Two Die Of Swine Flu In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (NNN-NINA) — Two people died of swine flu, also known as influenza A/H1N1, and eight other cases were confirmed infected, in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a medical source said. The two deaths are from one family in the village of al-Shakra, near the city of Shirqat,…

Morocco Arrests Eight Over Illegal Immigration

RABAT, Dec 26 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco foiled an illegal immigration attempt, at Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport, and arrested eight, official newspaper Le Matin, said, Wednesday. The suspects are believed to have links with a criminal network, active in the organisation of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings, said the…

Nissan Accepts Resignation Of Third Highest-Ranking Executive

TOKYO, Dec 26 (NNN-NHK) – Nissan Motor Co., on Wednesday, accepted the resignation of its third highest-ranking executive, who assumed his post in a new management team, after a leadership rejig just weeks ago. Vice Chief Operating Officer, Jun Seki’s resignation, comes on the heels of a new management team…

Israeli Airstrikes In Iraq Target Iranian Weapons: Military Chief

JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli military chief, said, Israel “carried out actions” in Iraq, to foil convoys of weapons that could be used against Israel. Aviv Kohavi made the rare acknowledgement, during a speech in a conference, in the Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya, a private research college outside Tel Aviv.…

Yemeni Students Return To Airstrike-Hit School

IBB, Yemen, Dec 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The war in Yemen forced more than two million children out of school and put 3.7 million others at high risk, because of the non-payment of teachers’ salaries, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). But for those who can return, they will…

India’s Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Leads Protest Rally Against New Citizenship Act

NEW DELHI, Dec 26 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, Wednesday, led a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), officials said. Nath said, he would not allow the implementation of any such law in his state, which discriminates on the basis…

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,…