Three Killed In Indian Capital’s Building Fire

NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (NNN-PTI) – Three women were killed and four people injured in a fire, that engulfed a four-storey residential building, in the Indian capital on Saturday, police said today (Sunday). The fire broke out Saturday evening at Shalimar Bagh locality, northwest of Delhi. “Last evening a fire…

Kuwait Launches Beach Cleaning Campaign

KUWAIT, Dec 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), launched on Saturday, a campaign to clean the country’s beach. Themed “We Lead the Change,” the campaign called on people, to clean the shore of Al-Sabah Medical Area, in Kuwait City, where dozens of volunteers, including those with disabilities,…

First Ever Traditional Chinese Medicine To Enter Pakistan

KARACHI, Dec 15 (NNN-APP) – The first ever traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for bronchitis, the Yinhuang Qingfei Capsule, passed a one-year trial against its competitor antibiotic medicine, at a clinical research centre in Pakistan and has been declared suitable and effective for Pakistani population. Raza Shah, general manager of the…

Landmine Explosion Kills Three Children In Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec 14 (NNN-SANA) – Three children were killed and four others were injured on Friday, when a landmine exploded, in the southern province of Daraa. The landmine is part of the leftovers of the rebels’ weaponry, in the town of Nasib, located in the countryside of Daraa, said the…

Update: New Zealand Rescue Team Recovers Six Bodies From Volcanic Island Despite Eruption Risk

WELLINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The recovery team retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s White Island volcano, despite eruption risks, four days after it erupted. Efforts are still being made to recover two more bodies, including one that was spotted in the water, near the shore of the volcano Island,…

Air Quality In Indian Capital City Continues To Be Severe

NEW DELHI, Dec 12 (NNN-PTI) – The air pollution level in the Indian capital city, New Delhi, and the outskirts of the national capital region (NCR) today (Thursday), continued to be severe for the second straight day. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall air quality index…

Taliban claims responsibility for attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack on the main U.S. military base in Bagram, 50 km north of Kabul that left eight dead including six attackers, two civilians and over 70 civilians injured. In the bloody offensive, which begun with a truck…

Afghan Woman Dead, Over 60 Wounded In Explosions Outside U.S. Military Airbase

KABUL, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Several militants and one Afghan woman were killed and 62 civilians wounded, after assailants launched bomb attacks in Bagram district, eastern province of Parwan. Two massive explosions occurred roughly at 05:50 a.m. local time, when the first group of attackers exploded two car bombs outside…

Update: Death Toll Rises To Eight In Volcanic Eruption In New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two more people (Australian brothers) died in hospital overnight, following the volcanic eruption on White Island, bringing the death toll to eight, local police said, today. “One was treated at Middlemore Hospital and one at Waikato Hospital. Police remain focused on supporting families at this…

Iran Has No Shortage Of Medicine Despite U.S. Sanctions

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 11 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Minister of Health, Saeed Namaki, said that, Iran faces no serious shortage of pharmaceuticals, despite U.S. sanctions. Namaki said, “Iran has not faced any severe shortage of medicines, although the enemies have waged an economic war against the country.” The medicine shortage, at…
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