Two Policemen Killed In Rebel Attack In India’s Jharkhand

NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (NNN-PTI) – Two policemen, including a junior-level officer, were killed, in a rebel attack in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police said today. The policemen were ambushed late last night, in Tonto-Chaibasa area of West Singhbhum district, about 157 km south of Ranchi, the capital…

Dengue Devastation Continues In Bangladesh, Hospitals Crammed With Patients

DHAKA, Aug 15 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh, yesterday registered 18 more deaths from dengue, the second highest in a 24-hour count since Jan, taking the toll from the disease this year to 416, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported. The total number of dengue fever cases in the country…

Floods, Landslides Hit Laos, Affecting Thousands Of People

VIENTIANE, Aug 15 (NNN-KPL) – Many parts of Laos have been severely impacted by flooding and landslides, with farmland, residences, and other property damaged, affecting thousands of people across the country. Torrential rain has led to severe flooding in several provinces and roads in some places were damaged by landslides,…

Leaders Of Egypt, Jordan, Palestine Urge For Ending Israeli Occupation, Peace Talks Revival

CAIRO, Aug 15 (NNN-MENA) – Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine, stressed yesterday, the necessity of ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, in order to revive peace and the Palestinian cause, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Presidency. Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, King Abdullah II of Jordan,…

Typhoon Lan Heads To Western Japan, Holiday Travel Affected

TOKYO, Aug 15 (NNN-NHK) – A powerful typhoon remains on course to make landfall on the Pacific coast of western Japan today, affecting many people, during Japan’s annual Bon holidays, according to the weather agency and transport operators, yesterday. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) advised people in both eastern and western…

Death Toll In India’s Rain-Hit State Himachal Pradesh Rose To 50

NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in India’s rain-hit northern hilly state of Himachal Pradesh rose to 50, the state’s Chief Minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, said yesterday. He said that, several people were still trapped in rain-hit areas, and that, the death toll could rise further. The…

Latest: Blast Shocks Afghanistan’s Khost City, Casualties Feared

KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug 14 (NNN-ANA) – Casualties are feared, as a blast shocked eastern Afghanistan city of Khost today, provincial police spokesman, Mustaghfar Garbaz, said.– NNN-ANA

DPRK Top Leader Inspects Munitions Factories, Urges War Preparations

SEOUL, Aug 14 (NNN-YONHAP) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspected some major munitions factories on Friday and Saturday, and urged the country’s armed forces to step up war preparations, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported today. During the inspection,…

Syria Beefs Up Forces In Deir Al-Zour: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Aug 14 (NNN-SANA) – Syria is beefing up its forces in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, where its troops were recently ambushed by the Daesh militants, a war monitor reported, yesterday. The Syrian army brought in reinforcements for its 17th and 18th divisions, stationed in al-Mayadeen City, in…

Properties Of Iraq’s Former Oil Minister Confiscated On Corruption Charges

BAGHDAD, Aug 14 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi judicial authorities issued a decision yesterday, to confiscate the properties of former Oil Minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, on charges of abuse of office and fraud. The decision came, after an investigative court accused Ismail of abusing his position and accepting bribes from some…