Iran To Boycott FIFA World Cup Final Draw Over U.S. Visa Denial

TEHRAN, Nov 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Football Federation will boycott the final draw ceremony, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after the United States refused to grant visas to several key members of its delegation, as the draw is scheduled for Dec 5, in Washington, D.C. Making the announcement yesterday,…

Feature: Egypt-China Poultry Project Empowers Rural Egyptian Women With Increased Income

CAIRO, Nov 29 (NNN-MENA) – “I can’t believe how much money I made in just 45 days,” said Mahasen Mohamed, a mother of three, at a recent forum hosted in Cairo, to discuss rural development in Egypt by drawing on Chinese experience. In 45 days, Mohamed, a beneficiary of the…

Latest: Flash Floods, Landslides Leave 174 Dead, 79 Missing In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of fatalities from floods and landslides that struck Indonesia’s Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, has risen to 174, with 79 people still missing and 12 others injured, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), said, yesterday. BNPB Chief, Suharyanto, said, during a press…

Türkiye Blasts Israel For Strikes Near Syria’s Capital

ANKARA, Nov 29 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye, yesterday, condemned the Israeli regime, for its latest strikes on the Syrian village of Beit Jinn near Damascus, which killed at least 13 people and wounded more than two dozen others. The Israeli latest attacks “must be brought to an immediate end,” Turkish Foreign…

Over One Million Afghan Refugees Return From Pakistan This Year: UNHCR

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (NNN-APP) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said yesterday that, more than one million Afghans have returned from Pakistan, so far, this year. The refugee agency said in a statement that, it has increased its presence at border crossing points, where many returnees, including…

World Bank Releases 500 Million USD To Aid Philippines’ Recovery After Typhoon Kalmaegi

MANILA, Nov 29 (NNN-PNA) – The World Bank released 500 million U.S. dollars, to support the Philippines’ recovery and reconstruction efforts, in areas heavily affected by Typhoon Kalmaegi, the multilateral lender said, yesterday. Citing data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the bank said, more than…

Over 1,000 Palestinians Murdered By Israeli Forces, Illegal Settlers In West Bank In Two Yrs: UN

GENEVA, Nov 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israeli security forces and the illegal settlers, have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified, a UN spokesperson said here yesterday. Among the fatalities…

Afghanistan Incinerated Nearly 500 Million Worn-Out Afghani Banknotes

KABUL, Nov 29 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, known as Da Afghanistan Bank, announced that, it has collected and incinerated nearly 500 million afghani (over seven million U.S. dollars) of worn-out banknotes, in the southern Kandahar province, yesterday. According to an official statement, the collected notes, spanning denominations of 10,…

U.S. Threatens Peace, Stability, Destroys Strategic Security Balance: DPRK

PYONGYANG, Nov 28 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), today condemned the U.S.-South Korea military drills and arms buildup, calling Washington “the chieftain threatening peace and stability and destroying the strategic security balance.” Recently, the United States and South Korea staged an anti-special operation naval drill, in…

One Dead In Western Sydney Shooting

SYDNEY, Nov 28 (NNN-AAP) – A man died, after being shot multiple times, on a street in western Sydney, today. Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), said in a statement that, officers were deployed to reports of a public place shooting on a residential street in…