14 Mongolian Kids With Heart Disease To Receive Free Treatment In China

HOHHOT, Mongolia, Dec 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fourteen Mongolian children, suffering from congenital heart disease, will receive free medical treatment in a Chinese hospital, according to the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) branch, in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Accompanied by their parents, the children arrived on Tuesday afternoon,…

Update: Death Toll Of Indonesian Bus Accident Rises To 28 With 13 Missing

JAKARTA, Dec 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of a fatal bus accident in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province, two days ago, rose to at least 28, with 13 others still missing, a senior official of a search and rescue office said today (Wednesday). Thirteen others are treated in nearby Basemah…

‘State Of Mourning’ In Burkina Faso After Attack Kills Dozens

BURKINA FASO, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An attack in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, in one of the deadliest assaults to hit the West African country in nearly five years. Seven soldiers and 80 armed fighters were also killed, in the double attack on…

Iraqi Parliament Approves New Electoral Law Amid Anti-Gov’t Protests

BAGHDAD, Dec 25 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi parliament approved a new election law, as part of the efforts to meet the demands of the anti-government protesters. After the vote on the law, the Parliament Speaker, Mohammed al-Halbousi, announced that the new election law was approved. According to the new law,…

Lebanon’s PM Vows To Solve Economic, Financial Problems

BEIRUT, Dec 25 (NNN-NNA) – Newly appointed Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, said, he will form a government, capable of dealing with economic, financial and social woes in Lebanon, local media said. “When we form a government that gains the confidence vote of Parliament, we will turn to the implementation…

17 Killed In Saudi-Led Artillery Attack On Northern Yemeni Border Market

SANAA, Dec 25 (NNN-SABA) – At least 17 people were killed on Tuesday, in a Saudi-led coalition artillery attack on a popular border market in Yemen’s northern province of Saada, medics and local residents said. “Twelve Ethiopian migrants were among those killed in the cross-border shelling at Al-Raqu market,” two…

Turkey Seeks To Reach New Cease-Fire With Russia Over Syria’s Idlib

ANKARA, Dec 25 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey is discussing with Russia, reaching a new truce in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, Turkish Presidential Spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said. The negotiation aims to put an end to the increased violence in the region, Kalin said, during a televised news conference. “These attacks must…

Israel Competition Regulator Fines Coca-Cola Israel 11 Million USD

JERUSALEM, Dec 25 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel Competition Authority, announced that, it had fined Coca-Cola Israel, 39 million new shekels (about 11 million U.S. dollars) for its abusing of monopoly position. The authority mentioned six infringing actions by the company, which manufactures and markets U.S. beverage giant Coca-Cola’s products in Israel,…

Omani, Iranian FMs Hold Talks On Economic Ties In Muscat

MUSCAT, Dec 25 (NNN-ONA) – Oman’s minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi, and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, held talks in Muscat to discuss economic cooperation. According to an official Omani foreign ministry statement, the talks reviewed bilateral relations and means to push them forward, as well as,…

IMF Supports Ethiopia’s Economic Reform Initiative

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 25 (NNN-ENA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), expressed its support to Ethiopia’s ongoing economic reform initiative, that aimed to eliminate macroeconomic imbalances and lay the foundation for sustainable and inclusive growth. The IMF, which approved a 2.9 billion U.S. dollar funding to Ethiopia late last week,…