Anti-Gov’t Protests Continue In Iraq Despite Security Measures

BAGHDAD, Oct 30 (NNN-NINA) – The anti-government demonstrations continued Tuesday, in Baghdad and others provinces, with contradictory reports about casualties among protesters in the city of Karbala. “The information we received from activists, organisations and non-governmental organisations about Karbala unrest said that, 18 people were killed and more than 800…

Man’s Foot Bitten Off In Shark Attack On Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Oct 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two British men are in a serious condition, following a shark attack on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in Queensland today. The foot of one of the men was bitten off, while the other sustained “serious lacerations” to his lower leg, a representative for the rescue…

Cambodian Fragrant Rice To Shine At Upcoming China Int’l Import Expo In Shanghai

PHNOM PENH, Oct 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian fragrant rice will be the kingdom’s main product, to be exhibited at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, early next month. “It will be a golden opportunity to showcase our potential products, not only to Chinese consumers, but also to…

6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Southern Philippines

MANILA, Oct 29 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), has upgraded the magnitude of the earthquake, which struck Cotabato in southern Philippines, from 6.4 to 6.6. The institute said, in an updated report, the inland tremor, which struck at 9:04 a.m., hit at a depth of…

Essex Truck Death Files Sent To Vietnam For Verification

HANOI, Oct 29 (NNN-VNA) – British authorities, sent Vietnam, records of four victims, among the 39 dead in a refrigerated truck, in the British county of Essex, for identity verification, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry said. “Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security received the files to connect information and verify victims’ identity,” the…

Five Children Killed In N. Afghan Explosion

MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Oct 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five Afghan children were dead, after a Taliban’s improvised explosive device (IED) detonated, in the country’s northern Faryab province on Sunday, a local source said. “The blast occurred after one of the victims stepped on a pressure-plate IED, in a village of Pashtun Kot…

Update: 74 Killed In Anti-Gov’t Protests In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Oct 28 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi authorities said, the death toll from the new wave of nationwide protests over unemployment, corruption and lack of public services has risen to 74. Ali al-Bayati, member of the Iraqi Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR), said that, clashes between the protesters and…

Tanzania’s Death Toll From Heavy Rain Rises To 40

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from ongoing heavy rain in Tanzania rose from 30 to 40 on Saturday, said police. Edward Bukombe, Tanga regional police commander, said, a car ferrying 10 people was swept away by raging waters, at dawn on Saturday, after the driver…

Lorry Driver Charged With 39 Counts Of Manslaughter: UK Police

LONDON, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UK police said, they are authorised to charge the lorry driver, in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 people, whose bodies were found in Essex. The police said that, Maurice Robinson, 25, from Northern Ireland, was arrested shortly after the discovery…

Four Rangers Injured In Thailand’s Restive South Bombing

BANGKOK, Oct 27 (NNN-TNA) – Four rangers were injured, when a roadside bomb exploded, in a district in Thailand’s restive southern province of Yala, on Saturday. Police and army officials reached the scene and found a wrecked pickup truck, with a hole on the truck’s side. Police believed the truck…
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