Over One Million Bangladeshi Capital Dwellers To Get Cholera Vaccine

DHAKA, Jan 27 (NNN-BSS) – More than one million people in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka will receive the oral cholera vaccine next month. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the country’s Ministry of Health Affairs, made the announcement on Sunday, at a press briefing in Dhaka. “Some…

Four Rockets Land Near U.S. Embassy In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (NNN-NINA) – Four Katyusha rockets landed near the U.S. embassy, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, in central Baghdad, official said. The attack took place in the evening, when the four rockets landed near the U.S. embassy, the official said. There was no casualty reported, as the…

Hamas Chief Rejects U.S. Mideast Peace Deal

GAZA, Palestine, Jan 27 (NNN-WAFA) – Islamic Hamas movement chief, Ismail Haniyeh, declared his rejection to the U.S. Middle East peace plan, also known as the “Deal of The Century,” according to a statement. “We are ready to hold urgent meeting with the brothers in Fatah party, and all factions…

20 Killed As Fighting Intensifies Between Gov’t Forces, Rebels In Yemen

SANAA, Jan 27 (NNN-SABA) – Fighting between Yemen’s government troops and Houthi rebels, in the northeastern province of Jawf, left at least 20 fighters from both sides dead, a local government official said. The clashes, in al-Aqabah, in the southwestern edge of government-held Jawf province, wounded dozens of others and…

Omani FM Visits Tehran For Second Time In A Week

TEHRAN, Jan 27 (NNN-ONA) – The Foreign Minister of Oman, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran, on Sunday, and held talks with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. On Jan 21, bin Alawi visited Iran for talks on bilateral ties and promotion of Gulf security, according…

Iran To Increase Oil Extract From Azadegan Joint Field

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan 27 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran has a plan to increase recoverable oil from the Azadegan oilfield, in southwestern Khuzestan province, Iran’s Petroleum Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, said on Sunday, Press TV reported. Oil recovery rate from the Azadegan oilfield, a joint field located on the border with Iraq,…

Wuhan Virus: China Death Toll Spikes To 80, Over 2,700 Cases Confirmed

BEIJING, Jan 27 (NNN-ASIAONE) – China said today (Monday), the death toll from the deadly viral outbreak spiked to 80, as the hard-hit epicentre province of Hubei suffered 24 new fatalities, while total confirmed cases nationwide rose sharply to 2,744. While there were no new deaths confirmed outside of Hubei,…

One Killed, Two Missing As Boat Capsizes In Waters Off Indonesia’s Sumatra

JAKARTA, Jan 27 (NNN-ANTARA) – One person was killed and two others went missing, after a boat carrying 11 people capsized in waters off Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, Head of the Provincial Search and Rescue Office, Toto Mulyono, said. The boat dipped into Tanjung Tiram waters in Batubara district, due…

Woman Killed, Five Injured After U.S. Embassy Vehicle Hit Car In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (NNN-APP) – A woman was killed and five others injured, after a vehicle of the U.S. embassy in Pakistan, hit a car in the capital, Islamabad, an official of the Islamabad Traffic Police said, Sunday. Farrukh Rashid, senior superintendent of the Islamabad Traffic Police, said, the accident…

Sapkota Elected Speaker Of House Of Representatives In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – Agni Prasad Sapkota, a senior leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, was elected as the new speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Nepal, on Sunday. Mahantha Thakur, a senior member of the HoR, who chaired Sunday’s House meeting, announced Sapkota as the…