Tropical Cyclone Sarai Leaves One Dead, Some 2,000 Evacuated In Fiji

SUVA, Dec 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – One person died, while nearly 2,000 others take refuge in over 50 evacuation centres, as the category-two tropical cyclone Sarai, continues to sweep Fiji with heavy rain and wind. According to a government press release last night, the Fiji National Disaster Management Office confirmed that…

Wikileaks Publishes New Documents Showing OPCW Manipulated Report On Douma Incident

LONDON, Dec 28 (NNN-SANA) – WikiLeaks published four new leaked documents, from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), showing that the organisation manipulated the final report on the alleged chemical attack in Douma. One of the documents is minutes from a meeting on Jun 6, 2018, where…

ADB To Provide 80 Million USD To Promote Health Services In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Dec 28 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), on Friday, signed a loan and grant agreement worth 80 million U.S. dollars, with the Mongolian government, for promoting health care services in the Asian country. Declan Magee, ADB deputy country director for Mongolia, and Mongolian Finance Minister,…

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…
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