Extra Drought Funding To Make Life “Easier” For Farmers: Australian PM

CANBERRA, Sept 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced a new support package, which will deliver nearly 100 million Australian dollars (67.6 million U.S. dollars) in drought relief funding. Morrison visited regions hit by the drought in Queensland. The package includes about 51 million Australian dollars (34.5 million…

15 Injured As Blast Hits Afghanistan’s Kandahar City On Election Day

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Up to 15 people were wounded, as a blast hit Kandahar city, provincial capital of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, today (Saturday), an official said. Provincial police spokesman, Jamal Barikzai, said, investigation is underway to determine the reason for the blast. Meanwhile, an official said,…

Sri Lanka Launches Programmes To Celebrate World Tourism Day

COLOMBO, Sept 28 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry, launched a two-day special programme, to celebrate World Tourism Day, in order to promote the sector in international markets. World Tourism Day was celebrated this year under the theme “Tourism and Jobs, A better future for all.” The two-day special programme…

Lebanese Health Minister Slams U.S. For Creating Obstacles To Lebanon’s Medical Sector

BEIRUT, Sept 28 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Health Minister Jamil Jabak, accused the United States of preventing the international community from supporting Lebanon in the medical sector, local media reported. “The Americans are fighting medical programmes offered by donor countries to Lebanon,” Jabak was quoted as saying, by Elnashra, an online…

2016 Olympics Refugee Flag-bearer Sees Bright Future

DOHA, Sept 28 (NNN-QNA) – Refugee team athlete, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, did not move beyond the women’s 800m heat, at the Doha World Championships, but sport has moved her life towards a brighter future. The 26-year-old South Sudanese, finished last in heat 2 but clocked a personal best of two…

Thousands Of Israeli Students Demonstrate On Tel Aviv Streets Over Climate Crisis

JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – Thousands of Israelis, most of them students who skipped school, marched and protested on Friday, in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, as part of the global climate crisis protest. In doing so the protesters joined the “Fridays For Future” strikes that take place worldwide,…

Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in border clashes

GAZA, Palestine, Sept 28 (NNN-WAFA) – A young Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli’s gunfire, during the weekly anti-Israel protests along the Gaza-Israel border, Palestinian health ministry in Gaza, said. In a statement, the ministry said, 20-year-old Saher Othman, died of wounds he sustained earlier in the day, during…

Yemen’s Government Forces Swap Prisoners With Houthis

ADEN, Sept 28 (NNN-SABA) – A prisoner swap between Yemen’s government forces and the Houthi rebels, took place on Friday, in the country’s northern province of al-Jawf, a military official said. The military official said, tribal mediation efforts succeeded in exchanging about 26 prisoners between the government forces and the…

Yemen’s Houthis Dismiss Reports Of Limited Cease-Fire Deal With Saudi Arabia

SANAA, Sept 28 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s top Houthi leader, on Friday, dismissed reports of reaching a limited cease-fire deal with Saudi Arabia, as “fake news.” “Reports by some U.S. media outlets about reaching a partial deal with Saudi Arabia, to cease fire on four areas in Yemen are rumours,” said…

Turkish Officials Value Ties With China

ISTANBUL, Sept 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish officials spoke highly of relations with China, at a reception held in Istanbul to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. “I congratulate (on) the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. I am…