Crested Ibis Yang Yang Dies In Japan

TOKYO, Nov 26 (NNN-NHK) – Female crested ibis, Yang Yang, gifted by China has died in the Japanese prefecture of Niigata, the Japanese environment ministry said. Yang Yang, housed at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Centre, died on Thursday, the Niigata prefectural government cited a statement released by the…

Four Killed, Dozens Injured In Stampede In Kerala

NEW DELHI, Nov 26 (NNN-PTI) – At least four students were killed and dozens of others injured yesterday, in a stampede during a concert at a university, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said. The stampede took place at the Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT), in…

Displaced Gazans Not Allowed By The Regime To Return Home Amid Truce Deal

GAZA, Nov 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – As a four-day truce deal between Hamas and the Zionist Israel took effect Friday, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza have been assisted with food, water, medical supplies and other essential humanitarian items. Palestinian authorities called for the displaced to return to their homes…

Afghanistan To Build 285 Health Centres Nationwide

KABUL, Nov 26 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan authorities will build at least 285 health centres in several provinces of Afghanistan, local TOLOnews TV channel, yesterday, quoted the country’s top health official, as saying. Qalandar Ibad, acting minister of public health, said, the ministry is urging trained and professional doctors abroad,…

Jordan Condemns “Racist Remarks” By Dutch Lawmaker

AMMAN, Nov 25 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, voiced yesterday, the country’s condemnation and rejection of the “racist remarks” by an extremist Dutch lawmaker, who advocated for “solving Palestinian issue at the expense of Jordan.” In a phone call with his Dutch counterpart, Hanke Bruins Slot, Safadi denounced…

Turkish Airstrikes Hit PKK Targets In N. Iraq

ANKARA, Nov 25 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish forces conducted last night, airstrikes against 17 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in a cross-border operation in northern Iraq, said the Defence Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said, the operation was carried out in the Metina, Hakurk, Gara, and Qandil…

39 Palestinian Prisoners Released From Israeli Prison

GAZA, Nov 25 (NNN-WAFA) – Buses carrying about 39 Palestinian prisoners, departed last night, from the Israeli Ofer prison, which is located near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The 39 Palestinians, comprising 24 women and 15 minors, were released as part of a Qatar-mediated truce deal between Israel and…

New LNG Production Unit Launched In East Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, yesterday, inaugurated a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production unit, in Teluk Bintuni, in the eastern province of West Papua. The unit, with an annual production capacity of 3.8 million tonnes, will increase the total capacity of the British oil company, BP’s…

Construction Of 15 Health Centres Begins In South Afghanistan’s Uruzgan

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, Nov 25 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan authorities started the construction of 15 health centres in south Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, Mohammadullah Rouhani, head of the provincial public health department, said, yesterday. Costing six million U.S. dollars, the construction project will provide health services to local people, who have no…

Sri Lanka Achieves 1.8 Billion USD In Total Investments By Nov

COLOMBO, Nov 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment (BOI), achieved 1.8 billion U.S. dollars in investments by Thursday, the BOI said in its latest press release. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stands at 1.5 billion dollars, which is a 122 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022,…