Five Killed In Jerusalem Shooting Attack

JERUSALEM, Dec 1 (NNN-MA’AN) – At least five people, including two gunmen, were killed, in a shooting attack here yesterday morning, according to police and emergency services. Two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop, at the entrance to Jerusalem, before being killed on the spot, Israel police said in…

11 Killed By Gunmen In E. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 11 people were killed and nine others wounded yesterday, as unknown gunmen attacked a civilian car, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a security official said. The car was hit by a roadside bomb and came under heavy gunfire by unknown gunmen, in…

Iraq Announces Additional Oil Output Cut For Q1 2024

BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq will voluntarily cut oil production by 220,000 barrels per day (bpd), between Jan and Mar, next year, the country’s oil ministry said in a statement, yesterday. The measure was taken, in coordination with OPEC+ and its allies, to stabilise the global oil market, it…

COP28 Calls For Accelerating Global Climate Response In Dubai

DUBAI, Dec 1 (NNN-WAM) – The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, started yesterday afternoon, here in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. For the next two weeks, over 70,000 delegates from around the world are gathered…

Number Of Foreign Guests In Japanese Hotels Hit Record High In Oct

TOKYO, Dec 1 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign nationals who stayed at hotels and other accommodation facilities in Japan, amounted to a record 11.8 million in Oct, the highest ever for the month, government data showed, yesterday. The figure went up 463 percent from a year earlier, and marked…

1.6 Percent Of Brunei Population Living With Disability: Health Ministry

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 1 (NNN-ANN) – In findings from the 2021 population and housing survey, 1.6 percent of Brunei’s total population, equivalent to 7,024 individuals, report having at least one disability, the country’s health minister, Haji Mohd Isham, said. In a speech, delivered at an event on the International…

Chinese-Invested Hydropower Plant Project To Increase Reliable Source Of Clean Energy In Cambodia

KOH KONG, Cambodia, Dec 1 (NNN-AKP) – The project of the Chinese-invested Cambodia Upper Tatay Hydropower Station, will increase the reliable source of clean energy in Cambodia, contributing further to socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said yesterday. With a designed capacity of 150 megawatts (MWs),…

Kabul Asks Washington To Release Afghan Prisoner Held In Guantanamo

KABUL, Nov 30 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s caretaker government, has asked Washington to set free the only Afghan prisoner still held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the local Tolonews TV channel reported, today. “We are in contact with the United States to release Abdul Rahim. He is the only…

2025 Osaka Expo Advance Ticket Sales Begin

TOKYO, Nov 30 (NNN-NHK) – Advance admission tickets for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, went on sale today at discount prices, 500 days before the opening. Digital tickets with a QR code became available on the website of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, with…

Aircraft With Two Aboard Loses Contact Over Northern Philippines

MANILA, Nov 30 (NNN-PNA) – A Cessna plane with two people on board, including the pilot, lost contact, after taking off from Isabela province, in the northern Philippines, early today, local media reported. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said, it is checking the report about a plane…