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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 30

Xinhua, November 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed China's "The Twenty-Four Solar Terms" on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

This is the third inscribed element submitted by China that falls in the domain of knowledge and practices concerning nature and universe as defined in the 2003 convention.(Ethiopia-China-Solar)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to tighten sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in response to the country's fifth nuclear test in September.(UN-DPRK-Nuclear)

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CAIRO -- Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has reappointed the outgoing prime minister to form a new cabinet, said KUNA news agency on Wednesday.

Under Kuwait's constitution, Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah should form the cabinet before December 11, when the new parliament is due to hold its inaugural session. The official KUNA news agency said the emir issued a decree reappointing Sheikh Jaber after consultations with former premiers and ex-parliament speaker Marzouk al-Ghanem. (Egypt-Kuwait-Cabinet)

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KABUL -- Casualties were feared Wednesday after an explosion ripped through a diplomatic district in central Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, sources and witnesses said. (Afghanistan-Explosion)

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NEW DELHI -- At least three Indian Army officers have been killed and one injured in a helicopter crash in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Wednesday, a defense official said.

A court of inquiry has been ordered by the Indian Army into the crash. The Sukhna military base is home to Indian Army's 33 Corps and the chopper was operated by the Army Aviation Corps.(India-Army-Killing)

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A total of 34 militants have been killed and 12 others injured during series of operations across the southern Kandahar, Helmand and Uruzgan provinces over the past 24 hours, a statement of army garrison stationed in the southern region released on Wednesday said.

Taliban militants who have intensified activities and fighting the government forces in parts of the southern region, haven't commented. (Afghanistan-Taliban) Endi