Syria To Hold Large-Scale National Conference On Country’s Future: Reports

DAMASCUS, Dec 31 (NNN-SANA) – A Syrian national conference is set to take place in Damascus, on Jan 4 and 5, to discuss the country’s future, after the fall of the Assad government, according to reports from various news outlets, yesterday. Turkish broadcaster, A Haber, reported that, the conference is…

Pakistan Reports One More Polio Case, Raising 2024 Tally To 68

ISLAMABAD, Dec 31 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported one more polio case, increasing the total number of cases in the country this year to 68, said the National Institute of Health (NIH), yesterday. According to a statement, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, detected…

Marauding Israeli Zionist Attacks In Gaza Dismantle Means Of Survival: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – The barbaric Israeli’s onslaught on health care and emergency services, crippling humanitarian access, and marauding attacks on civilians in Gaza, are dismantling the very means of survival, UN humanitarians said, yesterday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), issued the warning,…

Hezbollah Threatens Action If Israel Fails To Withdraw By Ceasefire Deadline

BEIRUT, Dec 31 (NNN-NNA) – Mahmoud Qomati, deputy head of Hezbollah’s Political Council, said yesterday that, Hezbollah would not “remain silent” if Israel fails to withdraw from Lebanese territories by the end of the 60-day ceasefire agreement. “Hezbollah is committed to the 60-day ceasefire with Israel for the sake of…

Experts Question Concrete Wall Near Runway In S. Korea Crash

NEW YORK, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – Aviation analysts are considering several factors that might have contributed to a deadly plane crash in South Korea, including a concrete structure near the runway that the airliner slammed into, exploding and killing 179 of the 181 people aboard, The New York Times reported…

Cambodia Urges Caution Over Respiratory Virus HMPV During Cold Season

PHNOM PENH, Dec 31 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Health (MoH), yesterday, urged people to take precautions over human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the cold season. In its press statement, the MoH said, the HMPV causes respiratory diseases with symptoms similar to flu, including fever, cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, and…

Turkish Police Detain 17 Daesh Suspects

ISTANBUL, Dec 31 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish police, yesterday, detained 16 suspected members of the Daesh in Türkiye’s western port city of Izmir. Based on detention warrants, issued by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Terror Crimes Investigation Bureau, police teams conducted simultaneous raids at the suspects’ addresses, the state-run Anadolu…

Three Killed, Seven Injured In Hotel Fire In Thailand

BANGKOK, Dec 30 (NNN-TNA) – Three people were killed and seven others injured, as a fire broke out at a hotel in the Thai capital, Bangkok, the local fire department said, today. The fire broke out at a six-story hotel near Bangkok’s popular backpacker area of Khao San Road, at…

Philippine President Signs 109.3 Billion USD National Budget For 2025

MANILA, Dec 30 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, today, signed into law the 6.33 trillion pesos (109.3 billion U.S. dollars) national budget for 2025, 9.7 percent higher than the 2024 budget. In his speech during the signing ceremony, at the presidential palace, Marcos emphasised the signed budget as…

Afghanistan To Receive Nearly 10 Million USD In Aid For Displaced, Returnees

KABUL, Dec 30 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan will receive over 9.4 million U.S. dollars in aid, from leading aid agencies, for thousands of displaced people and returnees in the country, the caretaker government’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement, yesterday. The ministry has signed three memorandums of understanding…