Cambodia’s Royal Palace To Reopen For Tourists From Next Month

PHNOM PENH, Nov 18 (NNN-AKP) – The Royal Palace, the most popular tourist spot in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, will reopen for the public from Dec 1, after a closure for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “National and international tourists will be allowed to visit…

20 Killed As Van Fell Into Ditch In South Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (NNN-APP) – Twenty people were killed and 13 others injured, when a passenger van fell into a water ditch, in Pakistan’s south Sindh province, last night, local reports said today. The accident happened in the Sehwan area of the province, when the van fell into the ditch…

S.Korea Reported 49,418 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Nov 18 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 49,418 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 26,462,319, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 55,437 the previous day, and lower than 54,519 tallied a week…

Palestine Warns Against Israeli Right-Wing’s Intention To Legalise Settlements

RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, yesterday, warned of “the catastrophic repercussions” of the Israeli right-wing leaders’ agreement to legalise the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. On Wednesday, the Israeli media reported that, an agreement was reached between Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right ally, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on…

Iran Banned Import Of French Cars

TEHRAN, Nov 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has banned the import of French cars, a government spokesman announced, yesterday. Omid Qalibaf, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, said, his ministry has banned the import of French cars because of “the unprofessional behaviour of the French people in…

Afghan Police Destroyed Two Drug Labs In Ghor Province

FIROZ KOAH, Afghanistan, Nov 18 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan forces have destroyed two drug labs in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province, a police statement said yesterday. The counter-narcotic police, discovered two drug processing plants and a huge quantity of hashish, in Dawlatyar district of the province, and set them on fire on…

Singapore reported 2,088 new COVID-19 cases

SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore reported 2,088 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 2,148,794. A total of 200 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 11 of them in intensive care units, according to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Health. One new death…

Japan’s Consumer Prices Rose To Highest Level In 40 Years In Oct

TOKYO, Nov 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s consumer prices increased 3.6 percent in Oct, from a year earlier, marking a 40-year high, owing to a weak yen further inflating soaring energy costs, the government said, in a report today. The nationwide core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food items,…

Putting Pressure On Iran Won’t Help Solve Its Nuclear Issue: Chinese Envoy

VIENNA, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Chinese envoy said here yesterday that, putting pressure on Iran would not help solve its nuclear issue and would only backfire. Wang Chang, deputy head of China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna, said this, after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…

Three Sentenced To Life For Downing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

THE HAGUE, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Dutch judges, yesterday, sentenced three suspects in absentia, to life imprisonment, for their involvement in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, which led to the loss of 298 lives. A fourth suspect, a Russian citizen also in absentia, was acquitted. The…