Man Killed, Teen Missing Amidst Rare Rainstorms In Israel

JERUSALEM, Dec 27 (NNN-MA’AN) – A young man was killed and a teenage boy went missing, in floods caused by unusual rainstorms in Israel on Thursday. Rainstorms and thunderstorms swept through Israel, from north to south, since Wednesday night. The casualty was identified as Majd Qassem Su’ad, a shepherd from…

Over 17,000 People Affected By Air Pollution In Iran

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Over 17,000 people were affected by air pollution across Iran, over the past week, Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman for Iran Emergency Organisation, said, Thursday. “During the past seven days, 17,303 people were referred to emergency centres of hospitals, in different cities of the country, due to…

Lebanese Expatriates Demonstrate Against Central Bank’s Policies

BEIRUT, Dec 27 (NNN-NNA) – Hundreds of Lebanese expatriates took to the street on Thursday, in protest against the central bank and its policies. Protesters marched in downtown Beirut and walked to the Association of Banks in Lebanon, while chanting slogans asking the central bank’s governor to leave. The protesters…

Russia, U.S. To Mull Cooperation On Moon Orbit Station

MOSCOW, Dec 27 (NNN-TASS) – Representatives of Russian state space corporation, Roscosmos, and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will meet “closer to spring,” to discuss Russia’s joining the Lunar Gateway project, Roscosmos head, Dmitry Rogozin, said. Russia could contribute a backup transport system, since “you never know…

Cambodian PM Says Recent China-Japan-S.Korea Leaders’ Meeting Bodes Well For Asia

PHNOM PENH, Dec 27 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said, the recent meeting of leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, boded well for Asia’s economy and stability. The 8th China-Japan-S.Korea leaders’ meeting was held in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu on Tuesday, and the leaders…

Sudan’s PM Vows To Bring Murder, Genocide Culprits To Justice

KHARTOUM, Dec 26 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, vowed to bring those involved in murder and genocide to justice. “Justice will be achieved. The law will take its course on all killers,” said Hamdok, while addressing a rally marking the first anniversary of Sudan’s Dec protests. “War crimes…

Singapore’s Manufacturing Output Decreases 9.3 Percent In Nov

SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore Economic Development Board announced today (Thursday) that the country’s manufacturing output declined 9.3 percent year on year in Nov, compared to a revised 3.6 percent increase in Oct. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output decreased nine percent year on year in Nov, compared to a…

Update: Measles Death Toll In Samoa Rises To 81

SUVA, Dec 26 (NNN-RNZ) – The Samoan government confirmed, one more death, in the island nation’s measles epidemic on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 81, since the measles outbreak started in mid-Oct. According to Samoa Observer newspaper on Thursday (today), the Samoan Ministry of Health said, the death of…

Afghan Road Accident Claims Nine Lives In Eastern Province

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nine travellers lost their lives, as a car collided with an oil tanker, coming from the opposite direction, in the eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, said a provincial government’s news release on Thursday. The deadly accident occurred in Ab Band district, on Wednesday evening,…

15 Years On, Indonesians Remember Aftermath Of Deadly Indian Ocean Tsunami

BANDA ACEH, Dec 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – On one Sunday morning, Mawardi was watching cartoons with his two brothers at his house, on Meulaboh Bay in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh, when a 9.3-magnitude earthquake literally shook them from their seats. His mother and grandmother, who were also inside the house,…