HIV/AIDS Kill More Than 1,300 Cambodians In 2018, Down 48 Percent In Nine Years

PHNOM PENH, Dec 1 (NNN-AKP) – HIV/AIDS killed more than 1,300 people in Cambodia in 2018, down 48 percent from over 2,500 deaths in 2010, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said today. Speaking at an event marking World AIDS Day, Mouly said, some 880 people became newly…

Explosion Kills, Wounds 13 In Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec 1 (NNN-SANA) – As many as 13 civilians were killed and wounded, in an explosion that rocked a rebel-held area in northern Raqqa province, a war monitor reported. The explosion was caused by a car bomb, that went off in the village of Ayn al-Arous, in the northern…

Jordan Thwarts Attempt To Smuggle Narcotics

AMMAN, Dec 1 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics from Syria on the Jordan-Syria border, according to the Jordanian Armed Forces. According to the Jordanian army, seven individuals attempted to infiltrate from Syria into Jordan. Two of them were injured and they were all returned to Syria.…

Sri Lanka, UNODC Discuss Maritime Crime Prevention

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka, aiming to prevent maritime crime and drug trafficking in local waters, conveyed its intention to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), local media reports said. In the talks held between Miwa Cato, director of operations in UNODC and Sri Lankan Minister…

New Zealand To Expect More Heat This Summer

WELLINGTON, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealanders can expect more above average temperatures this summer, across the country, according to New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric (Niwa) Research, today (Sunday). Niwa meteorologist, Ben Noll, said that, heat waves will probably come through semi-regularly, as New Zealand go through…

Measles Death Toll Rises To 44 In Samoa With Mass Vaccination Campaign Going On

SUVA, Nov 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Samoa’s Ministry of Health confirmed today (Saturday), that two more deaths have been recorded in the island nation’s measles epidemic, in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 44, since the outbreak started in mid-Oct. According to a government statement, all but four…

London Bridge Knife Attacker Has Connections To Terror Groups

LONDON, Nov 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – London Bridge knife attacker was a recently released terrorist prisoner and had connections to terror groups, media reports said. The suspect was known to the British police and is believed to have been wearing a tag, said the reports. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) declared…

300 Families Affected By Last Week’s Earthquakes In Northern Laos

VIENTIANE, Nov 28 (NNN-KPL) – Damage to earthquakes in Hongsa and Xaysathan districts, in norhtern Lao province of Xayaboury, last week, has been estimated at over two billion kip (over 225,453 U.S. dollars), with over 300 families affected, the government said today (Thursday). Two earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.9 magnitudes,…

UAE-Rehabilitated Yemeni Airport Receives First Flight After Five Years Of Suspension

ADEN, Nov 28 (NNN-WAM) — A flight managed, on Wednesday, to land at the international airport in Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout, following five years of suspension due to the years-long military conflict. A Hadramout local authority said, “UAE successfully completed the reconstruction process of the Riyan airport in Hadramout…

Iraqi Demonstrators Burn Iranian Consulate In Iraq’s Najaf

BAGHDAD, Nov 28 (NNN-NINA) – Angry protesters, on Wednesday, burned the Iranian consulate in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, while security forces imposed a curfew in the city, a security source said. Dozens of demonstrators rallied outside the Iranian consulate in the evening, before they broke into the building…
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