Chinese Peacekeepers To Lebanon Awarded UN Medal

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 4 (NNN-NNA) – Chinese peacekeepers at the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), received UN medal for their contribution to keeping peace in southern Lebanon. An award ceremony was held at the Chinese troop’s camp in Hanniyah village in southern Lebanon, with the attendance of head of…

Thai PM to discuss with provincial governors on tackling smog

BANGKOK, April 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Thailand Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-o-cha will be meeting the northern provincial governors to discuss and find ways to tackle the choking smog in the northern region of Thailand. Prayuth said he was closely monitoring the haze and forest fires in northern provinces and hoped the meeting…

23 Dead As Cholera Epidemic Hits Yemen’s Taiz

ADEN, Yemen, March 30 (NNN-SABA) – A total of 23 people died in March, following a cholera outbreak that hit Yemen’s south-western province of Taiz. Abdul Rahim Samai, director of Public Health and Population Department in Taiz, said, nearly 5,488 suspected cholera cases have been registered since Jan. The health…

UN Migration Agency Appeals For 41.4 Million USD For Emergency Assistance To Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 30 (NNN-NINA) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, appealed for 41.4 million U.S. dollars, for emergency assistance to Iraq, IOM said in a press release. The IOM funding appeal aims to help alleviate the crisis created by the Daesh extremist group and…

Several Injured In Explosion In Swedish Capital

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Several people were injured on Wednesday (today), in a blast in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, local media reported.– NNN-AGENCIES

Uganda Extends Financial Assistance To Cyclone-Hit Mozambique

KAMPALA, Uganda, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Uganda has donated 200,000 U.S. dollars in aid, to help victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique. A statement of the ministry of foreign affairs issued here late on Tuesday said, the donation is a fulfilment of President Yoweri Museveni’s pledge, to assist the cyclone-affected…

World Food Crisis Report 2019 To Be Presented In Brussels

ROME, Italy, March 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The World Food Crisis Report 2019, will be launched in Brussels on April 2, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), announced in Rome on Wednesday (today). According to the agency,the annual document brings together regional and national data and…

Over One Million Paraguayans Live In Total Poverty

ASUNCION, Paraguay, March 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) In Paraguay, 1,679,810 people currently live in conditions of total poverty, according to data from the closing of 2018, of the General Directorate of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses (DGEEC). Although the agency estimated that, with respect to 2017, the figure decreased because 129,000 people…

Suspected Drone Strike Kills Five Pro-Government Yemeni Soldiers: Security Source

ADEN, Yemen, March 26 (NNN-SABA) – At least five pro-government Yemeni soldiers were killed, in an air strike launched by an unknown drone in the central province of al-Bayda, a security official said. “A suspected drone strike bombed a government military post in the Hazmiya district of al-Bayda, killing five…

Syria’s Official TV Says Rebels Fire Poisonous Gas In Central Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 24 (NNN-SANA) – At least 21 people suffered suffocation on Saturday, after the rebels used poisonous gas, while shelling a town in the central province of Hama, state TV reported. The shelling targeted the village of Rasif in the northern countryside of Hama, said the report, citing…
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