Armed Groups Seized Up To Eight Schools In Lebanon’s Ain Al-Helweh: UN Refugee Body

BEIRUT, Aug 20 (NNN-NNA) – Armed groups have seized another school in Ain Al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, bringing the total number to eight, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said. “We are getting credible reports of severe damage…

Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalise 155 settlement outposts in West Bank

RAMALLAH, Aug 20 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday condemned and rejected Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich’s plan, to legalise 155 Israeli settlement outposts in the West Bank. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson of the Palestinian presidency, said in a press statement that, the plan “is condemned and rejected,” adding that, “under international…

Afghanistan Launches Over 3,500 Development Projects This Year

KABUL, Aug 19 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan authorities have implemented 3,575 development projects across the country in the past year, a local TV quoted the Ministry of Economy as reporting. According to TOLOnews, the projects, worth 1.9 billion U.S. dollars, were in the health, agriculture, transportation and energy sectors. “This year,…

Australia’s Victoria To Pay Over 240 Million USD To Cancel 2026 Commonwealth Games

SYDNEY, Aug 19 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s state of Victoria will pay 380 million Australian dollars (about 243 million U.S. dollars), after the state decided to withdraw from hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The financial settlement, unveiled by the state government today, was reached after negotiations among the Commonwealth Games Federation…

Fire Killed Four Family Members In Chennai

NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (NNN-PTI) – Four members of a family, including three children, were killed today, apparently due to suffocation, after fire erupted inside their house, in India’s southern city of Chennai, police said The fire broke out at a house in the Madhavaram Milk Colony in Chennai, capital…

Philippines To Deploy Around 4,400 Law Enforcers During FIBA World Cup

MANILA, Aug 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines will deploy around 4,400 law officers in the capital, Manila, and its adjacent province, to ensure the safety of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, a spokesperson for the Philippine National Police said, yesterday. Police Colonel, Jean Fajardo, said, the security force comprises…

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan Hold Joint Military Exercises

BISHKEK, Aug 19 (NNN-KNA) – Special forces from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, have started joint military exercises, according to an official statement from the Defence Ministry of Kyrgyzstan. The report said that, the opening ceremony of the joint tactical-special exercise, “Erdik” (Courage), with the participation of special forces units of the…

Journalist Shot Dead In Bihar

NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (NNN-PTI) – A journalist was shot dead at his residence, yesterday, in India’s eastern state of Bihar, the police said. Vimal Kumar Yadav was killed in his home, located in Raniganj Bazaar area of Araria district, about 315 km east of Patna, the capital city of…

Philippines Posted 53 Million USD Deficit In July

MANILA, Aug 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ overall balance of payments (BOP) posted 53 million in July, this year, lower than the 1.8 billion U.S. dollars BOP deficit recorded in July, 2022, according to the Philippine central bank’s data released, last night. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), said, the…

UN Marks 20th Anniversary Of Bombing Of Its Headquarters In Baghdad

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The UN commemorated the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad, which killed 22 UN personnel. At a brief ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, Atul Khare, the UN undersecretary-general for the Department of Operational Support, laid a…