ADB, Masdar Sign 160 Million USD Deal To Build Two Solar Power Plants In Azerbaijan

MANILA, Nov 17 (NNN-TNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Abu Dhabi Future Energy PJSC (Masdar), yesterday signed two loans, totalling 160 million U.S. dollars, to build two of the largest solar power plants in Azerbaijan. The ADB said in its press release that, the power plants will be…

Uzbekistan Continues Gas Accounting, Control To Ensure Stable Supply

TASHKENT, Nov 17 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbekistan will “resolutely” continue gas accounting and control in industries, to ensure a stable supply and reduce losses, Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, said. At a meeting on energy supply Friday, Mirziyoyev emphasised the need to reduce and optimise costs, accelerate reforms in the gas sector,…

Gov’t Forces Killed Five Naxals In Gunfight In India’s Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (NNN-PTI) – At least five Naxals were killed and two government forces wounded yesterday, in a gunfight in central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The gunfight between Naxals and joint contingents of police and paramilitary forces, broke out in Abujhmaad area of Narayanpur district, about…

Afghan Security Forces Seized 188 Kg Illicit Drugs

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov 17 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan security forces, seized 188 kg of drugs, used in the manufacturing of heroin, in southern Kandahar province, provincial police spokesman, Mullah Asadullah Jamshidi, said yesterday. The contraband was confiscated during a counter-narcotic operation, conducted in Ghorak district of this province, the official said,…

Yemen’s Houthis Claim Hitting “Vital Target” In Israel With Drones

SANAA, Nov 17 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthis said, they launched a bomb-laden drone attack on Israel’s southern port city of Eilat, yesterday, hitting a “vital target.” “In support of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance forces (Hamas and Hezbollah), we carried out a military operation targeting a vital target … with…

11 More Innocent People Murdered, 11 Injured In Israeli Zionist Airstrikes On Lebanon

BEIRUT, Nov 17 (NNN-NNA) – Eleven more innocent people killed, and 11 others injured yesterday, in Israeli Zionist airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon. According to report, six people from the same family were murdered, and 11 others were injured, in an Israeli raid on a house, in the village…

Palestine President Condemns Settler Attack In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Nov 17 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian presidency, yesterday, condemned a settler attack on Palestinian homes, and the burning of vehicles in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Presidential spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, denounced the violence, describing it as acts of “terrorism” and…

Egypt’s State-Run Automaker El Nasr Resumes Production After 15-Year Suspension

CAIRO, Nov 17 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s state-run automaker, El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company, yesterday resumed production, after 15 years of suspension, the Egyptian cabinet said. At a ceremony marking the return of the company’s production lines, Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly said, El Nasr’s return is “a strategic decision by…

Indian Gov’t Directs Security Forces To Restore Order In Manipur Amid Violence

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Indian government, yesterday, directed security forces deployed in Manipur, to take necessary steps, to restore order and peace, in the trouble-torn north-eastern state. The directions have been issued by the federal home ministry, citing the fragile security scenario in…

Philippines Imposes Mass Evacuations As Typhoon Man-Yi Arrives

MANILA, Nov 17 (NNN-PNA) – Hundreds of thousands of people in coastal villages and flood-prone areas, have been evacuated to safety in the Philippines, as the country braces itself for super typhoon Man-yi. Man-yi, swirling with maximum winds of 195 km per hour, and gusts of up to 240 km…