Iraq Sets Up National Database To Track Weapons

BAGHDAD, Dec 6 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq has set up a National Data Bank for Weapons, to tighten state control over arms, and help strengthen international tracking. Major General Mansour Ali Sultan, rapporteur of the Interior Ministry’s State Arms Control Committee, said that, the measure is part of the government’s weapons-regulation…

Yemen Gov’t Handed Over 26 Bodies To Houthis As Gesture Of “Goodwill” Ahead Of Talks

SANAA, Dec 6 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s government said, it handed over 26 bodies of the Houthis yesterday, as a gesture of “goodwill,” ahead of the expected resumption of talks sponsored by the United Nations. In the statement, broadcast by state-run television, the government said, the bodies were handed over to…

Vietnam Targets 100 Percent Household Waste Sorting Nationwide By 2030

HANOI, Dec 6 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam aims to ensure that all household waste nationwide is sorted by 2030, as part of efforts to protect the environment, under a government resolution issued Wednesday, it was reported yesterday. The plan targets the establishment of waste collection points that meet technical requirements for…

Monsoon Causes 80.2 Million USD In Damage To Infrastructure: Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The north-east monsoon and flooding has caused some 330 million ringgit (80.2 million U.S. dollars) in damage to public infrastructure, according to the Malaysian Ministry of Works. This is not expected to be the final amount and further damage could occur, due to adverse…

Clashes Erupted Between Afghan, Pakistani Forces Along Border: Afghan Official

KABUL, Dec 6 (NNN-BNA) – Clashes broke out between Afghan and Pakistani forces, at the Spin Boldak border crossing, in southern Kandahar province, Afghan government spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said yesterday. “Unfortunately, this evening (last night), the Pakistani side once again launched attacks towards Afghanistan, in the Spin Boldak district of…

Japan Began 17th Ocean Discharge Of Fukushima Nuclear-Tainted Wastewater

TOKYO, Dec 5 (NNN-NHK) – Japan yesterday began the 17th round of discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, into the ocean. The discharge operation, which started yesterday, is scheduled to run through Dec 22, and will release an estimated 7,800 tonnes of wastewater, according…

50 Tonnes Of Expired Medicines, Foodstuff Destroyed In W. Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 5 (NNN-BNA) – Authorities in western Afghanistan’s Farah province, set on fire 50 tonnes of expired medicines and food items, urging drug stores and shopkeepers, to avoid selling expired items, it was reported today. According to the report, the burned items had been collected from drug stores and…

Four Killed, Two Injured As Car Plunged Into River In North Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 5 (NNN-BNA) – Four passengers were killed and two others injured, after their vehicle plunged into a river in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman, Ehsanullah Kamgar, said late last night. The accident occurred in Raghistan district, when the vehicle veered off the road and fell into…

Five Injured In Bear Attacks Across Japan

TOKYO, Dec 5 (NNN-NHK) – Multiple bear attacks were reported across Japan yesterday, leaving five people injured, as the country grapples with an unprecedented surge in bear-related casualties this year, according to Japanese media. In Toyama city, Toyama prefecture, a couple in their 70s was attacked by a bear, while…

S. Korea’s Special Counsel Additionally Indicts Ex-President Yoon On Perjury Charges

SEOUL, Dec 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s special counsel, additionally indicted former impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, on a perjury charge, yesterday. Park Ji-young, deputy special prosecutor and spokesperson of Cho Eun-suk, special counsel leading the investigation into Yoon’s insurrection and other charges, told a press briefing that, the additional indictment…