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…

14.8 Million USD Needed To Fund Basic Services In Libya

TRIPOLI, Nov 10 (NNN-UNICEF) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said that, it needs 14.8 million U.S. dollars, to fund basic and life-saving services in Libya. “The UNICEF humanitarian response remains underfunded. The current funding gap stands at US$ 14.8 million until the end of 2019, with major funding…

12-Year-Old Girl Survives Crocodile Attack In Philippines

MANILA, Nov 10 (NNN-PNA) – A 12-year-old girl survived a crocodile attack, in Balabac town, in the Philippines, early on Friday night, police reported. Police Captain, Ric Ramos of the Palawan Provincial Police Office, said, a saltwater crocodile bit the girl’s lower right leg, while she was crossing a coconut…

Philippine Tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. Dies At 93

MANILA, Nov 10 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine tycoon and philanthropist, John Gokongwei Jr., died late on Saturday night, his son said today (Sunday). He was 93. Gokongwei was born on Aug 11, 1926 in southeast China’s Fujian Province. Lance Gokongwei, Gokongwei’s only son, said that, his father died Saturday evening, at…

Nearly 200 Illegal Immigrants Deported From Libya

TRIPOLI, Nov 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Libya’s Immigration Control Department, in the eastern city of Benghazi, on Saturday announced the deportation of almost 200 illegal immigrants to Egypt. The Illegal Immigration Control Department of Benghazi, deported 194 Egyptian immigrants to their country, the department said in a statement. Without any official…
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