89 UN Employees Killed In Gaza In Latest Conflict: UN

GENEVA, Nov 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Since the latest round of Hamas-Israel conflict broke out a month ago, 89 United Nations (UN) aid workers have been killed, which is the highest number of UN employees killed in a conflict, in the history of the United Nations, the UN Relief and Works…

China Calls For Immediate Cessation Of Hostilities Between Israelis, Palestinians

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – China, yesterday, called on the parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to immediately cease hostilities. Since the outbreak of the new round of conflict, Palestinians in Gaza have languished amid indiscriminate bombardment. They are not spared even in hospitals, schools, refugee camps, and UN facilities.…

Four Paramilitary Troopers Wounded In Gunfight With Rebels In India

NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (NNN-PTI) – At least four paramilitary troopers were wounded yesterday, in a gunfight with rebel group, Naxals, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said. The gunfight broke out in the forest area, falling under Chintagufa police station, in Sukma district, about 475 km south…

Blast Killed Seven, Wounded 20 In Kabul

KABUL, Nov 8 (NNN-ANA) – Seven people were killed and 20 others injured, as a blast rocked the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, yesterday, Kabul’s police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, said. The blast ripped through a mini-bus last night, claiming the lives of seven civilians and injuring 20 others, Zadran…

Vietnam Capitalises On FTAs To Boost Exports: Minister

HANOI, Nov 8 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam has cashed in on the free trade agreements (FTAs), which helps bring its products to 60 countries and territories worldwide, Minister of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Hong Dien, was cited as saying, Responding to questions on measures to enhance export, at the national assembly’s…

Laos, Mongolia Agreed To Further Enhance Cooperation

VIENTIANE, Nov 8 (NNN-KPL) – Leaders of Laos and Mongolia signed seven cooperation agreements, aiming to build ties in economic affairs, trade, investment and tourism. The signing of the documents, held in the Lao capital of Vientiane, was witnessed by Lao President, Thongloun Sisoulith, and his Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh,…

Iranian, Saudi FMs Propose OIC Meeting To Discuss Developments In Gaza, West Bank

TEHRAN, Nov 7 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, yesterday called for holding an emergency summit of the heads of state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to discuss developments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The…

Japan Detects Above-Limit Radioactive Cesium In Locally Grown Mushroom

TOKYO, Nov 7 (NNN-NHK) – Excessive levels of radioactive cesium were detected in locally grown mushroom, in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, government report showed today. The sample of Cortinarius caperatus, a type of edible mushroom, in the prefecture’s Narusawa village, reported a cesium level of 150 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg), said…

Int’l Conference On Afghanistan’s Economic Development Kicked Off In Kabul

KABUL, Nov 7 (NNN-ANA) – An international conference, on the economic development of Afghanistan, kicked off in the country’s capital, Kabul yesterday, attracting some 500 scholars and guests from home and overseas. Themed “Creating the Afghan Economic Miracle,” the three-day conference held by the Ibn-E-Sina Research and Development Centre, will…

Pakistan Cancels Over 18,000 Illegal Identity Cards

ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), has cancelled over 18,000 illegal identity cards, through its robust monitoring and corrective mechanism, NADRA said. “NADRA is resorting to stringent rectification measures, through better coordination with other stakeholders and strict internal scrutiny,” NADRA said in a press…