Death Toll Rises To Four In Naxals Attack In Eastern India

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in Friday night’s attack by armed rebels, Naxals, on policemen, in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand has risen to four, a local police source said today. The armed rebels attacked a patrolling police party in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, as the cops…

World Bank Reinstates Budgetary Support To Pakistan Over Economic Stability

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (NNN-APP) — Pakistani Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Muhammad Hammad Azhar, said that, the World Bank (WB) has reinstated budgetary support to Pakistan, due to economic stability in the country. “The World Bank has restored budgetary support to Pakistan on account of strengthening of economic stability,” said…

Major Thai Convenient Store Chain To Cease Handing Out Single Use Plastic Bags From Nov 25

BANGKOK, Nov 23 (NNN-TNA) – A major Thai convenient store, announced that its 137 pilot branches will cease to hand out plastic bags to shoppers, starting Nov 25, before implementing the government’s ‘no plastic bag’ policy nationwide on Jan 1, 2020. “We would like to conduct a trial first, before…

Bus Crash Kills 12 In Western India

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 people, including one child and five women, died, and 10 others injured, in a road mishap in India’s western state of Rajasthan today, (Saturday), local police said. All the travellers, from the Latur district of southwestern state of Maharashtra, were going…

Indonesian Top Shuttlers To Vie In Indonesia Masters 2020

JAKARTA, Nov 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian top badminton players who will compete in the Indonesia Masters 2020 next year are, Jonatan Christie, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti, as well as, Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu, media reported. The international sports event is…

Netanyahu Charged With Corruption, Deepening Israel’s Political Crisis

by Keren Setton JERUSALEM, Nov 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s attorney general, officially announced that, he has decided to indict Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on corruption charges, after months of speculation. The announcement comes as Israel finds itself in muddy political waters, after two inconclusive elections that have left the country…

At Least 10 Dead As Two Buses Collide In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Nov 23 (NNN-BSS) – At least 10 people died and about a dozen injured, when a speedy micro-bus they were travelling in, collided with a passenger bus, in the Munshiganj district, some 27 km south of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, on Friday afternoon. The micro-bus, carrying a groom’s party…

Palestinian Dies Of Wounds During Recent Gaza-Israel Tension

GAZA, Palestine, Nov 23 (NNN-WAFA) – A militant in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, on Friday, died of critical wounds which he had, during the last round of tension with Israel, medics said. The Health Ministry in Gaza said, Mohammad Sawarkeh, 40, succumbed to his wounds he sustained on Nov 14,…

Two Killed, 40 Wounded As Anti-Gov’t Protest Continues In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (NNN-NINA) – At least two demonstrators were killed and some 40 others wounded Friday, in a clash with riot police in Baghdad, as demonstrations continued in Iraq, over lack of jobs and public services, a security official said. The clash erupted in the morning, when dozens of…

German Delegation Reviews Dubai’s Clean Energy Experience

DUBAI, Nov 23 (NNN-WAM) – A delegation from the German Federal Parliament, visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, and reviewed Dubai’s experience on clean energy projects. The UAE side highlighted Dubai’s experience in developing the renewable and clean energy, less consumption of natural resources and finding alternative…