Israel Demolished 29 Structures In Past Two Weeks: OCHA

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 28 (NNN-WAFA) – During the period between Dec 10 and 23, Israeli occupation authorities demolished, or forced Palestinian people to demolish, 29 structures in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, displacing 45 people and affecting over 100 others, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Egyptian, Russian Presidents Discuss Situation In Libya

CAIRO, Dec 28 (NNN-BNA) – Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El Sisis, discussed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over the phone, the latest developments in Libya and relations between their countries. Egypt’s Middle East News Agency (MENA), quoted the Egyptian Presidency’s Official Spokesman, Ambassador Bassam Radhi, as saying that, the…

Wikileaks Publishes New Documents Showing OPCW Manipulated Report On Douma Incident

LONDON, Dec 28 (NNN-SANA) – WikiLeaks published four new leaked documents, from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), showing that the organisation manipulated the final report on the alleged chemical attack in Douma. One of the documents is minutes from a meeting on Jun 6, 2018, where…

ADB To Provide 80 Million USD To Promote Health Services In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Dec 28 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), on Friday, signed a loan and grant agreement worth 80 million U.S. dollars, with the Mongolian government, for promoting health care services in the Asian country. Declan Magee, ADB deputy country director for Mongolia, and Mongolian Finance Minister,…

Philippines Records Eight Million Foreign Tourists In 2019

MANILA, Dec 28 (NNN-PNA) – Tourism is booming in the Philippines, with more than eight million visitors coming in 2019, the government said today, Saturday. “Breaking the eight-million mark is another milestone to celebrate, as it marks the unprecedented growth of the country’s tourism industry,” Tourism Secretary, Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, said,…

Thai Ministers Sign Agreements To Remove Two Traditional Medicines From Narcotics List

BANGKOK, Dec 28 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai government is set to remove marijuana and kratom from the list of narcotics, paving the way for more effective medical uses. Kratom is a tropical tree, a Mitragyna speciosa, native to Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain compounds that can have psychotropic (mind-altering)…

Three Japan Post Presidents Resign Over Insurance Sales Scandal

TOKYO, Dec 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Post Holdings Co., said that, its president and those of two of its subsidiaries will resign, to account for a scandal involving the shady sale of insurance policies, while financial regulators ordered the two subsidiaries to suspend sales of insurance policies. Japan Post Insurance…

China-Bangladesh Joint Venture Constructs Mega Expressway Bypassing Dhaka

DHAKA, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Chinese and Bangladeshi joint venture started construction of a mega expressway bypassing Dhaka. Sichuan Road and Bridge (group) Co., Ltd, won the deal jointly with local Unique Dream Consultant and Shamim Enterprise Limited, to construct the 48-km Dhaka Bypass Expressway. A total of 40…

Cargo Ship Hits Bosporus Shore In Istanbul, Traffic Not Affected

ISTANBUL, Dec 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – No casualties were reported, after a Liberia-flagged cargo ship hit the shore, of the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul on Friday, while traffic was not disrupted, authorities said. The incident occurred near the Rumeli Hisari neighbourhood, on the European side of the city, after the ship,…

Syrian Refugees Suffer From Natural Disasters In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (NNN-SANA) – Heavy rain, floods and fire, on Friday, destroyed Syrian tents in several areas in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Floods destroyed tents of Syrian refugees in Akkar, north of Lebanon, prompting the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), to move the refugees to other tents, temporarily,…