Iraqi Shiite Militia Claims Responsibility For Rocket Attack On U.S. Base In Syria

BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (NNN-NINA) – An Iraqi Shiite militia, claimed yesterday, responsibility for a rocket attack on a U.S. military base in north-eastern Syria. An armed group calling itself the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” which is an umbrella body for Iranian-backed Iraqi militias, claimed in an online statement that, its…

China’s First Home-Grown Large Cruise Ship Delivered

SHANGHAI, Nov 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – After five years of design, building and a subsequent trial voyage, China’s first domestically-built large cruise ship, the “Adora Magic City,” was delivered in Shanghai yesterday, with its maiden voyage scheduled for Jan 1, next year. To date, China has been able to build an…

Seven Killed, Seven Injured In Pharma Factory Fire In Maharashtra

NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people were killed, and seven others injured in a devastating fire, that broke out in a pharmaceutical factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said, yesterday. Several people are reported missing in the fire. The fire broke out on…

Six Killed In Israeli Airstrike On Ambulances Heading To Rafah Crossing

GAZA, Nov 4 (NNN-WAFA) – At least six Palestinians were killed yesterday, after an Israeli warplane attacked ambulances, in front of the main gate of the Shifa Medical Complex, the largest hospital in Gaza, according to the health ministry. In a press statement, the ministry said that, “the Israeli aircraft…

State Health Chief Warns South Australians Of New COVID-19 Wave

CANBERRA, Nov 4 (NNN-AAP) – Waning natural immunity has caused a spike in COVID-19 cases in South Australia (SA), the state’s health chief warned. According to data published by SA Health yesterday, there were 1,691 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths reported across the state in the latest seven-day…

China, Mongolia Seek To Bolster Tourism Cooperation

ULAN BATOR, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – A seminar, promoting tourism cooperation with China, was held in Mongolia’s capital yesterday. The seminar covered the current state of tourism in Mongolia and cross-border tourism initiatives. Li Zhi, counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and director of the Chinese Cultural Centre in…

Five Killed, 22 Injured As Blast Hit Police Vehicle In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 4 (NNN-APP) – At least five people were killed and 22 others injured, when a blast went off near a police vehicle, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday, police and government officials said. The vehicle was passing by a busy market, when the explosion occurred in the…

Earthquake Kills At Least 69 In Western Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 69 people were killed and dozens injured, at midnight, when a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit western Nepal, officials said. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake jolted the western Jajarkot district at around 11:47 p.m. local time (18:02:54 GMT), with a depth…

Türkiye Reaffirms Readiness To Accept Gazan Patients

ANKARA, Nov 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Turkish Health Ministry, reiterated its readiness yesterday, to transfer critically ill patients from the besieged Gaza Strip to Türkiye, for treatment. “We express once again that we are ready to transfer our Gazan brothers and sisters, who are in critical condition, to our country,…

Jordan To Host Meeting Between Arab FMs, Blinken Over Gaza

AMMAN, Nov 4 (NNN-PETRA) – The foreign ministers of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt, will meet with with U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Amman today, to look into a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a statement from the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. The…