OPEC and allies prepare to deepen oil output cuts

VIENNA, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — OPEC and its allies led by Russia on Thursday were moving closer to agreeing one of the deepest output cuts this decade to support crude prices and prevent a glut, sources from OPEC and its allied producers said. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries…

Iran protests: State TV acknowledges deaths during unrest

A minister said 731 banks and 70 petrol stations were set ablaze during the unrest TEHRAN, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iranian state TV has said security forces killed what it called “thugs and rioters” during last month’s mass protests against a petrol price rise. Activists have accused the authorities of deliberately…

North Korea raises ‘dotard’ spectre as deadline looms

SEOUL, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korea has threatened to resumereferring to US president Donald Trump as a “dotard”, raising the prospect of a return to a war of words with a negotiating deadline approaching. Pyongyang has set Washington an end-of-year time limit to offer it newconcessions in deadlocked nuclear…

Floods: 6 people killed in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Dec 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — Over 15,000 people have been affected by heavy rains in Sri Lanka while six deaths have been reported, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said. Four deaths were reported from the Nuwera Eliya District, in the central highlands, which is one of the worst affected by…

Australian ‘patriot’ found guilty of plotting terror attacks

SYDNEY, Dec 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Australian man with links to far rightgroups was found guilty of plotting terror attacks against leftistorganisations, local media reported. A Melbourne court heard that Phillip Galea created a “Patriot’s Cookbook”— a document designed to encourage others to take up violent acts againstleft-wing groups and…

Nine Killed After Bus Hits Stationary Goods Truck In India’s Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (NNN-PTI) – At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured, after a passenger bus hit a stationary goods truck today (Thursday), in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said. The accident took place at 6:30 am (local time), in Rewa district, about…

Five Killed In Shooting On Aid Agency Vehicle In Eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Dec 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five employees of an aid agency were shot dead, and one international staff member of the agency was wounded, when terrorists attacked their vehicle in Jalalabad, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, a provincial government spokesman said. “Terrorists fired on a passing vehicle of an…

Iran, Azerbaijan Discuss Defence, Security Cooperation

TEHRAN, Dec 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Hossein Baqeri and visiting Azeri Deputy Prime Minister, Shahin Mustafayev, discussed defence and security cooperation between the two countries. The two sides vowed to do their best to deepen bilateral relations, especially in defence and security.…

Samoa Shuts Down In Unprecedented Battle Against Measles

SAMOA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Samoa began a two-day shutdown today (Thursday), as authorities embarked on an unprecedented mass vaccination campaign, to contain a deadly outbreak of measles that has killed 62 people, mostly small children, in the Pacific island nation. Officials suspended non-essential government services, to allow civil servants…

Seoul to host World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

SEOUL, Dec 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Nobel Peace Prize recipients from around the world will gather in Seoul next year to discuss ways to enhance inter-Korean peace, as well as global peace, it was announced on Thursday. Yonhap News Agency reported that the 18th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (WSNPL) is…
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