Palestine Calls For Listing Right-Wing Israeli Party As Terror Group

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official, yesterday, called on the international community, to list the far-right Israeli party, Otzma Yehudit, headed by Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, as a terror group. Ben-Gvir’s “party has a … history of inciting the killing of Palestinians,” said Hussein Al-Sheikh,…

Russia Begins Construction Of Eurasia’s Largest Solar Telescope

VLADIVOSTOK, Aug 6 (NNN-TASS) – A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday for construction of the largest solar telescope in Eurasia by the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in the Republic of Buryatia. The telescope, the most complex and expensive…

Two Killed In Early-Morning Shooting In U.S. Capital

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two men were killed and another was critically injured, in a shooting in the U.S. capital early yesterday, local police said. The shooting happened about two blocks from the busy intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, at around 1:00 a.m. local time, Pamela…

Three Bodies Recovered, Search Underway For 17 Missing In India’s Uttarakhand Landslide

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (NNN-PTI) – Authorities in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, yesterday said, rescuers have recovered three bodies from the debris of the massive landslide, and a search for 17 missing persons was underway. The landslide was triggered on Thursday night, due to a flash flood, following…

Thousands Evacuated As Floods Hit S. Myanmar

YANGON, Aug 6 (NNN-MNA) – Thousands of people were evacuated, as continuous heavy rain and swollen rivers caused floodings in several townships in southern Myanmar, local authorities said, yesterday. In Mon State’s Belin township, some 6,298 people have been evacuated to 25 shelters, Aung Myat Kyaw Sein, spokesperson of the…

90,000 Sri Lankans Affected By Droughts

COLOMBO, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – About 90,000 people in four provinces of Sri Lanka had been affected by droughts, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said, today. The DMC said, the four affected areas are Sabaragamuwa, Eastern, North Western and Northern provinces. A total of 89,485 people from 27,885 families have…

Man Shot Dead By Police In Australia’s Queensland

SYDNEY, Aug 6 (NNN-AAP) – Police in Australia’s state of Queensland, said yesterday that, a man was shot by police and died at the scene. According to a statement released by Queensland Police, officers came to an address in the City of Moreton Bay, in the afternoon, to take the…

Six Residents Missing After House Fire In Australia’s Queensland

SYDNEY, Aug 6 (NNN-AAP) – Six residents, including five children and a man, were missing, after their house caught fire today, on Russell Island, in Australian’s Queensland state. According to a statement, released by the Queensland Police, emergency services were called at around 6.20 a.m. local time, to a property…

Afghan Central Bank To Auction 13 Million USD To Keep Afghani Stable

KABUL, Aug 6 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), announced yesterday, to put on auction 13 million U.S. dollars today, to keep the country’s national currency, the afghani, stable against foreign currencies, a statement of the bank said. According to the statement, DAB has called upon qualified…

Two Killed Due To Electrocution After Flash Flood Hit Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two people were killed and one injured, due to electrocution, after a flash flood hit Mongolia’s capital last night, emergency authorities, said. Meanwhile, hundreds of gers (traditional yurts – a circular tent of felt or skins), houses, fences and vehicles have been flooded, the…