ADB Mobilises 40 Million USD Emergency Aid For Sri Lanka Following Cyclone

MANILA, Dec 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday said, it launched a 40-million-U.S.-dollar emergency assistance facility, to support Sri Lanka’s recovery from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. The ADB said, the facility will help finance essential imports, including food, medicines, and critical relief supplies, to address…

Oli Re-Elected As Chairman Of Nepal’s CPN-UML

KATHMANDU, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – KP Sharma Oli, has been elected as chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist and Leninist) (CPN-UML), through the 11th general convention that concluded yesterday. Oli defeated Ishwar Pokharel, the party’s former senior vice-chairman, announced, Bijay Subba, chair of the party’s election commission.…

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih Elected New UN High Commissioner For Refugees

GENEVA, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations General Assembly, yesterday, elected former Iraqi President, Barham Salih, as the new UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Salih, born in 1960, served as president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. He previously held posts including deputy prime minister of Iraq and prime…

Iraq Nabs Two Wanted Suspects In NE Syria

BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, conducted an airborne operation in north-eastern Syria, arresting two high-value suspects, wanted by the Iraqi judiciary, the Iraqi military said, yesterday. The Iraqi Falcon Intelligence Cell, operating under the Interior Ministry, conducted the operation in coordination with Syrian security forces, read a…

Joint Iraq-Iran Operation Seized 64 Kg Of Drugs

BAGHDAD, Dec 19 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s Interior Ministry, said yesterday that, its anti-drug forces seized 64 kg of narcotics, and nabbed a suspect in the Iranian city of Abadan, close to the Iraqi borders, in coordination with Iranian authorities. The operation was carried out by Iraq’s General Directorate of Narcotics…

Australian PM Announces National Gun Buyback Following Bondi Beach Shooting

CANBERRA, Dec 19 (NNN-AAP) – Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, today, announced that, a national firearm buyback scheme will be established, to reduce the number of guns in the community, following the Bondi Beach shooting. Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra that, the federal government will establish a…

Six Men Charged After Australian Police Intercepted 46 Kg Cocaine Shipment

SYDNEY, Dec 18 (NNN-AAP) – Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), said today, six men have been charged after authorities intercepted a 46 kg shipment of cocaine. The NSW Police Force said in a statement that, the cocaine was found concealed in a shipping container on…

Seven Trapped In S. Korea’s Subway Construction Site Accident

SEOUL, Dec 18 (NNN-YONHAP) – Seven workers were trapped today, in South Korea’s subway construction site accident. It was reported to the police at about 1:22 p.m. local time (0422 GMT), that, people were pinned under the collapsed steel bars at the construction site, for a new subway line in…

167 Released Afghan Detainees Return Home From Pakistan

KABUL, Dec 18 (NNN-BNA) – A total of 167 Afghan detainees, released from Pakistani prisons over the past week, have safely returned to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced, today. According to the ministry, these individuals had been detained for periods ranging from one day to two months.…

Japanese Prosecutors Seek Life Sentence For Shooter Of Former PM Abe

TOKYO, Dec 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese prosecutors demanded a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in 2022, during the trial of the case at the Nara District Court, today. The trial proceedings have now concluded, and the court is…