Six Women Died In Firecracker Factory Fire In South India

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (NNN-PTI) – As many as six women died and three persons, including two women and a man, injured, when a fire broke out in a firecracker factory in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, confirmed a local fire department official, over the phone. The mishap took…

S.Korea Reports 77 More COVID-19 Cases, 25,775 In Total

SEOUL, Oct 24 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 77 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 25,775. The daily caseload fell below 100 in three days, but the double-digit growth continued, due to small cluster infections in Seoul…

New Zealand Reports 11 New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Oct 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 today, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. All 11 new cases were detected in isolation facilities, while there were no new community cases in the country, said the ministry. Five of the cases are among…

Fire At Mumbai Shopping Mall Brought Under Control With No Fatalities

MUMBAI, Oct 24 (NNN-UNI) – A big fire at a shopping mall in southern Mumbai was brought under control on Friday, almost 14 hours after it broke out, with cooling efforts still going on, according to an official from the city’s disaster management office. The local official said, no fatalities…

Japan Plans To Recruit Astronauts In 2021, First Time In 13 Years

TOKYO, Oct 24 (NNN-NHK) – Japan will recruit potential astronauts in 2021, the first time the country has conducted an intake since 2008, Science Minister, Koichi Hagiuda, said yesterday. The recruitment is aimed at sending astronauts to outer space, as part of a U.S.-led lunar exploration project, the minister said.…

Thai Army In All Out Effort To Tackle Serious Flooding

BANGKOK, Oct 24 (NNN-TNA) – Soldiers from the Royal Thai Army set out to Thailand’s three provinces, to tackle serious flooding, triggered by tropical storm Linfa, which made landfall two weeks ago. Military officers have been dispatched to Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, eastern province of Sa Kaeo and…

Four Terrorists Killed In Clash With Police In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province killed four terrorists, during a raid on their hideout, a provincial official said last night. The Counter Terrorism Department of the police, raided the hideout in Mastung district, by acting on an intelligence tip-off, Zia Ullah Langau, home minister…

Palestinians Condemn Normalisation Agreement Between Sudan, Israel

by Saud Abu Ramadan RAMALLAH/GAZA, Oct 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Palestinians are outraged over the declaration of a normalisation agreement between Israel and Sudan, under U.S. sponsorship. The Palestinian Presidency affirmed in a statement, its condemnation and rejection of Sudan’s decision to normalise relations with Israel which seizes the land of…

Turkey Tests Russian S-400 Anti-Missile System

ISTANBUL, Oct 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, confirmed that, the Turkish army had been testing the Russian S-400 anti-missile defence systems. “It is true about the tests. They have been done and will continue,” Erdogan told reporters, after Friday prayers in Istanbul. Turkey’s purchase of the S-400…

Four Daesh Militants, Two Paramilitary Soldiers Killed In Bomb Attacks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 24 (NNN-NINA) – Four Daesh militants and two paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed yesterday, in bomb attacks in Salahudin province north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. The militants were killed when a roadside bomb went off near their vehicle, the media office of the Iraqi Joint…