Lebanon To Adopt Strict Security Measures After Bank Raids

BEIRUT, Sept 17 (NNN-NNA) – Security forces will take strict measures, amid mounting security concerns, after a number of bank raids, carried out by angry depositors demanding their savings, Lebanese Interior Minister, Bassam Mawlawi, said yesterday. Mawlawi made the remarks, during a press conference at the Interior Ministry, where security…

Israel Launches Missile Attacks On Syrian Capital

DAMASCUS, Sept 17 (NNN-SANA) – Israel launched missile attacks on military sites in the Syrian capital, Damascus, after midnight last night, the Syrian national TV reported. The report said, the Syrian air defences were triggered by the attacks, shooting down a number of the Israeli missiles. Explosions were heard in…

Minibus-Truck Collision In Egypt Killed Seven, Injured Seven

CAIRO, Sept 17 (NNN-MENA) – At least seven people were killed and seven others injured yesterday, after a minibus collided with a heavy truck, in northern Egypt’s Behaira province, said a source from Egyptian ambulance authority. The minibus hit the truck from behind when the minibus driver changed his course…

One Killed, 17 Injured In SW Pakistan’s Explosion

ISLAMABAD, Sept 17 (NNN-APP) – One person was killed and 17 others were injured, in an explosion in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province last night, local media reported. Unknown militants hurled a hand grenade at a busy road, in the provincial capital of Quetta and fled the scene, according to the…

Woman Tested Positive For Monkeypox In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Sept 17 (NNN-PTI) – A foreign woman tested positive for monkeypox, in Delhi yesterday, taking the city’s total tally to eight, and India’s tally to 13. According to a source in Delhi’s health department, the 30-year-old has been admitted to a local hospital for treatment. The eight monkeypox…

Pakistani Rupee Continued Losing Ground Against USD

ISLAMABAD, Sept 17 (NNN-APP) – Devaluation of the Pakistani rupee against the U.S. dollar continued, as the greenback was being traded at 236.84 rupees in the interbank yesterday, according to the State Bank of Pakistan. The U.S. dollar closed at 235.88 rupees on Thursday, and yesterday opened higher, after the…

Israeli Forces Detained Five Palestinians From Northern West Bank

JENIN, Sept 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces last night detained five Palestinians from the northern occupied West Bank, according to local and security sources. They said that a convoy of Israeli army vehicles stormed Silat al-Harithiya town, west of Jenin city, where the soldiers rounded up a father along with…

S.Korea Returned Remains Of 88 Chinese Soldiers Killed In Korean War

INCHEON, Sept 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – South Korea, today returned to China the remains and belongings of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. The ninth repatriation ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport, west of the capital, Seoul, attended by a Chinese delegation, led by Vice Minister…

India’s Daily COVID-19 Caseload Decreased To 6,298

NEW DELHI, Sept 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s daily COVID-19 caseload, today decreased to 6,298, according to the federal health ministry data, released today. It marked a decrease, in comparison to the daily caseload of 6,422 yesterday. With the new cases, India’s active caseload currently stands at 46,748, while the total…

S. Korea’s ICT Products Export Fell For Second Month In Aug

SEOUL, Sept 16 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export of information and communications technology (ICT) products, kept falling for two months through Aug, government data showed today. The ICT products shipment dwindled 4.6 percent from a year earlier, to 19.31 billion U.S. dollars in Aug, according to the Ministry of Trade,…