NNN-PTI) — At least five people, including four children, were killed Saturday, after an under-construction two-storey building collapsed, in Indian capital New Delhi, officials said. According to officials, a coaching class was going on in the building, located at Bhajanpura area, and many students were inside…

Trump Defence Team Makes Opening Arguments In Impeachment Trial

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Donald Trump’s legal team started Saturday, to make opening arguments in defence of the president, in the ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate, after House managers, a group of seven House Democrats, acting as prosecutors, argued for the president’s conviction and removal from…

85,000 Museum Artefacts In Jeopardy After Fire In New York

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Some 85,000 artefacts from the Museum of Chinese in America, are in jeopardy, after a fire struck a Chinatown building in New York City (NYC). The fire struck a building at 70, Mulberry Street, that housed historic and artistic items the museum had carefully…

Security Forces Reopen Areas Blocked By Anti-Gov’t Protesters In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, on Saturday, reopened bridges, squares and roads across Iraq, which were blocked during the past few months, by anti-government protests. A statement by the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), said that, the security forces reopened al-Ahrar Bridge and the squares of Tayran and…

Lawmaking Body Of India’s Rajasthan Passes Anti-Citizenship Law Resolution

NEW DELHI, Jan 26 (NNN-PTI) – The lawmaking body in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, Saturday, passed a resolution demanding scrapping of the controversial new citizenship law in the country, officials said. The move comes at a time when countrywide protests against the new law are raging in various…