Update: Israel Launched Missile Attacks On Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 1 (NNN-SANA) – Israel last night, launched missile attacks on targets in Syria, leaving the international airport in the northern city of Aleppo and military sites near the capital Damascus, with material damages, the Syrian military said in a statement. Local news said, the Israeli missiles which hit…

11 Killed, 19 Wounded In Traffic Accident In West Java

JAKARTA, Sept 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – Eleven people were killed and 19 others injured, many of them children, in a traffic accident, in the Bekasi town of Indonesia’s West Java province, yesterday, officials said. Jakarta police traffic director, Senior Commissioner Latif Usman, said that, the incident took place on a street…

Oil Prices Fell Despite Drop In U.S. Inventories

NEW YORK, Sept 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Oil prices fell yesterday, despite a drop in U.S. crude stockpiles. The West Texas Intermediate for Oct delivery, lost 2.09 U.S. dollars, or 2.3 percent, to settle at 89.55 dollars a barrel, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for Oct delivery decreased…

15 Unidentified Bodies Found In Mass Graves In Libya

TRIPOLI, Sept 1 (NNN-LANA) – The Libyan authorities, yesterday, announced the recovery of 15 unidentified bodies from two mass graves, in the city of Sirte, some 450 km east of the capital, Tripoli. “Field team of the Remains Search Department, recovered 15 bodies of unknown identities, in the yard of…

Inflation In Italy Surged To New High

ROME, Sept 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Prices in Italy were 8.4 percent higher last month than they were a year earlier, a level that had not been recorded since Dec, 1985, the country’s National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) reported yesterday. Preliminary data from ISTAT showed prices in August were 0.8 percent…

790 Billion USD Sought For Japan’s Fiscal 2023 Budget, Defence Spending To Rise

TOKYO, Sept 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s government departments submitted yesterday, their general-account budget requests, for fiscal 2023, totaling over 110 trillion yen (790 billion U.S. dollars), with defence spending hitting a record high. The budget requests for fiscal 2023, which starts next Apr, marked the first drop in five years,…

Laos, Cambodia Agree To Promote Cooperation In Border Security

VIENTIANE, Sept 1 (NNN-KPL) – Personnel from the Lao and Cambodian armies will continue their cooperation in border security, as well as, humanitarian assistance, especially during natural disasters. Cooperation between the two countries in these fields was discussed when Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and Commander of…

Eurozone Inflation Hit New Record Of 9.1 Percent Amid Higher Energy, Food Prices

BRUSSELS, Sept 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Inflation in the Eurozone hit a new record of 9.1 percent last month, as energy and food prices continued to drift higher, according to a flash estimate published yesterday by Eurostat. Inflation was at 8.9 percent in the 19-country single currency area in July. Eurostat…

UN Chief Called For Urgent, Collective Action To Help Flood-Hit Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Pakistani people are facing “a monsoon on steroids,” UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said, calling on the international community to take urgent action, to help the government and people of Pakistan in their hour of need. “Pakistan is awash in suffering. The Pakistani people…

S.Korea reported 103,961 new COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Aug 31 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 103,961 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 23,246,398, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 115,638 the previous day, and lower than 139,307 tallied a week…