One Dead, 11 Unaccounted For As S.Korean Fishing Boat Catches Fire

SEOUL, Nov 19 (NNN-YONHAP) – One sailor was confirmed dead, and 11 others unaccounted for, as a South Korean fishing boat caught fire, on Tuesday (today), in waters west of the country’s southern resort island of Jeju, according to local media reports. The 29-tonne fishing vessel caught fire in waters…

Chinese Medical Team Provide Free Eye Surgeries To Nepali Patients

KATHMANDU, Nov 18 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Chinese medical team, provided free cataract surgeries, to over 50 Nepali patients, in the last two days here, as part of programmes to strengthen medical cooperation between the two countries. The medical team, under China’s Shenzhen Chaoqing Charity, conducted the surgeries, the fifth of its…

241 Daesh Members Surrender In Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 241 members and loyalists of the Daesh group, including women and children, surrendered to the government, in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, said an army statement released here. “A total of 241 Daesh members and loyalists, including 71 men, 63 women and…

Four Injured In Suicide Bomb Blast In Kabul

KABUL, Nov 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least four army personnel were wounded, after a suicide bomb blast hit outside an Afghan army training centre, in an eastern neighbourhood here on Monday morning, police of the capital confirmed. “A suicide bomber blew himself up at 7:30 a.m. local time, outside Afghan…

14 Killed, Many Injured In Collision Between Truck, Bus In India’s Rajasthan

NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (NNN-PTI) — As many as 14 people were killed and at least 18 others injured Monday (today), in a deadly collision between a bus, carrying passengers and a truck, in India’s western state of Rajasthan, police said. According to sources, the accident took place on National…

18 People Injured In Car Accident In Lebanon’s Byblos

BEIRUT, Nov 18 (NNN-NNA) – At least 18 people were injured on Sunday, in a car accident in Byblos, Mount Lebanon, requiring the civil defence teams to use hydraulic machinery, to save wounded people, Al Jadeed local TV channel reported. According to police data, compiled by YASA International, a road…

158 Suspected Dengue Cases Recorded In Yemen’s Marib In Two Weeks

SANAA, Nov 18 (NNN-SABA) – A total of 158 suspected dengue cases have been recorded in Yemen’s Marib Province in the past two weeks, pro-government media reported, Sunday. According to the Almasdar Online news website, the cases were recorded in Aljubah district, in the south of Marib. Awadh al-Ramli, a…

Civilian Injured In Rocket Attack On Green Zone In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (NNN-NINA) – Two rockets on Sunday, hit the heavily guarded Green Zone in central Baghdad, wounding a civilian, an Iraqi interior ministry source said. The attack occurred in the evening, when one of the rockets landed on a building, housing a telecommunications company in al-Karrada district, on…

Kuwait To Build E-Link Between Healthcare Centres, Hospitals

KUWAIT, Nov 18 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait will build e-link between healthcare centres and hospitals, Kuwait’s Minister of Health, Bassel Al-Sabah said, on Sunday, at the inauguration of a healthcare centre in Hawalli Governorate. The implementation of the electronic link between healthcare centres and public hospitals is underway, he said, at…

Over 10 Palestinian Demonstrators Injured By Israeli Forces In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 17 (NNN-WAFA) – More than 10 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces, at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to medics. Medics on site said all injuries are light to moderate. Dozens of Palestinians, mostly students of Birzeit University in the city,…
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