Over 18,000 Dengue Cases Reported In Laos

VIENTIANE, Nov 1 (NNN-KPL) – Cases of dengue fever in Laos have reached 18,105 since Jan, including 11 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health, yesterday. A report issued by the ministry’s Centre of Information and Education for Health, said that, the highest number of cases occurred in Vientiane, where…

Pakistan’s Central Bank Forex Reserves Increase 116 Million USD

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (NNN-APP) – Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan have increased by 116 million U.S. dollars, the central bank said in a statement, yesterday. During the week ending Oct 25, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank reached over 11.2 billion dollars, the bank…

Sri Lankan Police Seized 40 Kg Heroin Linked To Crime Syndicate

COLOMBO, Nov 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan police, yesterday, seized 40 kg of heroin that has a street value of about one billion rupees (about 3.3 million U.S. dollars). The police reported that the drugs, which were found hidden on a vacant plot of land, in the country’s Uva Province,…

Iran Held Ceremony To Commemorate Hezbollah’s Slain Leader Safieddine

TEHRAN, Nov 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, yesterday, held a ceremony in Tehran, to commemorate Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut earlier this month. The ceremony, during which other slain leaders and commanders of the regional resistance groups were also commemorated,…

Egyptian Army Denies Reports About Helping Israel In Military Operations

CAIRO, Nov 1 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian armed forces, yesterday, refuted claims circulating on social media that they were involved in supporting Israel’s military operations. The army said in a post on the X platform that, “there is no form of cooperation with Israel.” The statement followed earlier remarks from…

16 More Palestinians Massacred In Israeli Airstrike In Central Gaza

GAZA, Nov 1 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 16 more Palestinians were massacred, in an Israeli Zionist airstrike on two homes in Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said yesterday. Local sources and eyewitnesses said that, civil defence and medical teams swiftly arrived at the scene to…

Iraqi Parliament Elects New Speaker After Nearly Yearlong Vacuum

BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi lawmakers elected Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as the new parliament speaker yesterday, after the position had been vacant for nearly a year, due to political differences. Al-Mashhadani was elected as the new speaker in a parliament session, after two rounds of direct ballot, the parliament said…

Five Killed, One Seriously Wounded In Rocket Attack From Lebanon On N. Israel

JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (NNN-MA’AN) – Five people were killed and another seriously injured, yesterday, in a rocket attack from Lebanon on northern Israel, according to the regime’s MDA rescue service. Israel’s regime-owned Kan TV news reported that, the rocket fell in an apple orchard near the town of Metula, not…

DPRK Test-Fired Another Ballistic Missile

PYONGYANG, Nov 1 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), test-fired another intercontinental ballistic missile yesterday, with the country’s top leader overseeing the event and stressing that, the DPRK will not change its policy of developing nuclear forces. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of…

Chinese Navy Conducted Dual Aircraft Carrier Formation Exercise For First Time

QINGDAO, Nov 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – The formations of Chinese aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, carried out a dual aircraft carrier formation exercise, for the first time in the South China Sea, according to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy. Aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of the aircraft carrier…