Taliban claims responsibility for attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack on the main U.S. military base in Bagram, 50 km north of Kabul that left eight dead including six attackers, two civilians and over 70 civilians injured. In the bloody offensive, which begun with a truck…

Afghan Woman Dead, Over 60 Wounded In Explosions Outside U.S. Military Airbase

KABUL, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Several militants and one Afghan woman were killed and 62 civilians wounded, after assailants launched bomb attacks in Bagram district, eastern province of Parwan. Two massive explosions occurred roughly at 05:50 a.m. local time, when the first group of attackers exploded two car bombs outside…

Japan’s Nuclear Watchdog Green-Lights Plan For Reactors To Be Scrapped In Fukui

TOKYO, Dec 12 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), green-lit plans for two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to be scrapped. The plant’s operator, Kansai Electric Power Co., believed, decommissioning of the reactors would be cheaper than the costs necessary to upgrade them, to…

Military Projectiles Target Hospital In Saudi Border

RIYADH, Dec 12, (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that, the Houthi militia has targeted a hospital in the border city of Jazan. Spokesman of the General Directorate of Civil Defence in Jazan Region, Lt-Col. Yahya Abdullah Al-Qahtani said that, no injuries were reported in the attack. He said…

10 Palestinians Arrested In West Bank During Israeli Raids

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 12 (NNN-WAFA) – Ten Palestinians were arrested on Wednesday, during Israeli army’s raids into West Bank cities, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said. At least six of them were arrested during the raid, into the city of Ramallah and nearby villages, the PPS, a quasi-governmental organisation that…

Gasoline Consumption In Iran Drops 22 Percent After Price Hike

TEHRAN, Dec 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Daily consumption of gasoline in Iran fell by 22 percent, since Nov 15, when the government rationed gasoline and raised the price. Iran raised 50 percent of gasoline prices and rationed its use to 60 litres for each car per month, seeking to curb gasoline…

Palestinian Workers Injured By Israeli Soldiers Gunfire

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 12 (NNN-WAFA) – Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli soldiers, at a military checkpoint in the West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said, on Wednesday. The Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint along the separation wall, opened fire towards dozens of workers, who were crossing a fence to get…

Syrian Officers Encourage People To Use Newly-Opened Hasakah-Aleppo Highway

HASAKAH, Dec 12 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian army, today, assumed control over the highway, linking the provinces of Hasakah and Aleppo. A Syrian military officer said, the road is opened for traffic, after the full deployment of the Syrian army, stressing that, it is completely safe for travelling. “We are…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah Slams Bahrain For Hosting Forum Allowing Israeli Participation

BEIRUT, Dec 12 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah slammed Bahrain, for hosting a religious forum that allowed the participation of Israel. In a statement, the Lebanese Shiite political party criticised the Gulf country, for disregarding the Lebanese and Palestinian “martyrs,” killed by Israeli forces in the past years. “Bahrain is being…

China Remains Oman’s Largest Oil Importer In Nov

MUSCAT, Oman, Dec 12 (NNN-ONA) – An official Omani report said, on Wednesday that, China remained Oman’s largest oil importer in Nov, as 92.99 percent of Oman’s oil exports were taken by China. China’s crude imports from Oman grew by 1.03 percent in Nov, month on month, according to the…