Afghan Road Accident Claims Nine Lives In Eastern Province

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nine travellers lost their lives, as a car collided with an oil tanker, coming from the opposite direction, in the eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, said a provincial government’s news release on Thursday. The deadly accident occurred in Ab Band district, on Wednesday evening,…

15 Years On, Indonesians Remember Aftermath Of Deadly Indian Ocean Tsunami

BANDA ACEH, Dec 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – On one Sunday morning, Mawardi was watching cartoons with his two brothers at his house, on Meulaboh Bay in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh, when a 9.3-magnitude earthquake literally shook them from their seats. His mother and grandmother, who were also inside the house,…

Update: Mig-29 Fighter Jet Crashes In NW Iran

TEHRAN, Dec 26 (NNN-IRNA) – A MiG-29 fighter jet, belonging to the Iranian army, crashed in the mountainous area of Iran’s northwestern Ardabil province, on Wednesday morning, Iran’s army said. No information about the fate of the pilot is available so far, the announcement said. The snowy whether condition and…

Morocco Arrests Eight Over Illegal Immigration

RABAT, Dec 26 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco foiled an illegal immigration attempt, at Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport, and arrested eight, official newspaper Le Matin, said, Wednesday. The suspects are believed to have links with a criminal network, active in the organisation of illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings, said the…

Israeli Airstrikes In Iraq Target Iranian Weapons: Military Chief

JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli military chief, said, Israel “carried out actions” in Iraq, to foil convoys of weapons that could be used against Israel. Aviv Kohavi made the rare acknowledgement, during a speech in a conference, in the Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya, a private research college outside Tel Aviv.…

Yemeni Students Return To Airstrike-Hit School

IBB, Yemen, Dec 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The war in Yemen forced more than two million children out of school and put 3.7 million others at high risk, because of the non-payment of teachers’ salaries, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). But for those who can return, they will…

Update: Death Toll Of Indonesian Bus Accident Rises To 28 With 13 Missing

JAKARTA, Dec 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of a fatal bus accident in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province, two days ago, rose to at least 28, with 13 others still missing, a senior official of a search and rescue office said today (Wednesday). Thirteen others are treated in nearby Basemah…

‘State Of Mourning’ In Burkina Faso After Attack Kills Dozens

BURKINA FASO, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An attack in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, in one of the deadliest assaults to hit the West African country in nearly five years. Seven soldiers and 80 armed fighters were also killed, in the double attack on…

17 Killed In Saudi-Led Artillery Attack On Northern Yemeni Border Market

SANAA, Dec 25 (NNN-SABA) – At least 17 people were killed on Tuesday, in a Saudi-led coalition artillery attack on a popular border market in Yemen’s northern province of Saada, medics and local residents said. “Twelve Ethiopian migrants were among those killed in the cross-border shelling at Al-Raqu market,” two…

Dense Fog Disrupts Air Traffic In Chicago

CHICAGO, Dec 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Dense fog disrupted air traffic at Chicago’s two international airports, with hundreds of flights cancelled or delayed. The U.S. National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook, for parts of north central Illinois, including the Chicago area, due to “significant fog risk.” The dense fog…
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