Rockets Hit Iraqi Base Housing U.S. Forces In W. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 23 (NNN-NINA) – At least two Katyusha rockets struck a military airbase, housing U.S. military experts and agencies, in Iraq’s western province of Anbar yesterday, an Iraqi army source said. The attacks occurred in the early morning, when rockets landed in the Ayn al-Asad Airbase, near the town…

Air Quality In Indian Capital Continues To Be Very Poor

NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (NNN-PTI) – The air quality in the Indian capital territory, continues to be very poor today, officials said. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), an institute monitoring air pollution, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded…

Egypt Held Summit On De-Escalating Armed Conflict In Gaza

CAIRO, Oct 23 (NNN-MENA) – An international peace summit concluded Saturday, at Egypt’s new administrative capital, east of Cairo, where heads of state and ministers from several countries urged for an end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas armed conflict in the Gaza Strip. Dubbed the Cairo Summit for Peace, the conference…

Tomb Dating Back Over 2,000 Years Discovered In South China

GUANGZHOU, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – A large tomb dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-25 A.D.), has been unearthed in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, according to Guangzhou’s institute of cultural relics and archaeology. Built on the crest of a hill at the Huogaidingling site in Guangzhou, the…

S. Korea Confirms Two More Cases Of Lumpy Skin Disease At Cattle Farms

SEOUL, Oct 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea, yesterday, confirmed two more cases of lumpy skin disease (LSD) at local cattle farms, after reporting the country’s first-ever case on the previous day. The additional LSD cases were confirmed at a beef cattle farm in Dangjin, around 80 km south-west of Seoul,…

Two Children Died, Two Others Critically Injured After A Shed Caught Fire In Australia’s Victoria

SYDNEY, Oct 22 (NNN-AAP) – A shed caught fire today, in the Australian state of Victoria, that killed two children, with two others sustaining serious injuries. Victoria Police reported that, just after 10:30 a.m. local time, emergency services were called to a property at Officer Court in Corio, a suburb…

Three Earthquakes Jolted District Close To Nepal Capital

KATHMANDU, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three earthquakes above magnitude 4, jolted Dhading district this morning, sending tremors to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. One temblor of magnitude 6.1 struck at 7:39 a.m. local time, said Lok Bijay Adhikari, from Nepal’s National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre (NEMRC). The quakes have left…

Venezuelan FM Thanks Int’l Support For National Conciliation Talks, Partial Lifting Of U.S. Sanctions

CARACAS, Oct 22 (NNN-ABN) – Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister, Yvan Gil, thanked international support for the progress made in Venezuela’s national conciliation talks, and the temporary suspension of U.S. sanctions against the country. “We welcome the message of support that comes to us from … Russia, in reference to the…

7.6 Million Children Out Of School In Ethiopia: UN Agency

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 22 (NNN-ENA) – Some 7.6 million children are out of school across Ethiopia, due to different man-made and natural disasters, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, in its latest education cluster update. According to the quarterly publication, issued Friday, a total of 8,552 schools reported either…

Norway, Russia Finalised Fisheries Agreement For 2024

OSLO, Oct 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Norway has finalized a fisheries agreement for 2024 with Russia, through digital discussions, which is viewed as Norway’s paramount bilateral fisheries contract. “We’re pleased to solidify a fisheries agreement with Russia, especially considering the exceptional circumstances this year,” Norway’s Fisheries and Oceans Minister, Cecilie Myrseth,…