Three People Died, Two Missing After Truck Plunged Into River In Northern Philippines

MANILA, Oct 27 (NNN-PNA) – Three people died and two others are missing, after a truck plunged into a river, in the municipality of Bontoc in Mountain Province, in the northern Philippines early this morning, authorities said. In a report, the Bontoc Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said,…

India Resumes Direct Flights To Chinese Mainland After Five Years

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (NNN-PTI) – India, last night, resumed direct flights to the Chinese mainland, after a five-year hiatus, Indian officials said. The resumption was kick-started from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, in Kolkata, the capital city of India’s eastern state of West Bengal, with a flight…

Three Killed In House Fire Near Tokyo

TOKYO, Oct 27 (NNN-NHK) – A fire destroyed a house near Tokyo, today, leaving three people dead, local media reported. An emergency call was made at around 4:30 a.m. local time, reporting that a two-story wooden house, located in a residential area in Saitama was on fire, Kyodo News reported,…

Egyptian FM, Palestinian VP Discussed Gaza Reconstruction Over Phone

CAIRO, Oct 27 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, and Palestinian Vice President, Hussein al-Sheikh, discussed Gaza’s reconstruction and the political situation in the Palestinian territories, during a phone call yesterday, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry, said. They reviewed preparations for a Gaza reconstruction conference, to be held in Egypt next…

Four Killed, Two Injured In Israeli Airstrikes On Southern, Eastern Lebanon

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (NNN-NNA-MA’AN) – Four people were killed and two others wounded, in separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, yesterday. Israeli drones and warplanes targeted several vehicles in Lebanon’s southern and eastern regions. Meanwhile, security sources said that, three of the dead were Hezbollah members and the fourth was…

Five Soldiers, 25 Terrorists Killed In Operations In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (NNN-APP) – Five soldiers and 25 terrorists were killed, in two separate military engagements in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, yesterday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement that, personnel of security forces effectively engaged…

Police Arrest Driver Of Bus That Went Up In Flames Killing 20 In India

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (NNN-PTI) – The driver of the double-decker sleeper bus, that went up in flames, killing 20 and injuring many others, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, was arrested, police said yesterday. The accused was found to have secured his heavy vehicle driving licence, using…

6.2-Magnitude Quake Hit Timor Region: GFZ

BEIJING, Oct 27 (NNN-DPA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.2, jolted the Timor region at 1704 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, said. The epicentre, with a depth of 85.6 km, was initially determined to be at 9.22 degrees south latitude, and 123.87 degrees east…

Recalcitrant Netanyahu Says Israel Won’t Seek Approval For Strikes In Gaza Or Lebanon Despite Ceasefire

JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli recalcitrant Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that, the Zionist Israeli regime would not have to seek permission, to launch strikes in Gaza or Lebanon, even after agreeing to ceasefire arrangements. “Israel is an independent regime. We will defend ourselves with our own forces,…

China, ASEAN To Upgrade Free Trade, Bring More Certainties To World

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – As Chinese and ASEAN leaders gather here this week, a planned upgrade of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area comes into the spotlight. Within this year, the two sides will formally sign the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0 Upgrade Protocol, empowering regional economic integration and…