12 Feared Killed As Rains Lash India’s Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (NNN-PTI) – Rain lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry, with the North-East monsoon, in the last 24 hours, claiming 12 lives in the state capital, even as the Met office predicted more showers in the next two days. Various parts of the state…

People With Disabilities In Gaza Mark Int’l Day Of Disabled Persons

by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Palestine, Dec 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Dozens of people with disabilities, on Sunday, participated in a wheelchair marathon, in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, as the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Samir Owaida, a father of five, who…

Iran Starts Candidate Registration For Parliamentary Elections

TEHRAN, Dec 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, on Sunday, began registration of candidates for the upcoming legislative elections, amid mounting pressures from the United States, on the country’s vital economic sectors. The 11th round of parliamentary elections is slated for Feb 21, 2020, four years after the previous one in 2016.…

HIV/AIDS Kill More Than 1,300 Cambodians In 2018, Down 48 Percent In Nine Years

PHNOM PENH, Dec 1 (NNN-AKP) – HIV/AIDS killed more than 1,300 people in Cambodia in 2018, down 48 percent from over 2,500 deaths in 2010, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said today. Speaking at an event marking World AIDS Day, Mouly said, some 880 people became newly…

Over Two Dozen Militants Killed, 31 Daesh Fighters Surrender In Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 24 armed Taliban insurgents were killed and 31 militants, affiliated with the hard-line Daesh outfit surrendered, in the insurgency-battered Afghanistan, over the past 24 hours, officials said. The security forces, in crackdown on the Taliban hideouts, killed eight armed insurgents in the restive…

Arab Funds Ready To Help Lebanon Once Political Crisis Over: AL Official

BEIRUT, Dec 1 (NNN-NNA) – The Arab League assistant secretary general said, Arab funds are ready to help Lebanon, once the political crisis in the country is over. “Lebanese officials must accelerate the formation of a new government, because any economic support is not possible without a new cabinet supported…

Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Young Man In Southern W. Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Dec 1 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli soldiers shot dead on Saturday night (last night), a Palestinian young man near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The Palestinian Health Ministry said, Palestinian civil liaison informed the ministry that, a Palestinian young man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in…

Explosion Kills, Wounds 13 In Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec 1 (NNN-SANA) – As many as 13 civilians were killed and wounded, in an explosion that rocked a rebel-held area in northern Raqqa province, a war monitor reported. The explosion was caused by a car bomb, that went off in the village of Ayn al-Arous, in the northern…

Iran Navy Mass Produces “Jask” Cruise Missile

TEHRAN, Dec 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s navy announced mass production of the indigenous submarine-launched Jask cruise missile, Press TV reported. Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said, Iranian submarines will be equipped with the missile, the range of which will be improved “substantially” in the future. He said, the weapon…

Jordan Thwarts Attempt To Smuggle Narcotics

AMMAN, Dec 1 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics from Syria on the Jordan-Syria border, according to the Jordanian Armed Forces. According to the Jordanian army, seven individuals attempted to infiltrate from Syria into Jordan. Two of them were injured and they were all returned to Syria.…