Strong Dust Storm Hit Western Mongolia

KHOVD, Mongolia, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – An intense dust storm hit the western Mongolian province of Khovd yesterday, causing poor road visibility. Mongolia has a harsh continental climate, as strong winds and dust storms are common in the country, throughout the year. According to the environment ministry, the frequency of…

India To Turn Into Hub Of E-Vehicles: PM

NEW DELHI, Aug 29 (NNN-PTI) – India is turning into a hub of e-vehicles, both two-wheelers and four-wheelers, and the country is witnessing a “silent revolution,” as the e-vehicles do not make noise, said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, yesterday. Speaking at the commemoration of 40 years of Suzuki in India,…

Sri Lankan PM Stressed Need To Protect Poor To IMF Delegation

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena, told an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Peter Breuer and Masahiro Nozaki, the country’s social security net, needed to be enhanced, when an agreement is reached with IMF. In a press statement released yesterday, the Prime Minister’s…

Death Toll Rises To Six In Truck Accident: Dutch Police

THE HAGUE, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Six people have died after a truck drove off a dike and plowed into a barbecue party, in the southern Dutch town of Nieuw Beijerland, police said yesterday. The accident occurred on Saturday evening, around 6.00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), when the truck…

Angola Held Funeral Ceremony Of Former President

LUANDA, Aug 29 (NNN-ANGOP) – The funeral ceremony of Angola’s former President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, was held yesterday in Luanda, the country’s capital. The Territory Minister, Marcy Lopes, spokesman for the commission, said, foreign delegations, represented at the highest level, arrived in Angola to attend the funeral ceremony of…

Israeli Airstrike Destroyed Missile Depot In Central Syria

DAMASCUS, Aug 28 (NNN-SANA) – Israel’s missile strike in central Syria, destroyed a major weapons depot, containing Iranian-developed missiles, a war monitor reported, yesterday. The depot contained more than 1,000 mid-range, surface-to-surface, Iranian-developed missiles, which had been stocked over the course of one year, in the city of Masyaf in…

Four Daesh Militants Killed In Clashes With Security Forces In E. Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (NNN-NINA) – Four Daesh militants were killed yesterday, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said, in a statement. The Daesh militants, from Himreen Lake in Diyala, were trying to destroy surveillance cameras, which were installed by the…

Wildfires Burned Over One Million Hectares Of Land In Mongolia So Far This Year

ULAN BATOR, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 97 forest and steppe fires have been recorded across Mongolia, since the beginning of this year, destroying 1,051,907 hectares of forest and grassland, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency, said today. The number of registered wildfires is up around 73 percent,…

Malaysia Reported 2,491 New COVID-19 Infections, Five More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 2,491 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,774,003, according to the health ministry. There are no new imported cases, with all 2,491 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another five deaths have…

Myanmar Designated New Protected Public Forest Area

YANGON, Aug 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has designated a new protected public forest area, in the west-central region of Magway’s Saw Township. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, on Friday, designated the area of 4,827 acres in Saw Township as Phyan protected public forest. The move was aimed…