Laos Distributes Aid To Flood Victims

VIENTIANE, Nov 11 (NNN-KPL) – Attapeu provincial authorities are continuing to give 250,000 kip (around 28 U.S. dollars) and 20 kg of rice a month, to each of the 4,607 people, who were made homeless by last year’s flood, in Sanamxay district, in southern Laos. According to local daily, Vientiane…

Lao Grid To Deliver Electricity To Cambodia

VIENTIANE, Nov 11 (NNN-KPL) – Lao state-run Electricite du Laos (EDL), of the Lao government, completed more than 80 percent of a power grid extension, that will deliver electricity to a Cambodian transmission line, on the border of the two countries. This follows the signing of an electricity purchase agreement…

Norway To Gain Most From Oil Drilling Off Australian Coast

CANBERRA, Nov 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Norwegian Government is set to be the major beneficiary, if oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight goes ahead. According to an analysis by think tank, The Australia Institute, while the Federal Government would reap a minimum of 7.4 billion Australian dollars (5.07 billion…

Seven Hospitalised In Japan After Vehicle Ploughs Into Group Of Children

TOKYO, Nov 11 (NNN-NHK) – Seven people, including four nursery school-aged pupils, were rushed to hospital, after a minivan ploughed into them, in Hachioji City, western Japan, local police and first responders said today (Monday). According to local police and firefighters, the children, who were aged one or two years…

Vietnam Seizes 77 Kg Of Heroin Smuggled From Laos

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov 11 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s northern Dien Bien province Police, detained two local drug traffickers, confiscating 220 cakes of heroin weighing 77 kg, it was reported on Sunday. The male detainees, aged 28 and 31, were caught red-handed, trading the drug in the province’s Dien Bien district on…

Afghanistan Arrests 22 Suspected Criminals Within Two Days

KABUL, Nov 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Afghan National Police operations team, arrested 22 suspects in nine of the country’s 34 provinces, within the past two days, the country’s Interior Ministry said, Sunday. Eight arrestees, reportedly being involved in murder cases, were taken to provincial police headquarters in Nangarhar, Takhar, Khost,…

Iran Oil: New Field With 53 billion Barrels Found – Rouhani

TEHRAN, Nov 11 (NNN-IRNA) – A new oil field that would increase Iran’s proven reserves by about a third has been discovered, President Hassan Rouhani, said. The field, in the south-western province of Khuzestan and about 2,400 sq km (926 sq miles) in area, contains 53 billion barrels of crude,…

Armed People Fire Rockets At Medical Factory In Lebanon’s Baalbek

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 11 (NNN-NNA) – A group of unidentified armed people, fired shots and rockets, at a factory for production of medical serums, in Saraain El Faouqa, Baalbek, it was reported on Sunday. Damage was restricted to material losses only. The armed people ran away to an unknown location,…

Yemeni President Says Riyadh Deal Paves Way For Peace In Yemen

ADEN, Nov 11 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s President, Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, said, the Saudi-brokered deal, signed between his government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC), was a great opportunity to achieve peace in the country. Hadi held a meeting with several Arab and foreign ambassadors accredited to Yemen, in his temporary…

Update: Over 300 Die In Protests In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 319 people died, in anti-government demonstrations since early Oct, in Iraq, an official news agency said on Sunday. The latest death toll of the ongoing protests included both protesters and security members. An anonymous source from the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human…