QUAD Is Political, Diplomatic Tool For U.S. Uni-Polar Domination: DPRK Foreign Ministry

PYONGYANG, Sept 25 (NNN-KCNA) – The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), condemned the United States for leveraging the Quad summit, to pursue its policy of bloc confrontation under the name of “maintaining peace and stability,” calling the grouping “a political and diplomatic tool for U.S.…

Leaders At UNGA Gravely Concerned With Middle East Violence, Slam Israel For “Genocide”

by Xinhua writers Xia Lin, Gao Shan UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Leaders addressing the General Debate of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), yesterday called for cessation of the violence that has ravaged the Middle East for months, and some of them directly pointed their fingers at…

Hezbollah Fires 300 Rockets At Israel: Army

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Sept 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s army said last night that, Hezbollah had fired around 300 rockets and other projectiles into Israel, amid the second day of Israel’s heaviest attacks on Lebanon since 2006. An explosive drone fell in Atlit, a coastal town south of Haifa, northern Israel, marking the…

Lebanon Rolls Out Measures To Shelter Displaced, Secure Supplies Amid Israeli Raids

BEIRUT, Sept 25 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese ministers announced yesterday, measures to shelter 27,000 displaced persons from southern Lebanon, and suspension of educational activities until the end of the week due to ongoing Israeli raids. The 27,000 displaced were seeking refuge in 252 shelters, according to Lebanese Environment Minister, Nasser Yassin.…

Authorities Destroy 35 Tonnes Of Expired Medicine In E. Afghanistan

KHOST, Afghanistan, Sept 25 (NNN-ANA) – Authorities collected 35 tonnes of expired and low-quality medicine and food items from eastern Afghanistan’s Khost province, over the past five months and set them on fire on Monday, provincial public health director Ahmad said yesterday. A supervising health team in Khost province occasionally…

Bangladesh Bans Polythene Bags At Superstores

DHAKA, Sept 25 (NNN-BSS) – Polythene and polypropylene bags will be banned at all supermarkets from Oct 1, and in other markets from Nov 1, a government official announced, yesterday. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Bangladeshi interim government’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, said, stern actions will…

Indonesia In Cautious Mode To Face Megathrust Earthquakes

JAKARTA, Sept 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia, ranked among top 35 countries for natural disaster risk, is actively preparing for potential megathrust earthquakes, that could trigger devastating tsunamis. Head of Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), Dwikorita Karnawati, said that, megathrust earthquakes would likely occur in two zones, the Sunda…

Harini Amarasuriya Sworn In As New Sri Lankan Prime Minister

COLOMBO, Sept 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Harini Amarasuriya, a member of parliament from the National People’s Power (NPP), was sworn in as the new Sri Lankan prime minister, yesterday, a day after Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as the ninth executive president of the country. Amarasuriya was sworn in before…

Death Toll From Israeli Airstrikes On Lebanon Rises To 558

BEIRUT, Sept 25 (NNN-NNA) – The death toll from intensive Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon since Monday reached 558, including 50 children and 94 women, with injuries reaching 1,835, Lebanese Health Minister, Firas Abiad, said yesterday. Abiad said, the airstrikes from the bloodthirsty war-mongering Zionist army, targeted 14…

Hundreds Suffer Intestinal Illnesses Due To E. Coli Outbreak In Egypt’s Aswan

CAIRO, Sept 24 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, reported yesterday that, the Aswan Governorate, southern Egypt, has seen a surge in intestinal flu cases, with 480 patients having visited local hospitals. During a press conference, Abdel-Ghaffar noted that, while most of these patients have been…