Typhoon Shanshan Makes Landfall In Japan’s Kagoshima

TOKYO, Aug 29 (NNN-NHK) – Powerful storm Shanshan, has made its landfall in the south-western Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, today. The 10th typhoon of the year, classified as “very strong,” is moving northward near Satsumasendai city, at about 15 kilometres per hour. By 8:00…

Chinese Envoy Urges Foreign Forces To End Illegal Military Presence In Syria

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Chinese envoy yesterday urged Israel to cease its attacks on Syria, and foreign forces to end their illegal military presence in Syria. In remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on Syria, Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, stressed…

Humanitarians In UN Vehicle Escape Israeli Gunfire In Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two humanitarian workers in a UN-marked vehicle, escaped physically unharmed, a salvo of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) gunfire in Gaza, a UN spokesman said yesterday. “Tuesday evening, a clearly marked UN humanitarian vehicle – part of a convoy that had been fully coordinated with…

Yemen’s Houthis Let Rescue Operation Of Burning Oil Tanker In Red Sea

SANAA, Aug 29 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said late yesterday that, they agreed to permit the rescue operation and towing of a burning oil tanker in the Red Sea. Abdulsalam, who is based in Oman, was quoted by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV as saying that, the decision was…

10 More Palestinians Killed From Israeli Operation In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Aug 29 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 10 more Palestinians were killed yesterday, by the Zionist Israeli shelling and gunfire, in the northern West Bank, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry. “A young man, Mohammad Abed, was killed by the regime’s army gunfire, in the village of Kafr Dan,…

Sri Lanka To Amend Personal Tax Rates

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, announced yesterday that, the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement to amend the pay-as-you-earn tax. Wickremesinghe said this, while speaking at a presidential election rally in the country’s Sabaragamuwa province. He said, the government and…

Moody’s Upgrades Pakistan’s Economic Outlook To Positive

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (NNN-APP) – Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Pakistan’s economic outlook from stable to positive, the rating agency said in a statement, yesterday. Pakistan’s local and foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings have been improved to Caa2 from Caa3, the statement said. The upgrade reflected Pakistan’s improving…

Israeli Attacks In Gaza With U.S. Weapons Highly Likely War Crimes: U.S. Think Tank; Latest Death Toll: 40,400

WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 20 Israeli attacks in Gaza are highly likely war crimes, with U.S.-supplied weapons involved, a U.S. think tank research found. The Israeli military has used U.S. weapons for attacks on refugee camps, schools, and hospitals, and in disproportionate attacks on military targets, almost…

Seminar In Thailand Explores Building China-ASEAN Blue Economy Partnership

BANGKOK, Aug 29 (NNN-TNA) – A seminar was held here on Tuesday, to explore ways to build a China-ASEAN blue economy partnership. Organised by the Hainan-based China Institute for Reform and Development (CIRD), the Hainan Institute for Free Trade Port Studies, and the Institute of East Asian Studies, at Thailand’s…

Major Grass Fire Under Control After Threatening Homes In Sydney

SYDNEY, Aug 29 (NNN-AAP) – A large grass fire that broke out yesterday, in south-western Sydney, in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), which had threatened homes around the area, has been put under control by fire crews. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), said in a statement last night…