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…

Japanese PM Takaichi Faces Complaint Over Illegally Accepting Corporate Donations

TOKYO, Dec 5 (NNN-NHK) – A criminal complaint was filed against Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, yesterday, alleging that, she has received a political donation from a company that exceeded the legal maximum. The complaint, sent by Hiroshi Kamiwaki, a constitutional law professor at Kobe Gakuin University, said, a local…

Lebanon-Israel Talks To Continue As Fresh Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Towns

BEIRUT, Dec 5 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, vowed yesterday that, his country will make no concessions regarding its sovereignty, in ongoing talks with Israel, while the barbaric Israeli army launched fresh airstrikes in southern Lebanon. A day after the first session of the talks in south-western Lebanon’s Naqoura,…

Syria Dismantles Drug Trafficking Network In Capital Damascus

DAMASCUS, Dec 5 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s anti-narcotics department, has dismantled a drug trafficking network in the capital Damascus’s countryside, and confiscated over 160,000 Captagon pills, it was reported, yesterday. Two suspects were arrested during the operation, and legal proceedings have been initiated against them. Some of the seized pills had…