Thai Ministers Sign Agreements To Remove Two Traditional Medicines From Narcotics List

BANGKOK, Dec 28 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai government is set to remove marijuana and kratom from the list of narcotics, paving the way for more effective medical uses. Kratom is a tropical tree, a Mitragyna speciosa, native to Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain compounds that can have psychotropic (mind-altering)…

Syrian Refugees Suffer From Natural Disasters In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (NNN-SANA) – Heavy rain, floods and fire, on Friday, destroyed Syrian tents in several areas in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. Floods destroyed tents of Syrian refugees in Akkar, north of Lebanon, prompting the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), to move the refugees to other tents, temporarily,…

Iran Confirms Death Of Crashed Mig-29 Pilot

TEHRAN, Dec 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s army, on Friday, confirmed the death of the pilot of an MiG-29 fighter jet, that crashed in the northwest of the country, two days earlier. After two days of search for the wreckage and the pilot, on the heights of the Sabalan mountains, where…

WFP Official Urges Return Of Syrian Refugees In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (NNN-NNA) – An official of the World Food Programme (WFP), urged the return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to their homeland in 2020. Abdallah al-Wardat, WFP Lebanon Country Director, said, “The return of Syrian refugees to their country has become very urgent and it should definitely take…

4.9-Magnitude Quake Does Not Impact Iran’s Nuclear Power Plant: Reports

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 28 (NNN-TASNIM) – The 4.9 magnitude earthquake, which hit southwest of Iran on Friday morning, has had no effect on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, local media reported. According to Iran’s Seismological Centre, the epicentre of the quake was at the depth of 10 km, 28.899 north…

Update: Death Toll From Philippine Typhoon Rises To 28

MANILA, Dec 27 (NNN-ABN) – The death toll from Typhoon Phanfone, that pounded the central Philippines with heavy rains and strong winds beginning on Tuesday, climbed to 28, the government said on Friday (today). The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said, 13 died in Iloilo, four…

Update: Measles Death Toll In Samoa Rises To 81

SUVA, Dec 26 (NNN-RNZ) – The Samoan government confirmed, one more death, in the island nation’s measles epidemic on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 81, since the measles outbreak started in mid-Oct. According to Samoa Observer newspaper on Thursday (today), the Samoan Ministry of Health said, the death of…

Afghan Road Accident Claims Nine Lives In Eastern Province

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nine travellers lost their lives, as a car collided with an oil tanker, coming from the opposite direction, in the eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, said a provincial government’s news release on Thursday. The deadly accident occurred in Ab Band district, on Wednesday evening,…

15 Years On, Indonesians Remember Aftermath Of Deadly Indian Ocean Tsunami

BANDA ACEH, Dec 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – On one Sunday morning, Mawardi was watching cartoons with his two brothers at his house, on Meulaboh Bay in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh, when a 9.3-magnitude earthquake literally shook them from their seats. His mother and grandmother, who were also inside the house,…

Two Die Of Swine Flu In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (NNN-NINA) — Two people died of swine flu, also known as influenza A/H1N1, and eight other cases were confirmed infected, in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a medical source said. The two deaths are from one family in the village of al-Shakra, near the city of Shirqat,…
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