Man Fatally Slashes 18-Yr-Old Female Employee At Bar In Tokyo

TOKYO, Oct 27 (NNN-NHK) – An 18-year-old female, working at a bar in Tokyo, was fatally slashed with a knife by a male customer, early today, local media reported. The customer, identified as Hiroyuki Chigira, 49, who lives in Gunma Prefecture, allegedly slashed the female worker, Yuna Tanisawa, around her…

NPP Secures First Local Election Victory For Nov Parliamentary Vote In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP), won the Elpitiya local government election held yesterday, securing 15 of the 28 available seats, according to the Election Commission. Sri Lanka is set to hold a parliamentary election on Nov 14. Elpitiya was the…

Israeli Regime Completed Airstrike On Iranian Targets, Tehran Reported “Limited Damage”

TEHRAN/JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (NNN-IRNA/MA’AN) – The Israeli regime said yesterday that, it had completed waves of pre-dawn airstrikes on military targets in Iran, in what it called a retaliatory move to recent months of attacks from Iran, with Iran reporting that it had successfully countered the Israeli regime’s assault. The…

Tropical Storm Trami’s Death Toll In Philippines Climbs To 90, 36 Missing

MANILA, Oct 27 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from tropical storm Trami that slammed into the Philippines this week has risen to 90, with at least 36 still missing, due to massive flooding and landslides, the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said today. The NDRRMC said,…

China, Brunei Enhance Cooperation In Hybrid Rice Technology

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 27 (NNN-ANN) – China and Brunei launched a hybrid rice senior expert consultant project in Brunei, yesterday, an important step to enhance cooperation in agriculture between the two countries. The opening ceremony was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. Experts from China’s Longping…

India Calls For Restraint In West Asia After Israel Attacks Iran

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (NNN-PTI) – India, yesterday, expressed deep concern over the escalating situation in West Asia, and urged all the involved parties to exercise restraint. New Delhi’s call for restraint came, after Israel launched airstrikes on Iran early yesterday, in response to a barrage of ballistic missiles that…

Specialised Federal Police Officers To Combat Rise Of Human Exploitation In Australia

CANBERRA, Oct 27 (NNN-AAP) – Specialised officers from the Australian Federal Police (AFP), have been deployed to communities across the country, to fight rising human trafficking and exploitation. The AFP today said that, the new Human Exploitation Community Officers (HECOs), will deliver targeted education to vulnerable communities, to prevent human…

Construction Of Two School Buildings Completed In Central Afghanistan

NILI, Afghanistan, Oct 27 (NNN-ANA) – The construction of buildings of two schools had been completed, in central Afghanistan’s Daykundi province, provincial director for education, Mawlawi Rahmatullah Qandili said, yesterday. According to the official, the buildings, on the outskirts of the province’s capital, Nili city, were built at a cost…

ICRC Reports Dire Situation In N. Gaza

GAZA, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – An official from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), yesterday, described the situation in northern Gaza as “horrific.” “Ongoing evacuation orders and continued restriction of essential supplies leaves the remaining civilian population in north Gaza in horrific circumstances,” said Stephanie Eller, deputy head…

EgyptAir Temporarily Suspends Services To Baghdad, Erbil Over Security Concerns

CAIRO, Oct 27 (NNN-MENA) – EgyptAir, the flag carrier of Egypt, announced yesterday that, it had cancelled all flights to Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, and the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, due to the ongoing regional developments, Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said, in a statement. The statement called on clients…