Germany Sending IRIS-T Air Defence System To Ukraine

KIEV, Oct 11 (NNN-UNIAN) – Germany is sending the first of four IRIS-T SLM air defence systems to Ukraine, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported yesterday, citing the German Defence Ministry. The recent Russian missile attacks on Kiev and other cities, showed the importance of air defence capability for…

Fears Of Fuel Shortage Growing In France As Strikes At Refineries Continued

PARIS, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Strikes in France’s major refineries continued yesterday, leading to fuel-related panics in the country. The strikes at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil refineries, will extend to today, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), said. According to the Ministry for Energy Transition, 29.4 percent of service stations experienced…

Austrian President Van Der Bellen Wins Second Term

VIENNA, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Austrian President, Alexander Van der Bellen, was set to win a second term, as he was projected to get over 50 percent of the votes, at the presidential election, and thus avoid a run-off vote. Projections from Austrian broadcaster ORF, on Sunday night, showed that, Van…

Afghanistan Resumed Pine Nut Export Via Air Corridor To China

KABUL, Oct 11 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan administration, has resumed the export of pine nut, via air corridor to neighbouring China, a local television channel, the Tolonews, reported, yesterday. “The export of pine nut to China, after a pause of eight months, resumed via air corridor today (yesterday),” Tolonews reported.…

Laos Reported 489 Road Accidents With 62 Killed In Sept

VIENTIANE, Oct 11 (NNN-KPL) – A total of 62 people were killed in 489 road accidents in Laos in Sept, according to a report issued by Lao Ministry of Public Security, yesterday. According to the report, 750 people were injured and 831 vehicles were damaged, in road accidents across the…

Cambodian PM Nominated New Agriculture Minister

PHNOM PENH, Oct 11 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, nominated Dith Tina, son of Supreme Court President, Dith Munty, for minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, local media reported yesterday. Tina, who is currently a secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, is…

480 Thalassemia Patients Died In Four Years Due To U.S. Sanctions: Iranian Spokesman

TEHRAN, Oct 10 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian government spokesman said, 480 thalassemia patients have died in Iran, over the past four years, because of the U.S. sanctions, which impede Iran’s import of medicine for rare diseases. Because of the sanctions, 70 thalassemia patients lost their lives in 2018, 90 in…

Israeli Top Court Overturns Election Ban On Arab Party

JERUSALEM, Oct 10 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli top court, yesterday, overturned a ban preventing the Arab party of Balad from running in the country’s parliamentary elections, due on Nov 1. The Supreme Court’s nine-judge panel, unanimously decided to cancel the decision by the Central Elections Committee, to disqualify Balad from…

Cotton Processing Plant Opened In Afghanistan’s Mazar-I-Sharif

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Oct 10 (NNN-ANA) – A cotton processing plant, at a cost of two million U.S. dollars, has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported. Opened on Friday, the plant, with a capacity of processing 70,000 kg of cotton…

10 Killed As Bus Fell Off Hill In South India

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (NNN-PTI) – Ten persons were killed and many others injured, when a bus fell off a hill, in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh yesterday, a state government official said, over the phone. The mishap took place in the state’s Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district. The…