The Israeli Regime Launches Airstrikes On S. Lebanon

JERUSALEM, Jul 5 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime’s army said yesterday that, it launched airstrikes on Lebanon, after the Lebanese group, Hezbollah fired at least 175 rockets, missiles and drones at northern Israel, in retaliation for an airstrike that killed one of its senior commanders. The regime Defence Forces said…

China-Egypt Cultural Exchange Event Held To Promote Heritage Protection

CAIRO, Jul 5 (NNN-MENA) – The shared heritage of the Chinese and Egyptian civilisations, fostered through trade, via the ancient Silk Road, was highlighted in an international cultural exchange event held here in Egypt’s capital, late on Wednesday. Under the theme of “Shared Heritage, Shared Future,” the event gathered cultural…

Tourism Remains Fiji’s Growth Driver: Deputy PM

SUVA, Jul 5 (NNN-PINA) – Tourism remains Fiji’s growth driver, and the country expects one million visitors to arrive this year, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism, Viliame Gavoka, yesterday, at a tourism summit held in Nadi, Fiji’s third largest city. According to Gavoka, last year, the industry…

Singaporean Authority Cracked E-Cigarettes Distribution Network

SINGAPORE, Jul 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA), seized over 350,000 e-cigarettes and components, worth more than six million Singapore dollars (4.4 million U.S. dollars) in operations from Jun 14 to Jun 18, it said yesterday. Two men and two women are assisting with investigations. HSA noted that,…

Cambodia Earned 2.85 Billion USD From Agricultural Exports In H1

PHNOM PENH, Jul 5 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported 6.13 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first half of 2024, up 57 percent from 3.9 million tonnes a year earlier, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) report, yesterday. The country earned a total revenue of 2.85 billion…

The Israeli Regime Approves Largest Land Seizure In West Bank In Decades

JERUSALEM, Jul 4 (NNN-WAFA) – The Israeli regime approved the appropriation of 12.7 square km of land, in the occupied West Bank, marking the largest single appropriation in about three decades, an Israeli settlement monitor group said yesterday. Peace Now, an Israeli-based settlement watchdog, said in a statement that, the…

West Nile Fever Claims 11 Lives In Israel

JERUSALEM, Jul 4 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported three additional deaths from West Nile fever yesterday, raising the total fatality count in the ongoing outbreak to 11. According to the Ministry of Health, 153 people have been diagnosed with the virus since May, the highest annual infections of…

Israel Reviewing Hamas’ Response To Gaza Ceasefire Deal: Mossad

JERUSALEM, Jul 4 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, has received Hamas’ response to a proposed deal, aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, and the release of hostages, according to a statement released yesterday, by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, on behalf of Mossad. The response, transferred…

90 Percent Of Container Vessels Delayed In Singapore: Official

SINGAPORE, Jul 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – About 90 percent of container vessels are arriving off-schedule in Singapore, due to the Red Sea crisis, compared to about 77 percent for 2023, Transport Minister, Chee Hong Tat, told parliament in his latest written reply. The Red Sea crisis has forced vessels to divert…

Philippine Senator Urges Japan To Compensate Filipino “Comfort Women”

MANILA, Jul 4 (NNN-PNA) – A Philippine senator, yesterday, urged the Philippine government, to make good its promise to grant “just and meaningful reparations” for Filipino women, forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels. Senator Risa Hontiveros said, there are only 18 surviving Filipino “comfort women” in the Philippines today,…