CAIRO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis launched a new batch of drones against sensitive targets inside Israel on Monday, according to a statement from their armed forces broadcast by TV channel Al Masirah.

The statement said the targets of the drones were "varied and sensitive" and led to halting the movement in the targeted bases and airports for hours.

TOKYO, Nov 7 (NNN-NHK) – Excessive levels of radioactive cesium were detected in locally grown mushroom, in Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, government report showed today.

The sample of Cortinarius caperatus, a type of edible mushroom, in the prefecture’s Narusawa village, reported a cesium level of 150 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg), said the report, published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, on its official website.

The allowed cesium level on general food products stands at 100 Bq/kg in the country.

NABI SALEH, West Bank, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Israeli troops on Monday arrested a Palestinian activist, regarded in the occupied West Bank as a hero since she was a teenager, on suspicion of inciting violence, but her mother denied the claim and said it was based on a fake Instagram post.

The Israeli military said it apprehended Ahed Tamimi, 22, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Tamimi rose to prominence in 2017 when, at age 16, she slapped an Israeli soldier who raided her village. She and others have for years protested Israeli land seizures.

VIENTIANE, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The leaders of Laos and Mongolia signed seven cooperation agreements, aiming to build ties in economic affairs, trade, investment and tourism.

The signing of the documents, held in the Lao capital of Vientiane on Monday, was witnessed by Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith and his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, the Vientiane Mai newspaper reported on Tuesday.

KABUL, Nov 7 (NNN-ANA) – An international conference, on the economic development of Afghanistan, kicked off in the country’s capital, Kabul yesterday, attracting some 500 scholars and guests from home and overseas.

Themed “Creating the Afghan Economic Miracle,” the three-day conference held by the Ibn-E-Sina Research and Development Centre, will cover agriculture, education, health care and other topics.

LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The British arm of defence firm MBDA has signed a 4 billion pound ($4.92 billion) deal to supply Poland with ground-based air defence systems, the British government said on Tuesday.

Britain's Ministry of Defence said the partnership would boost Poland's Narew air defence programme and help bolster European security amid the conflict in Ukraine.

DHAKA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A handover ceremony of China's anti-dengue emergency supply for Bangladesh was held here on Tuesday.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen handed over the supply to the Bangladeshi Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque at the ceremony, saying that China and Bangladesh are genuine friends who share weal and woe and close neighbors who always help each other.

Bangladesh has recorded a total of 1,895 deaths from dengue fever out of 283,593 cases this year as of Tuesday, Bangladeshi health department figures showed.

ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), has cancelled over 18,000 illegal identity cards, through its robust monitoring and corrective mechanism, NADRA said.

“NADRA is resorting to stringent rectification measures, through better coordination with other stakeholders and strict internal scrutiny,” NADRA said in a press statement.

BEIRUT, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A Hezbollah lawmaker said on Tuesday that the Lebanese militant group would respond "double" to any Israeli attacks on civilians after a strike that killed three children and their grandmother in south Lebanon.

The remarks reflect the volatile situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border, where deadly clashes between Israeli troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters are fuelling fears of a wider regional war while Israel invades the Gaza Strip.

JERUSALEM (AP) — At a time when world sentiment has begun to sour on Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza, the vast majority of Israelis, across the political spectrum, are convinced of the justice of the war.

Still under rocket and missile attacks on several fronts, they have little tolerance for anyone railing against the steep toll the conflict has exacted on the other side. They have rallied to crush Hamas, which breached the country’s borders from the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,400 people and taking over 240 hostage in an Oct. 7 rampage that triggered the war.

MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/: France has scuttled Russia’s participation in the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference by not issuing visas to members of the Russian delegation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned Tuesday after his government was involved in a widespread corruption probe, sending a shock wave through the normally tranquil politics of the European Union member.

The 62-year-old Costa, Portugal’s Socialist leader since 2015, asserted his innocence but said in a nationally televised address that “in these circumstances, obviously, I have presented my resignation to the president of the republic.”