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Five Killed, Seventeen Others Injured In Car Bomb Explosion In Northern Raqqa

RAQQA, Syria, Nov 11 (NNN-SANA) – Five civilians were killed and seventeen others injured, on Sunday, due to a car…

Laos Distributes Aid To Flood Victims

VIENTIANE, Nov 11 (NNN-KPL) – Attapeu provincial authorities are continuing to give 250,000 kip (around 28 U.S. dollars) and 20…

Norway To Gain Most From Oil Drilling Off Australian Coast

CANBERRA, Nov 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Norwegian Government is set to be the major beneficiary, if oil drilling in the…

Seven Hospitalised In Japan After Vehicle Ploughs Into Group Of Children

TOKYO, Nov 11 (NNN-NHK) – Seven people, including four nursery school-aged pupils, were rushed to hospital, after a minivan ploughed…

Vietnam Seizes 77 Kg Of Heroin Smuggled From Laos

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov 11 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s northern Dien Bien province Police, detained two local drug traffickers, confiscating 220 cakes…

Armed People Fire Rockets At Medical Factory In Lebanon’s Baalbek

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 11 (NNN-NNA) – A group of unidentified armed people, fired shots and rockets, at a factory for…

Update: Over 300 Die In Protests In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 319 people died, in anti-government demonstrations since early Oct, in Iraq, an official…

Kuwait To Host CERN Exhibition

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 11 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait will launch a science exhibition on Monday (today), to introduce activities of European…

12-Year-Old Girl Survives Crocodile Attack In Philippines

MANILA, Nov 10 (NNN-PNA) – A 12-year-old girl survived a crocodile attack, in Balabac town, in the Philippines, early on…

Philippine Tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. Dies At 93

MANILA, Nov 10 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine tycoon and philanthropist, John Gokongwei Jr., died late on Saturday night, his son said…