U.S. Senate Hearing On Funding For Israel Repeatedly Interrupted By Anti-War Protesters

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Multiple protesters demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip repeatedly interrupted a hearing held by the U.S. Senate, on the Joe Biden administration’s massive budget request for funding Israel and Ukraine in their respective conflicts. The Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, attended by Secretary of…

Mongolia Issues Warning Of Blizzards

ULAN BATOR, Nov 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, today issued a warning of blizzards and a cold wave that will affect western and central parts of the country. Volatile weather is expected to start today, and continue in the next few days, causing icy…

10-Year-Old Boy Dies In Australian School After Trapped Under Lift

SYDNEY, Nov 1 (NNN-AAP) – Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) confirmed the death of a 10-year-old boy today, after he was trapped under an elevator at a school in Sydney. At about 2:00 p.m. local time, emergency services were called to the school on Cleveland…

Search Underway For Body Of South Australian Shark Attack Victim

CANBERRA, Nov 1 (NNN-AAP) – A search has been underway, for the body of a man who was attacked by a shark, while surfing in the Australian state of South Australia (SA). The 55-year-old man was surfing at a beach at Streaky Bay, more than 450 km west of Adelaide,…

Australian Police Probe Into Suspicious Bushfires In Queensland

SYDNEY, Nov 1 (NNN-AAP) – Australian police have launched investigation over four bushfires in the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland over the past two weeks, as the cause is believed to be suspicious. In a statement released yesterday, Queensland Police said that, a fire at Beerwah was deliberately lit, near…

Chinese Carmaker SAIC Motor Opens First EV Battery Plant In Thailand

CHONBURI, Nov 1 (NNN-TNA) – Chinese carmaker, SAIC Motor, yesterday, announced the opening of its first electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Thailand, as the first deeply localised battery rolled off the assembly line in the factory. The EV battery plant, spanning 12 hectares, is located in New Energy Industrial…

Zionist Regime Sends More Troops “Deep Into Gaza,” Conducts Deadly Airstrikes On Refugee Camp

JERUSALEM/GAZA, Nov 1 (NNN-MA’AN/WAFA) – The Zionist regime intensified its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip yesterday, sending troops deep into the Palestinian territory and clashing with Hamas in fierce battles. The regime’s Defense Forces (IDF) said, its soldiers had “fierce battles” with Hamas, “deep in the Gaza Strip,” adding…

Arab League, Egypt, Jordan Slam Israeli Airstrikes On Gaza Refugee Camp

CAIRO, Nov 1 (NNN-MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, yesterday strongly condemned the deadly Israeli airstrike, on the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the AL chief said that, it was “a new crime” in Gaza and that the international community should no longer…

Feature: Egyptian Truck Drivers Waiting At Rafah Crossing To Bring Aid For Besieged Gazans

RAFAH, Egypt, Nov 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Hundreds of trucks, carrying relief aid, have waited for days at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, to enter the war-torn Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, who have been deprived of fuel, food, water and medical supplies for nearly three weeks…

Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force Seized 109 Kg Of Drugs

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (NNN-APP) – The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan, seized 109 kg of drugs, in two intelligence-based operations in the country’s eastern Punjab province, said an official yesterday. The spokesperson of the ANF, said in a statement that, the official teams conducted two different operations yesterday in Sargodha…