Seven Jordanian Field Hospital Staffers Injured In Gaza: Army

AMMAN, Nov 16 (NNN-PETRA) – Seven staffers of the Jordanian field hospital in the Gaza Strip were injured, at the entrance to the hospital’s emergency department, said the Jordanian Armed Forces, yesterday. The seven were variously injured when trying to provide aid to Palestinians, wounded by an Israeli bombardment, a…

UN Envoy, Yemeni Officials Meet To Discuss Peace Efforts In War-Torn Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, Nov 16 (NNN-SABA) – The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded yesterday, a visit to Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, where he met with Yemeni and Saudi officials, to discuss efforts towards political settlement of Yemen’s civil conflict. In a brief press statement, the UN…

Five Companies In Japan Searched Over Alleged Bid-Rigging In Public COVID Project

TOKYO, Nov 16 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Fair Trade Commission, yesterday, searched locations linked to five travel agencies, for allegedly rigging bids in a COVID-19-related project, in the city of Aomori, local media reported. The locations searched on suspicion of violating the antimonopoly law, included the Aomori office of Kinki Nippon…

Seven Terrorists Killed In Clash With Security Forces In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 16 (NNN-APP) – Seven terrorists were killed in a clash with security forces, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said, yesterday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, said that, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on the presence of…

36 Killed, 19 Injured As Bus Fell Into Gorge In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

DELHI, Nov 16 (NNN-PTI) – Thirty-six people were killed and 19 others injured, some of them critically, yesterday, after a passenger bus skidded off a mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. The accident took place in Assar area of Doda district, about 149…

Israeli Forces Raid Gaza’s Largest Hospital To Search For ‘Militants’

GAZA, Nov 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Dozens of the Israeli armed forces, yesterday, carried out a raid at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid heavy gunfire, according to a senior medical official. In a press statement, Monir al-Bursh, director-general of the pharmaceutical department, at the Gaza Health Ministry, said, “The Israeli…

Hamas Denies Accusations Of Using Hospitals In Gaza For Military Purposes

GAZA, Nov 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas yesterday denied using hospitals in the Gaza Strip for military purposes, dismissing such Israeli accusations as “lies,” according to the media office of the Gaza-ruling Palestinian faction. What the Israeli army presented, regarding the Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City were “videos made in…

Seven More Palestinians Killed In Clashes With Israeli Army In West Bank’s Tulkarm: Ministry

RAMALLAH, Nov 15 (NNN-WAFA) – At least seven more Palestinians were killed yesterday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers in Tulkarm, northern West Bank, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry. The clashes occurred when the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) was conducting a massive manhunt for Palestinian suspects in the Tulkarm…

Toshiba Posts 52 Billion Yen Net Loss Before Stock Delisting In Japan

TOKYO, Nov 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Toshiba Corporation reported yesterday, a net loss of 52.14 billion yen (344 million U.S. dollars) for the six months ended Sept, marking its last earnings announcement before its stock delisting, scheduled for next month. The figure for the first half of fiscal 2023 is…

Vietnam’s Car Market Remained Stagnant In Oct Despite Discounts

HANOI, Nov 15 (NNN-VNA) – The Vietnamese car market remained stagnant in Oct, even when producers offered discounts and promotions to stimulate demand, local media reported. Although promotions and discounts by tens of millions, to almost half a billion Vietnamese dong have been continuously launched in recent months, to attract…