India’s Space Body Says Newly-Launched Small Satellites “No Longer Usable”

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), yesterday said, the two small satellites launched earlier in the day, are “no longer usable.” The Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02) and the AzadiSAT Independence Satellite, developed by students, were put into orbit, but the “orbit achieved was less…

26 Afghan Drug Addicts Reintegrated With Families After Recovery

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Aug 8 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 26 drug addicts rejoined their families, after treatment in a rehabilitation centre, in the northern Baghlan province, head of the province’s counter-narcotics department, Mawlawi Mohammad Nabi, said, yesterday. The former addicts were brought together at the provincial capital city, Pul-e-Khumri, before…

UN Support For Syria Can Encourage Lebanon’s Syrian Refugees Return Home: Ambassador

BEIRUT, Aug 8 (NNN-NNA) – Syrian ambassador to Lebanon, said that, UN should deliver their financial support to Syria, to encourage the home return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. “We have called on UN organisations several times, to offer their financial support for Syrians inside their home country, instead of…

Iran Does Not Seek Nuke Weapons: FM

TEHRAN, Aug 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran does not seek possession of nuclear weapons, Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, in a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday. “Nuclear weapons have no place in the doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran and are contrary to our policies and…

Gazan Faction Reaches Egypt-Brokered Cease-Fire With Israel

GAZA, Aug 8 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), active in the Gaza Strip, announced last night that, it has reached a cease-fire agreement with Israel. Israel earlier confirmed that the Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with the PIJ would take effect at 11:30 p.m. local time (2030 GMT) last night, ending…

U.S. Keeps Sanctioning Iran As “Pressure Leverage:” Iranian Lawmaker

TEHRAN, Aug 8 (NNN-IRNA) – While the ongoing negotiations in Vienna are aimed at the removal of anti-Iran sanctions, the United States keeps sanctioning, as leverage to pressure the Islamic republic, an Iranian spokesperson said, yesterday. “Although we emphasise that the sanctions are oppressive and against the rights of our…

Philippines Logged 4,621 New COVID-19 Cases, 18 More Deaths

MANILA, Aug 8 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines reported 4,621 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,803,955. The Department of Health (DOH) said, the number of active cases rose to 37,805, and 18 more patients died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death…

Five Killed, Seven Injured In Road Accident In Myanmar

YANGON, Aug 8 (NNN-MNA) – Five people were killed and seven others were injured, in a car accident yesterday in southern central part of Myanmar’s Bago region. The accident took place at around 9:00 a.m. local time (0230 GMT), in Bago Township of Bago Region, when a hijet minicab truck,…

Malaysia Reported 4,684 New COVID-19 Infections, 11 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 4,684 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,705,824, according to the health ministry. There are five new imported cases and 4,679 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another 11 deaths have been reported, pushing…

At Least 12 Deaths Reported On Cholera Outbreak In Afghanistan’s Jawzjan Province

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Aug 7 (NNN-ANA) – At least 12 deaths have been reported, out of over 18,000 infections in the outbreak of cholera, since mid-June, in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, provincial health official said today. “A total of 18,000 people have been affected by cholera, due to using polluted water…