UN Launched 1.71 Billion USD Humanitarian Appeal For Afghanistan In 2026

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), yesterday launched a 1.71-billion-U.S. dollar humanitarian needs and response plan for Afghanistan in 2026, which is expected to remain one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises next year. In 2026, an estimated 21.9 million…

Egypt Uncovers Ancient Industrial Workshops In Beheira

CAIRO, Dec 31 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced the discovery of several industrial workshops, dating back to the Late Period (747-332 BC), and the early stages of the Ptolemaic era (332-30 BC) in Beheira governorate, north of Cairo. According to a statement from the ministry,…

Feature: Lao Travellers Hop On China-Laos Railway For Refreshing New Year Journeys

VIENTIANE, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – As the New Year approaches, many are mapping out their holiday journeys, with Lao travellers increasingly choosing the China-Laos Railway as their preferred route, gliding along the tracks with ease, comfort, and scenic beauty, as they welcome the dawn of a new year. Joey, a…

Pakistan Urges Vigilance Against Digital Extremist Threats To Minors

ISLAMABAD, Dec 31 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani authorities said yesterday that, terrorists and extremist groups are using online platforms for radicalisation targeting vulnerable children, making it a serious digital threat. Interior Minister of the country’s southern Sindh province, Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar, said that, the online radicalisation, followed a structured pattern,…

Road Accident Killed Seven, Injured Two In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan

KABUL, Dec 30 (NNN-BNA) – Seven commuters were killed and two others sustained injuries, due to a road accident that occurred in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, today, provincial police spokesman, Ehsanullah Kamgar, said. The deadly mishap took place in Maimay district of the mountainous Darwaz region, early this morning, the…

16 Killed In Nursing Home Fire In Indonesia’s Manado, Identification Underway

JAKARTA, Dec 30 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures, for 16 people killed in a fire, that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities, said. The victims’ bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital, of the North Sulawesi Regional…

Laos Expects Fifth Lao-Thai Bridge To Bring Benefits To Residents, Boost Connectivity

VIENTIANE, Dec 30 (NNN-KPL) – The opening of the fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge, sparked optimism among people in Laos, who hope it will improve livelihoods and regional connectivity, boost trade, tourism and transportation, and further strengthen the long-standing friendship between Laos and Thailand. The bridge, linking Bolikhamxay province in Laos,…

One Dead, 45 Injured In Road Crash In Philippines

MANILA, Dec 30 (NNN-PNA) – A 19-year-old male was killed, and 45 others were injured, after a tourist bus overshot a highway, and tilted on its side in Quezon province on Luzon island in the Philippines, police said, yesterday. The bus, which was carrying passengers from Metro Manila, was travelling…

Russia Announces Successful Launch Of 52 Satellites Into Orbit

VLADIVOSTOK, Dec 29 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, announces today, it successfully launched 52 satellites on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket, into their planned orbits in space. The Soyuz rocket launch was conducted yesterday afternoon, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome facility, in Russia’s far eastern Amur Oblast, Roscosmos said, on its Telegram…

Sudan’s Gold Production Reaches 70 Tonnes This Year

KHARTOUM, Dec 29 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudan’s Ministry of Minerals, said yesterday, the country’s gold production for 2025 reached 70 tonnes, 13 percent higher than the target. The Sudanese Mineral Resources Company, an affiliate of the ministry, said in a statement, the mining sector brought about 1.087 trillion Sudanese pounds (about…
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