Jordan Says Shooting Incident Against Police Patrol “Terrorist Attack”

AMMAN, Nov 24 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s Minister of Government Communications, Muhannad Mubaidin, said, the shooting incident that occurred at dawn today, in the Rabieh area is considered a terrorist attack against public security forces. An individual opened fire on a patrol in Rabieh, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, prompting…

Six Injured In Five-Vehicle Crash In Central Japan

TOKYO, Nov 24 (NNN-NHK) – Six people, including an 8-year-old girl, were injured, following a five-vehicle crash in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, yesterday morning, officials said. Around 8:30 a.m. local time, the accident, involving five passenger cars, occurred on the Isewangan Expressway, in Yatomi City, Aichi Prefecture, according to the…

Tugboat Captain Died After Collision Off Japan’s Kobe Port

TOKYO, Nov 24 (NNN-NHK) – A tugboat capsized, after colliding with a cargo ship, off the coast of Japan’s Kobe Port yesterday, leaving the boat captain dead. The collision occurred around 6.00 p.m. local time. Two other crew members of the tugboat were rescued and taken to hospital, while none…

Lee Hsien Loong Supports Lawrence Wong To Lead Singapore’s Ruling Party

SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Lee Hsien Loong, secretary-general of Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), said, he would propose to the new central executive committee, to elect Lawrence Wong, also prime minister of the country, as the next secretary-general. Lee, also Singapore’s senior minister, made the remarks at the…

Afghan Forces Dismantle Nine Drug Labs, Set Ablaze 16,600 Kg Illicit Drugs

KABUL, Nov 24 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan security forces dismantled nine clandestine drug processing labs, and set on fire 16,600 kg illicit drugs in western Afghanistan’s Ghor province, the office of Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics said in a statement, yesterday. Units of counter-narcotic police launched separate operations on the…

Water Supply Network Inaugurated In S. Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 24 (NNN-ANA) – The construction of a water supply project has been completed and put into operation, in southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported, yesterday. The network, which costs four million afghani (about 58,823 U.S. dollars), could provide clean water to 240 families in…

18 Killed, Over 30 Injured In Armed Clashes In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (NNN-APP) – At least 18 people have been killed and over 30 others injured, in armed clashes between two groups in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said yesterday. The clashes erupted in Kurram district of the province, where armed men killed dozens of people and torched…

Dengue Cases In Philippines Up 81 Percent So Far This Year

MANILA, Nov 24 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), said yesterday that, it tallied 340,860 dengue cases from Jan 1 to Nov 16 this year, 81 percent higher than the same period last year. The DOH said, it tallied 881 deaths due to dengue in the cited period.…

34 Killed, 80 Injured In Barbaric Israeli Airstrikes On Lebanon

BEIRUT, Nov 24 (NNN-NNA) – At least 34 people were killed and 80 others injured yesterday, in barbaric Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon. 24 people were killed, and 44 others were injured in eastern Lebanon. The casualties were reported in the towns of Bodai, Shmustar, Hafir, and Ras…

Zionist Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syria-Lebanon Border Crossing: Media

DAMASCUS, Nov 24 (NNN-SANA) – Zionist Israeli airstrikes targeted the Jusiyah crossing, on the Syria-Lebanon border last night, causing damage, Syria’s Al-Watan online newspaper reported. Details on casualties or damage were not immediately available, and there has been no official statement from the Syrian authorities. The Jusiyah area has been…