Over One Million Bangladeshi Capital Dwellers To Get Cholera Vaccine

DHAKA, Jan 27 (NNN-BSS) – More than one million people in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka will receive the oral cholera vaccine next month. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), under the country’s Ministry of Health Affairs, made the announcement on Sunday, at a press briefing in Dhaka. “Some…

Four Rockets Land Near U.S. Embassy In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jan 27 (NNN-NINA) – Four Katyusha rockets landed near the U.S. embassy, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, in central Baghdad, official said. The attack took place in the evening, when the four rockets landed near the U.S. embassy, the official said. There was no casualty reported, as the…

One Killed, Two Missing As Boat Capsizes In Waters Off Indonesia’s Sumatra

JAKARTA, Jan 27 (NNN-ANTARA) – One person was killed and two others went missing, after a boat carrying 11 people capsized in waters off Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, Head of the Provincial Search and Rescue Office, Toto Mulyono, said. The boat dipped into Tanjung Tiram waters in Batubara district, due…

Woman Killed, Five Injured After U.S. Embassy Vehicle Hit Car In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (NNN-APP) – A woman was killed and five others injured, after a vehicle of the U.S. embassy in Pakistan, hit a car in the capital, Islamabad, an official of the Islamabad Traffic Police said, Sunday. Farrukh Rashid, senior superintendent of the Islamabad Traffic Police, said, the accident…

Egypt Allocates Three Billion Egyptian Pounds To Improve Roads

CAIRO, Jan 26 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt has allocated three billion Egyptian pounds (about 190 million U.S. dollars), to implement an emergency plan, for developing road networks and boosting infrastructure, Egyptian Finance Minister, Mohamed Maait, said. The allocation came during the minister’s meeting with local development minister, Mahmoud Shaarawy, according to…

20 Wounded As Unknown Men Throw Grenades At Wedding Party In E. Afghanistan

KHOST, Afghanistan, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 20 people, including women and children, sustained injuries, as unknown men attacked a wedding party with hand grenades, in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, on Saturday night, provincial police spokesman, Haider Adil, said today (Sunday). The incident, according to the official, took place…

29 Killed, 42 Rescued In Eastern Turkey Earthquake

ISTANBUL, Jan 26 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The death toll from an earthquake that jolted eastern Turkey on Friday, has risen to 29, while 42 people were rescued from ruins of collapsed buildings, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said. The earthquake occurred at 8:55 p.m. local time (1755 GMT), in…

Iran’s Passenger Plane Makes Emergency Landing

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – An Iranian passenger plane, made an emergency landing, at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, on Saturday, semi-official Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported. The flight, 9716, en-route from Tehran to Istanbul, made the emergency landing, when it faced a technical problem minutes after take-off, according…

35 Cambodian Students Fall Ill After Eating Contaminated Food

PHNOM PENH, Jan 26 (NNN-AKP) – Thirty-five students at a high school in northwest Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province, suffered food poisoning on Saturday, after eating contaminated snacks, said the national police today (Sunday). The incident occurred at around 9:00 a.m. local time, at Banteay Chmar high school, in Thmar Puok…

UN Says S. Sudanese Represent Largest Refugee Population In Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 26 (NNN-ENA) – South Sudanese nationals represent the largest refugee population in Ethiopia, totalling 329,123, at the end of 2019, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. Ethiopia, which hosts one of the largest refugee population in Africa, along with Uganda and Sudan, is now home to…
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