Mongolian PM Elected As Ruling Party Leader

ULAN BATOR, Dec 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolian Prime Minister, Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene, was elected chairman of the ruling Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) yesterday. He received 99.7 percent of the votes from 1,245 party members across the country, who are attending the MPP’s two-day congress, which began yesterday. “Today (yesterday), I have…

Police Foil Terror Plot In Pakistan’s Balochistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (NNN-APP) – Police in Gwadar district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, foiled a terror plot, by defusing a bomb in a busy area, a senior superintendent of police in the district, said. The counter-terrorism department of the police received an intelligence tip-off, regarding the terrorist plan to…

S.Korea Reports 4,954 More COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Dec 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 4,954 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 482,310. The daily caseload was up from 4,325 the previous day, recording the country’s highest Monday figure, since the first case was…

Malaysia Reports 4,262 New COVID-19 Infections, 38 More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported another 4,262 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 2,663,034, according to the health ministry. Some 15 of the new cases are imported, with 4,247 being local transmissions, according to data released on the ministry’s website. Another 38…

Brunei Starts Second Dose COVID-19 Vaccination For Youngsters

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 7 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei began the administration of second dose of COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 yesterday. According to the Minister of Health, Haji Mohd Isham, the youngsters should have no quarantine orders or self-isolation notices. If they recently recovered from COVID-19, they…

Two Pakistani Military Officers Killed In Helicopter Crash

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (NNN-APP) – Two Pakistani military officers were killed, when a military helicopter they were in, crashed in the disputed Kashmir region, a Pakistani army statement said yesterday. The helicopter, belonging to the Pakistani army, crashed at a glacier, leaving the two pilots killed, the military’s media wing,…

Detained Myanmar President, State Counsellor’s Sentences Reduced To Two Years

YANGON, Dec 7 (NNN-MNA) – Four-year sentences of detained Myanmar President, U Win Myint and State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, were respectively reduced to two years, under Section 401 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, state media reported yesterday. According to the report, U Win Myint and Aung…

UN General Assembly Defers Action On Representatives Of Afghanistan, Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The UN General Assembly, yesterday, decided to defer action on the representatives of Afghanistan and Myanmar, at the most representative organ of the United Nations. Yesterday’s decision by the General Assembly means that, the current representatives of the two countries will continue to represent…

Palestinian Government Stands Before Hard Financial Situation

RAMALLAH, Dec 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday announced that, the Palestinian Authority (PA), is standing before a very difficult financial situation. An official statement said that, Ishtaye told the weekly meeting of the cabinet, held in the West Bank city of Ramallah, that, the financial situation…

Israel Reports Outbreak Of Bird Flu At Southern Farm

JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (NNN-PNN) – Israel reported an outbreak of the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, at a turkey farm, in the south of the state, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said, in a statement, yesterday. The bird flu cases were detected at a farm in the village of…