Four Killed, Four Injured In Road Accidents In Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (NNN-APP) – At least four people were killed and four others injured, in two separate road accidents in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, rescuers told local media, yesterday. Three teenage girls were killed and another person was injured yesterday, in Sudhnuti district, after a school van fell into a ditch,…

Malaysia Reported 2,450 New COVID-19 Infections, Five New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 2,450 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,965,666, according to the health ministry. There are no new imported cases, with all 2,450 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another five new deaths…

Voting For General Elections Began In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepalis went to the polls this morning, for elections to the House of Representatives, of the federal parliament and seven provincial assemblies. Voters were seen lining up at some polling stations, as the voting began at 7:00 a.m. local time. About 17.988 million voters are…

Four Syrian Soldiers Killed In Israeli Missile Attack

DAMASCUS, Nov 20 (NNN-SANA) – Four soldiers were killed yesterday, by an Israeli missile strike on military sites in central and coastal Syrian areas. The Israeli missile strike, launched from the Mediterranean, also wounded another and caused material damage, said the report, citing a military source. This is a continuance…

Afghanistan To Subsidise Coal For Residents In Winter

KABUL, Nov 20 (NNN-ANA) – The municipality of the Afghan capital, Kabul, decided to subsidise coal for residents, as the winter cold sets in, a local official said yesterday. According to Nematullah Barakzai, head of Kabul municipality publications, in cooperation with the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, the municipality has…

Cambodia Congratulated Circus Troupe On Winning Guinness Record For “Longest Circus Show”

PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, yesterday, congratulated a local circus troupe, on being recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving the world’s “longest circus show.” In a news release, the ministry said, the Guinness World Records, announced in a livestream…

Cambodia Earned Three Billion USD From Exporting Agricultural Products In First 10 Months

PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported 7.62 million tonnes of agricultural products in the first 10 months of this year, earning 3.07 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), yesterday. The main products Cambodia exported included…

India’s Engineering Exports Body Welcomed Removal Of Export Duty On Steel Products

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (NNN-PTI) – The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of India, yesterday welcomed the federal government’s decision, to withdraw the 15 percent export duty, imposed on iron ore and steel products, saying, it will boost engineering goods exports. It also said, the federal government’s decision would check…

Iranian FM Says Foreign Military Presence Threatens Regional Energy Security

TEHRAN, Nov 20 (NNN-IRNA) – The presence of foreign military forces, threatened energy security in the regional waters, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said, yesterday. A large number of foreign unmanned vessels, currently moving in the waters of the Persian Gulf and Oman, have doubled the security problems of the…

Explosion Hit Military Vehicle In S. Yemen, Killed Four Gov’t Soldiers

ADEN, Nov 20 (NNN-YPA) – At least four soldiers of Yemen’s government forces were killed in an explosion, in the country’s southern province of Abyan yesterday, a military official said. “Elements of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch detonated an Improvised Explosive Device which struck a military vehicle of the government troops,…