Death Toll From Israeli Airstrikes On Lebanon Reaches 2,306, Injuries Up To 10,698: Ministry

BEIRUT, Oct 15 (NNN-NNA) – The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since Oct 8, last year, has reached 2,306, with injuries totaling 10,698, said the Lebanese Health Ministry. Last Saturday alone, Israeli airstrikes killed 51 and injured 174, according to the ministry. The ministry said, Israeli raids resulted…

MDEC Targets New Markets To Bolster Malaysia’s Role As ASEAN Digital Gateway

From Nurunnasihah Ahmad RashidDUBAI, Oct 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), is actively exploring new international markets, as part of its strategy to position Malaysia as a leading digitaleconomy hub. MDEC has established and continuously enhanced the business support ecosystem in facilitating the entry of Malaysian digital…

MDEC Highlights Need For Global Exposure To Boost Local Digital Tech Expansion, Talent Development

By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid DUBAI, Oct 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), emphasises the importance of exposing local digital technology companies to international best practices, to help them expand beyond the Malaysian market, attract foreign investment, and nurture talent. Its head of digital industry acceleration, Wan Murdani…

Egyptian President Urges Political Commitment, Partnership In Water Resources Management

CAIRO, Oct 14 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, said yesterday that, safeguarding water, especially the Nile River, requires unwavering political commitment, diligent political efforts, and collaboration among countries to ensure achieving mutually shared aspirations. Sisi made the remarks in a pre-recorded video speech, at the opening of the 7th…

DPRK Forces Ordered To Get Ready To Open Fire

PYONGYANG, Oct 14 (NNN-KCNA) – The armed forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), received order to get ready to open fire, state media said yesterday, amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, following DPRK accusation of South Korea for recent drone incursion into its airspace. Yesterday’s statement…

Regime’s Netanyahu Urges UN To Withdraw Peacekeepers From Southern Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Oct 14 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, yesterday, urged the United Nations to withdraw its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from Lebanon. “Mr. Secretary-General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way,” Netanyahu said, in a public video statement, addressing UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. “It should be…

740,000 Afghan Refugees Returned Home In Six Months

KABUL, Oct 14 (NNN-ANA) – About 740,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland over the past six months, the country’s spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs, Abdul Mutalib Haqani, said. “Roughly 740,000 Afghan refugees have returned home from neighbouring countries, over the past six months,” the…

13 More Killed, 36 Injured By Zionist Airstrikes Across Lebanon; Total Deaths: 2,255

BEIRUT, Oct 14 (NNN-NNA) – Thirteen people were killed and 36 others wounded on Saturday, in Israeli Zionist airstrikes on different areas of Lebanon, sources said. A Zionist airstrike targeted a three-story residential building in the town of Barja, in the Chouf district in Mount Lebanon, killing four people, wounding…

Six Killed As Wall Collapsed At Construction Site In India’s Gujarat

NEW DELHI, Oct 13 (NNN-PTI) – At least six workers were killed and three others feared trapped, after a wall collapsed yesterday, at a construction site of a private company, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, police said. The wall collapsed near Jasalpur village, in Kadi town of Mehsana…

Five Killed As Boat Caught Fire Off Indonesia’s North Maluku

JAKARTA, Oct 13 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least five people have been killed and some others feared dead, as a speed boat caught fire in the water, off Indonesia’s North Maluku province yesterday, officials said. The accident occurred at 14:05 local time, when the boat, with a governor candidate, Benny Laos…