Egypt Calls For Pressure On Israel To Obey UN Resolution On Gaza Ceasefire

CAIRO, Nov 22 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday, urged the international community to pressure Israel, to comply with the recent UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution, calling for reaching an immediate ceasefire and establishing humanitarian corridors across the war-stricken Gaza Strip. Sisi’s remarks came, during an extraordinary virtual summit…

Floods Force Evacuation Of Over 2,000 In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Flooding has displaced 2,294 people in the country’s east coast state of Terengganu, as of 3.00 p.m. local time yesterday, following continuous heavy rains. Those evacuated were being housed in 19 flood relief centres, according to the country’s social welfare department. In addition, Perak…

Türkiye Urges Regional Countries to Take United Stance Against ‘Israel’s Barbaric War’

ANKARA, Nov 22 (NNN-AAA) – Türkiye stressed that, it cannot remain silent, to the collective targeting of Gaza, under the pretext of destroying the Hamas movement, calling on regional countries to take a united stance against Israel’s barbarity. Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, said, his country was engaged in busy diplomatic…

Russian FM, Delegation Of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers Agree On Urgent Need For Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza

MOSCOW, Nov 22 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and a joint delegation of foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries, agreed on the urgent need to establish an immediate and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, following their talks in Moscow yesterday. The delegation was composed of Saudi Foreign Minister,…

Five Elephants Electrocuted In India’s Jharkhand

NEW DELHI, Nov 22 (NNN-PTI) – Five elephants, including three calves, were electrocuted, after they came in contact with a live high-tension electrical wire, in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand, officials said yesterday. The incident took place on Monday night, in the Musabani forest area of East Singhbhum district, about…

Prince Sufri Of Brunei Calls For Increased Female Representation In Sports

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 22 (NNN-ANN) – Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah, President of the Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (BDNOC), highlighted the necessity for enhanced female representation in sports, including in executive committees in associations and federations. Prince Sufri shared findings from a recent BDNOC research, which revealed a concerning…

Hamas Official Says Close To Reaching Cease-Fire Agreement With Israel

GAZA, Nov 22 (NNN-WAFA) – A Hamas official said yesterday that, the movement is close to reaching a cease-fire agreement with Israel in the coming hours, which will be announced in Qatar. The official, who wished to remain anonymous, said, the movement had already sent its response to mediators on…

Heavy Rains, Deadly Floods Hit 1.7 Million People In Somalia: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (NNN-IRIN) – UN humanitarians, said yesterday that, heavy rains and fatal flooding, since early Oct, have impacted 1.7 million people in Somalia, 500,000 of them in the past week alone. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said, flooding in the last six…

Seven Dead In Brazil Heavy Rains

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 21 (NNN-CMA) – At least seven people were killed and three more still missing, due to heavy rains in southern Brazil, the Civil Defence said. The heavy rains left at least four dead and two missing in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, while three…

Bangladesh’s Dengue Cases Soar Past 300,000 With 1,549 Deaths

DHAKA, Nov 21 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 1,291 new dengue cases and six more deaths on Sunday, bringing the tally to 301,225, and the death toll to 1,549, since Jan, this year, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The deaths include 201, so far, this month. During the…