Iraqi PM Condemns “Absurd” Attacks On Military Bases Hosting Foreign Advisers

BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, yesterday, called the attacks on Iraqi military bases “absurd,” stressing the end of combat mission of the U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq, after their withdrawal from the country. “Unfortunately, there are some absurd actions within the first days of the…

Palestinian In Israeli Prison Ends 141-Day Hunger Strike

RAMALLAH, Jan 5 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian, imprisoned in an Israeli jail, yesterday, ended his 141-day hunger strike, after Israel decided to release him, senior Palestinian official for prisoners’ affairs, Qadri Abu Bakker, said. Hisham Abu Hawash, a 40-year-old father of five, from Dura village, near the southern West Bank…

Five Killed In Road Accidents In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (NNN-APP) – At least five people were killed and seven others injured, in two separate road accidents in Pakistan, in the last 24 hours, local media reported today. In the Lower Dir district of the country’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an ambulance skidded in the snow and…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Crosses 35 Million

NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 35,018,358 today, as 58,097 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 534 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total…

China-Vietnam Freight Train Trips Doubled In 2021

NANNING, Jan 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, handled 346 China-Vietnam freight train trips last year, up by over 108 percent from the previous year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. Since its launch in Aug, 2017, the freight train service has transported a…

Cambodia’s Omicron Cases Rise To 94 After Nine New Infections Detected: PM

PHNOM PENH, Jan 5 (NNN-AKP) – The confirmed cases of Omicron variant in Cambodia have risen to 94, after nine new infections were detected, Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here today. “Nine new Omicron cases were confirmed by the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia (last night), and all of…

S.Korea Reports 4,444 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Jan 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 4,444 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 649,669. The daily caseload was up from 3,024, the previous day, due to higher virus tests in the middle of the week.…

New Zealand Swelters In Scorching Temperatures

WELLINGTON, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – All New Zealand sweltered in scorching temperatures, as many places in North Island of the country hit record high temperatures, in the first days of the new year, according to national weather broadcast agency, MetService today. The agency reported that, Taupo, a tourism attraction town,…

Malaysia Reports 2,842 New COVID-19 Infections, 31 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 2,842 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the total to 2,769,886, according to the health ministry. Some 332 of the new cases are imported, with 2,510 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another 31 deaths have been…

Australia surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 cases

CANBERRA, Jan 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s COVID-19 case number surpassed 500,000 yesterday. Chris Moy, vice president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), said, the government failed to come up with a plan for rapid antigen tests (RATs), amid reports of supply shortfalls and price gouging. “There is an inability to…