Japan Issues Tsunami Advisory After 5.9-Magnitude Quake Hits

TOKYO, Sept 24 (NNN-NHK) – A tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline was triggered, after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japanese islands this morning, according to the weather agency. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the advisory for Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, noting that, tsunami…

California Sues ExxonMobil For Misleading Consumers On Plastic Recycling

SACRAMENTO, Sept 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – The U.S. state of California filed a lawsuit against oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil, yesterday, accusing the company of conducting a “decades-long campaign of deception” regarding plastic recycling. The state’s Department of Justice claimed ExxonMobil had been deceiving Californians for half a century through misleading…

Israeli Bulldozers Demolish Palestinian Residential House In West Bank

WEST BANK, Palestine, Sept 24 (NNN-WAFA) – The Illegal Israeli occupation bulldozers, demolish a Palestinian residential house in the village of Idna, west of the West Bank city of Hebron, yesterday. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions estimated that Israel had razed 55,048 Palestinian structures as of 2022. In the…

Israel’s Large-Scale Airstrikes On Lebanon Kill Nearly 500, Prompting Condemnation From Mideast

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Sept 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from the largest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since the onset of the Israel-Palestine conflict has risen to 492, with injuries reported at 1,645, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, last night. The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes included 35 children and 58…

Xi Calls For Accelerating Progress In China’s Space Endeavours

BEIJING, Sept 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese President, Xi Jinping, yesterday encouraged personnel in China’s space industry, to continue to work hard, and accelerate progress in the space endeavours. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, met with…

Israeli Soldiers Stormed Al Jazeera Offices In West Bank

JERUSALEM, Sept 23 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli soldiers stormed the offices of the Qatari broadcaster, Al Jazeera, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early yesterday, ordering the bureau to shut down, Israel’s Army Radio reported. “Israeli forces carrying guns, entered Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, ordering the…

Hezbollah Fires Over 115 Rockets Into Israel

JERUSALEM, Sept 23 (NNN-MA’AN) – Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early yesterday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations, amid the ongoing conflict. Israeli media reported that Hezbollah targeted a military airport located in the…

Israel Reports Bird Flu Outbreak At Northern Poultry Farm

JERUSALEM, Sept 23 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, reported yesterday that, it has detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, at a northern poultry farm. The infections of H5N1, an influenza subtype, were discovered at a breeding coop, housing 34,000 broiler chickens,…

At Least 28 Injured In 5.2-Magnitude Quake In E. Iran

TEHRAN, Sept 23 (NNN-IRNA) – At least 28 people were injured, in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted Bojnurd County, in the eastern Iranian province of North Khorasan, yesterday. The quake occurred at 16:13 local time (1243 GMT), at a depth of 8 km, following four fore-shocks, including two tremors of…

Iraqi Militant Group Claims Drone Attack On Israeli Target In Jordan Valley

BAGHDAD, Sept 23 (NNN-NINA) – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Shiite militia group, last night, claimed responsibility for a drone attack on an Israeli target in the Jordan Valley, which forms Jordan’s western border with Israel and the West Bank. The group said in a statement that, the attack,…