Egypt Shuts Down Grand Egyptian Museum In Preparation For Official Opening

CAIRO, Oct 15 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), is temporarily closed to the public from today to Nov 3, in preparation for its official opening, scheduled for early Nov, according to an announcement published Monday, on the museum’s official website. Following a nearly year-long soft-opening phase, the museum…

80 South Koreans Held By Cambodia’s General Department Of Immigration: Spokesperson

PHNOM PENH, Oct 15 (NNN-AKP) – Some 80 South Korean nationals have been held by Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration, but they declined to go back to their country, a Cambodian spokesperson said, yesterday. The 80 South Korean nationals refused to go back to South Korea, although South Korean officials…

20 Killed As Bus Caught Fire In India’s Rajasthan

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – At least 20 people were killed yesterday, after a bus carrying them caught fire, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, officials said.– NNN-PTI  

Kazakh, Russian Energy Companies Launch Major Oil And Gas Project

ALMATY, Oct 15 (NNN-KNA) – Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, KazMunayGas (KMG), and Russian energy corporation, Lukoil, begun implementing the Kalamkas-Sea and Khazar Fields joint development project on the Caspian Shelf, it was reported yesterday, citing Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. According to KMG, the combined estimated recoverable reserves of…

Zionist Israel Vows To Intensify Pressure On Hamas Over Return Of Missing Bodies; Meanwhile Killing Seven More Palestinians In Gaza

JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Zionist Israeli regime official, said yesterday, the regime will “intensify” pressure on Hamas, until they release the remaining bodies of deceased hostages still held in Gaza. The Israeli regime and Hamas traded accusations of violating the ceasefire agreement, now in its fifth day,…

Police Foiled Drug Smuggling, Arrested Three In N. Afghanistan

KABUL, Oct 15 (NNN-BNA) – Police, in the drive against illegal drugs, arrested three drug smugglers, and discovered hashish from their possessions in northern Afghanistan’s Samangan province yesterday, a news release of the provincial police office said. Three drug smugglers were going to traffic 700 grams of hashish, from the…

WHO Issues Alert About Contaminated Indian Cough Syrups

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), has issued an alert about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, urging health authorities around the world, to report any detection of these medicines in their countries, to the global health body. According to the alert on Monday,…

Sri Lankan Health Minister Elected Chair Of WHO’s 78th South-East Asia Regional Committee Session

COLOMBO, Oct 14 (NNN-LNW) – The 78th session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO), Regional Committee for South-East Asia began in Colombo yesterday, with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Nalinda Jayatissa, elected as chairman for a one-year term. In a press release, Jayatissa said, the three-day session, which will conclude…

Over 17,000 Sri Lankan Children Found Living In Vulnerable Conditions: Minister

COLOMBO, Oct 14 (NNN-LNW) – More than 17,000 children in Sri Lanka are living in vulnerable conditions, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, told the media, yesterday. The minister said, the figure was revealed through data collected in a recent study conducted by the Sri Lankan police.…

Mongolia Issues Warning Over Blizzards

ULAN BATOR, Oct 14 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, yesterday issued a warning of blizzards and strong winds. The blizzards are expected to hit western, central and northern provinces of the country, over the next three days, which could result in poor road visibility and…