115 Elephants Die In Zimbabwe’s Largest Game Park Due To Drought

HARARE, Nov 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 115 elephants died, at the country’s largest game reserve, since Sept this year, due to shortage of food and water. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo said, water reservoirs were drying up, in the Hwange National Park, following a…

Bangkok Residents Use More Natural Krathongs: Governor

BANGKOK, Nov 12 (NNN-TNA) – Bangkok Governor, Pol Gen, Asawin Kwanmuang, expressed delight on Tuesday (today), that the majority of Bangkokians had heeded calls to use krathongs made of natural, biodegradable materials, at last night’s celebration of the Loy Krathong festival. He was speaking after reviewing the results of krathong…

Anti-Ebola Radio In DRC Closes Down After Killing Of Broadcaster

MAMBASA, Nov 12 (NNN-NEWS24) – A local radio station, that has been involved in the fight against Ebola, said, it was closing down, after one of its broadcasters was murdered. Joel Musavuli, head of Lwemba radio, in Mambasa, in Ituri province, said, the station was targeted by armed groups, hostile…

Sharjah Charity International’s Water Project Drills 434 Wells In 12 Countries

SHARJAH, Nov 11 (NNN-WAM) – Donations offered to Sharjah Charity International’s, SCI, Suqya Al Khair water project, provided safe drinking water in 12 countries, by drilling 434 wells and building two water networks. A report issued by the SCI said, the water charity project was launched in Mar, 2019. The…

Five Killed, Seventeen Others Injured In Car Bomb Explosion In Northern Raqqa

RAQQA, Syria, Nov 11 (NNN-SANA) – Five civilians were killed and seventeen others injured, on Sunday, due to a car bomb explosion in Sluk town, in Raqqa northern countryside, where Turkish occupational forces and supported terrorist groups are deployed. Local sources said that, a bomb-laden car exploded in the main…

Laos Distributes Aid To Flood Victims

VIENTIANE, Nov 11 (NNN-KPL) – Attapeu provincial authorities are continuing to give 250,000 kip (around 28 U.S. dollars) and 20 kg of rice a month, to each of the 4,607 people, who were made homeless by last year’s flood, in Sanamxay district, in southern Laos. According to local daily, Vientiane…

Seven Hospitalised In Japan After Vehicle Ploughs Into Group Of Children

TOKYO, Nov 11 (NNN-NHK) – Seven people, including four nursery school-aged pupils, were rushed to hospital, after a minivan ploughed into them, in Hachioji City, western Japan, local police and first responders said today (Monday). According to local police and firefighters, the children, who were aged one or two years…

Vietnam Seizes 77 Kg Of Heroin Smuggled From Laos

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov 11 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s northern Dien Bien province Police, detained two local drug traffickers, confiscating 220 cakes of heroin weighing 77 kg, it was reported on Sunday. The male detainees, aged 28 and 31, were caught red-handed, trading the drug in the province’s Dien Bien district on…

Armed People Fire Rockets At Medical Factory In Lebanon’s Baalbek

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 11 (NNN-NNA) – A group of unidentified armed people, fired shots and rockets, at a factory for production of medical serums, in Saraain El Faouqa, Baalbek, it was reported on Sunday. Damage was restricted to material losses only. The armed people ran away to an unknown location,…

Update: Over 300 Die In Protests In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 319 people died, in anti-government demonstrations since early Oct, in Iraq, an official news agency said on Sunday. The latest death toll of the ongoing protests included both protesters and security members. An anonymous source from the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human…
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