Fire-Fighting Aircraft Tackle Out Of Control Blaze Near Sydney Suburb

SYDNEY, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Water-bombing aircraft were brought in, to fight an out of control bush-fire in Sydney’s outer suburbs on Friday afternoon. Hot and windy conditions fanned the flames, which took hold in bush-land near the suburb of Penrith, roughly 50 kilometres from Sydney’s central business district. After…

Tendency To Return Home Among Syrian Refugees In Turkey Decreases

ANKARA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Surveys carried out by Turkish experts showed that, tendency to return home among Syrian refugees is decreasing. Experts from TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Social Policy Research Centre, presented a briefing to the Turkish parliament’s commission on migration and integration on Oct 2, on…

Death Toll Rises To 26 In Iraq’s Violent Protests

BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (NNN-NINA) – The death toll from three days of protests in Iraq climbed to 26 and more than 1,500 were wounded, as some protesters tried to rally in some areas on Thursday, but were dispersed by the security forces. Ali al-Bayati, a member of the Iraqi Independent…

Tanzanian Health Authorities Insist No Ebola Outbreak

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tanzanian health authorities, reiterated that there was no Ebola outbreak in the east African country, and urged people to trash rumours about the outbreak. “There is no Ebola outbreak in Tanzania. The country is safe and people should not be scared with…

Indonesia Thwarts Trade Of Dozens Of Protected Birds, Nabs Four Traffickers

JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian authorities foiled an illegal trade of nearly 100 birds, which are on the brinks of extinction and arrested four traffickers in the illegal activity. On a crackdown in the country’s eastern Maluku province, the officials of Indonesian environment and forestry ministry, seized white cockatoos,…

Afghan Air Raids Kill Eight Taliban Fighters In Northern Balkh Province

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of eight militants have been confirmed dead, as fighter aircraft struck Taliban hideouts in Chamtal district, of the northern Balkh province on Thursday, army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, said. The airstrikes were conducted at 09:20 a.m. local time,…

Brunei, Singapore To Strengthen Agri-food Collaboration

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 4 (NNN-BB NEWS) – Brunei and Singapore announced the establishment of a bilateral “Co-Working Group in Agri-food,” with a goal to facilitate collaboration between private sector agribusiness-based firms in the two countries. The co-working group was co-announced by Brunei’s Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the…

Export Of Thai Gems And Jewellery Rises Despite Turbulence In World Economy

Deputy Commerce Minister, Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol, said that, of exports, gold alone accounted for 6.212 billion dollars, an increase of 107.16 percent year-on-year. BANGKOK, Oct 4 (NNN-TNA) – The value of Thailand’s gems and jewellery export reached 11.452 billion U.S. dollars, in the first eight months of 2019, up 45.81 percent…

Bangladeshi PM Arrives In Delhi For 4-Day Official Visit

NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (NNN-PTI) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening, for a four-day official visit. This is Hasina’s first visit to India, after emerging victorious for the third consecutive term, and also after the recent general elections in India, throwing a convincing…

Moderate Quake Strikes Off Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of Papua on Thursday evening, the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The quake struck at 21:33 p.m. Jakarta time (1433 GMT), with epicentre at 31 km southeast of Mamberamo Tengah, and four km…