Hundreds Arrested, Weapons, Drugs Seized During Pre-New Year Crackdown In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (NNN-PTI) – In the run-up to the New Year celebrations, police in New Delhi, arrested hundreds of people, besides seizing weapons and drugs, during an extensive crackdown, to prevent criminal activities during the festive rush, officials said, yesterday. The police made the arrests during a special…

One Dead, 26 Injured In 50-Vehicle Pileup North-West Of Tokyo

TOKYO, Dec 27 (NNN-NHK) – A severe traffic accident, involving over 50 vehicles, yesterday, left one person dead and 26 others injured, on an expressway in Gunma Prefecture, north-west of Tokyo, local media reported, today. The massive pileup occurred on the outbound lane of the Kan-etsu Expressway, in the town…

At Least Seven Killed As Passenger Coach Overturns In N. Vietnam

HANOI, Dec 27 (NNN-VNA) – At least seven people were killed on the spot, when a passenger coach overturned, in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai this morning. The coach was carrying 19 people at the time of the accident. According to report, rescue forces had managed to bring…

Nearly 2,500 Foreign Nationals Travel Through Afghanistan’s Borders In One Month

KABUL, Dec 27 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), reported today that, a total of 2,498 foreign nationals travelled through the country’s airports and land border crossings over the past month. About 1,320 foreign nationals entered Afghanistan, while 1,178 others departed the country during the same period,…

Top DPRK Leader Sends New Year Greetings To Putin

PYONGYANG, Dec 27 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), today sent New Year greetings to Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Kim extended “the warmest and sincerest greeting of best wishes” to Putin and the government and people of Russia,…

15 Injured In Knife, Liquid Attack At Factory In Central Japan

TOKYO, Dec 27 (NNN-NHK) – Fifteen people were injured yesterday, after a man entered a factory in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, and attacked workers with a knife while spraying an unknown liquid, local media reported. An emergency call was received around 4:30 p.m. local time, reporting that several people…

Four Dead As Ferries Collided Amid Dense Fog On Bangladeshi River

DHAKA, Dec 26 (NNN-BSS) – At least four people died, and a dozen others were injured, in a head-on collision between two passenger ferries, amid dense fog on the Meghna River, in Bangladesh’s Chandpur district, about 115 km south-east of the capital Dhaka, early today. Md Nazmul Islam Sarker, deputy…

Top DPRK Leader Guided Building Of Nuclear-Powered Strategic Guided Missile Submarine

PYONGYANG, Dec 25 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), guided the building of an 8,700-tonnage nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine on the spot, it was reported today.– NNN-KCNA

Urgent: Fire Breaks Out In Apartment Building In Seoul, Two In Cardiac Arrest

SEOUL, Dec 24 (NNN-YONHAP) – A fire broke out in an apartment building in Seoul, capital of South Korea, early this morning, leaving two people in cardiac arrest. The blaze erupted at about 5:36 a.m. local time. Four residents were rescued from the scene, two of whom were found in…

Eight Injured After Car Collision In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan

KABUL, Dec 23 (NNN-BNA) – Eight people were injured, some in critical condition, after two cars collided yesterday, in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan, provincial police spokesman, Ehsanullah Kamgar, confirmed today. Blaming the drivers’ irresponsible driving for the mishap, the official added that, both drivers and six travellers were…
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