Sydney Suffers Another Day Of “Hazardous” Air Quality Due To Bushfires

SYDNEY, Nov 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sydney’s normally picturesque skyline was once again blanketed by thick smoke today (Thursday), as around 50 bushfires continued to burn across Australia’s east coast. Deemed “hazardous” by the New South Wales (NSW) State Department of Environment, health authorities have urged schools to keep children indoors,…

Situation In Gaza Remains Fragile: UN Mideast Envoy

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, warned, the situation in Gaza remains fragile despite an Egyptian-mediated cessation of hostilities. “We meet today, in the aftermath of the most serious recent escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. Although the immediate…

Massive Fire Breaks Out In Market In Dhaka, Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov 21 (NNN-BSS) – A fire burnt down over a dozen shops, in the New Rajdhahi Supermarket, in the capital’s Tikatuli, yesterday. The fire began at a mattress store on the first floor of the two-storey market, around 5:15 pm, officials said. Twenty-five fire engines were deployed to douse…

UNAMID Calls On Sudanese Political Forces, Armed Groups To Join Negotiation

KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (NNN-SUNA) – Joint Special Representative of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Jeremiah Mamabolo, urged Sudanese political forces, particularly the armed groups, who have not yet joined the peace process, to come to the negotiating table. “I call on all Sudanese political forces, particularly the…

Update: Death Toll Of Israeli Airstrikes On Syria Rises To 23

DAMASCUS, Nov 21 (NNN-SANA) – The death toll of Israeli airstrikes on Syria on Wednesday, rose to 23, including, a war monitor and state media reported. Two civilians were also killed in the after-midnight airstrikes, carried out by Israeli warplanes, from outside Syrian airspace on positions around the capital. Meanwhile,…

Syrian Air Defences Confront Israeli Missile Aggression, Downs Most Missiles, Two Civilians Killed

DAMASCUS, Nov 20 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Air Defences, after midnight, foiled an intensive Israeli rocket assault, that targeted the outskirts of Damascus, and destroyed most of the missiles, before they could reach their targets, while two civilians were killed and two others injured, due to the aggression. A military…

South Australians Warned To Prepare For Worst Bushfire In Four Years

CANBERRA, Nov 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 100 schools across South Australia (SA), are closed, as the Australian state braces for catastrophic fire danger day. Temperatures in some parts of the state were forecast to soar above 40 degrees Celsius on Wednesday (today), accompanied by strong winds. About seven districts…

Thousands Of Houthi-Laid Landmines Detonated In Western Yemen

ADEN, Nov 20 (NNN-SABA) – Thousands of landmines laid by the Houthi rebels were detonated by explosives experts, in Yemen’s western coast area on Tuesday. “Nearly 6,325 mines and explosives were detonated, by a team of the Saudi Landmine Clearance Project, in the country’s western coast area,” a military official…

Car Bomb Kills Many Turkey-Backed Rebels In Northern Syria

DAMASCUS, Nov 20 (NNN-SANA) – A car bomb tore through a checkpoint of Turkey-backed rebels, in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing many rebels. The car bomb ripped through the checkpoint in the countryside of Ras al-Ayn, in the northern countryside of Hasakah Province, northeastern Syria, near Turkey. Many rebels were…

One Dead, 11 Unaccounted For As S.Korean Fishing Boat Catches Fire

SEOUL, Nov 19 (NNN-YONHAP) – One sailor was confirmed dead, and 11 others unaccounted for, as a South Korean fishing boat caught fire, on Tuesday (today), in waters west of the country’s southern resort island of Jeju, according to local media reports. The 29-tonne fishing vessel caught fire in waters…
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