Lebanon’s Health Minister Urges For Regular Exchange Rate For Import Of Medical Equipment

BEIRUT, Nov 27 (NNN-NNA) – Caretaker Health Minister, Jamil Jabak, urged the central bank governor, to secure U.S. currency, at the regular rate, for the import of medical equipment. “We cannot bear any austerity measures in the medical sector. This sector is threatened to completely stop its services and we…

Iraqi Forces Kill Five Daesh Militants In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition, killed, on Monday, five Daesh militants, including a group leader, in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said. A statement by the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s intelligence force, al-Suqour Cell, said, the force conducted a joint operation with…

Kuwait Holds Workshop On Elimination Of Violence Against Women

KUWAIT, Nov 26 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait Human Rights Society (KHRS), organised a workshop on Monday, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The workshop, themed “Towards a National Vision to Eliminate Violence Against Women,” was held in Hawalli Province. At the workshop, KHRS presented a…

Italian births down 18,000 in 2018

ROME, Nov 25 (NNN-ANSA) — The birth rate in Italy dropped in 2018, with a total of 439,747 new babies registered, 18,000 fewer than in 2017, said Italian statistics bureau ISTAT on Monday. The continuing drop in the Italian birth rate is most pronounced among first-time parents, with 204,883 first-born…

Landmine Explosion Kills Five Children In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Nov 25 (NNN-SANA) – At least five children were killed on Sunday, when a landmine exploded inside a school, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, a war monitor reported. The landmine exploded inside the Ibn Sina school, in the village of Taybeh, on the outskirts of Mayadeen city,…

Kazakhstan To Modernise Over 3,000 Villages By 2024

NUR-SULTAN, Nov 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakhstan plans to modernise 3,477 villages by 2024, in accordance with new regional standards, making drinking water, repaired roads and basic social facilities available, in the most remote rural areas, First Deputy Prime Minister, Alikhan Smailov, said, at a Nur Otan Party session. “The government…

37 Confirmed Dead In Kenyan Landslide

NAIROBI, Nov 24 (NNN-KBC) – Kenyan officials, on Saturday, confirmed that 37 people had died, as a result of landslides that hit the northwestern county of West Pokot, following heavy downpour on Friday night, according to local media. Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, sent condolences to the bereaved families in a…

34 Illegal Immigrants With Infectious Disease Deported From Eastern Libya

TRIPOLI, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Illegal Immigration Control Department of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, deported 34 Egyptian and Sudanese illegal immigrants to their countries, it was reported. The deported immigrants were infected with AIDS and hepatitis, the report said. The illegal immigrants were deported through the Egyptian…

Major Thai Convenient Store Chain To Cease Handing Out Single Use Plastic Bags From Nov 25

BANGKOK, Nov 23 (NNN-TNA) – A major Thai convenient store, announced that its 137 pilot branches will cease to hand out plastic bags to shoppers, starting Nov 25, before implementing the government’s ‘no plastic bag’ policy nationwide on Jan 1, 2020. “We would like to conduct a trial first, before…

Bus Crash Kills 12 In Western India

NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 people, including one child and five women, died, and 10 others injured, in a road mishap in India’s western state of Rajasthan today, (Saturday), local police said. All the travellers, from the Latur district of southwestern state of Maharashtra, were going…
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