55th ASEAN FMs’ Meeting, Related Meetings Ended With Adoption Of Some 30 Documents: Cambodian FM

PHNOM PENH, Aug 7 (NNN-AKP) – The 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, have successfully concluded here, adopting some 30 documents on regional cooperation, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, said. “We have reviewed the progress made thus far, to strengthen ASEAN’s community building, advance…

Myanmar Reported No Deaths From COVID-19 For Nearly Four Months

YANGON, Aug 7 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar recorded no new COVID-19 deaths over the past 122 days, the longest stretch without any fatalities from the virus, since the start of the pandemic in the country, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The death toll from COVID-19 in the country remained unchanged…

Giant Panda Twins Celebrated Third Birthday In Belgium

BRUSSELS, Aug 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – A birthday ceremony was held yesterday for Bao Di and Bao Mei, the panda twins born in 2019, in Belgium, in a privately owned zoo and botanical garden, located in Brugelette, Hainaut province in Belgium. The panda twins celebrated their third birthday by eating a…

Japan Marked 77th Anniversary Of Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima

TOKYO, Aug 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japan, yesterday, marked the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of its western city of Hiroshima. While Japan inwardly looks at the tragedies it had experienced at the end of World War II, historians and political minds of the international community have encouraged Japan, to…

12 Killed In Croatia Bus Crash

ZAGREB, Aug 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twelve people were killed and at least 30 others were injured, in a traffic accident, when a bus with a Polish licence plate, skidded off a highway in northern Croatia, according to the authorities. The accident happened at around 5:40 a.m. local time, when the…

Iran’s Negotiator Says Safeguard Issues Under Discussion In Vienna

TEHRAN, Aug 7 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s negotiating team is discussing the safeguard issues, in the Vienna talks. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, made the remarks, on the sidelines of a meeting between the Iranian negotiating team and the European Union deputy foreign policy chief, Enrique…

Cambodia, Pakistan Vowed To Further Enhance Bilateral Ties

PHNOM PENH, Aug 7 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and Pakistan, yesterday, vowed to further promote bilateral relations for the benefits of the two countries and people, a Cambodian spokesman said. The commitment was made, during a meeting between Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, and Pakistani Foreign Minister,…

Pakistani PM Set Up Relief Fund For Flood-Affected People

ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, yesterday, set up a relief fund for flood-affected people, the Prime Minister’s Office said. Sharif passionately appealed to the people, especially philanthropists, to generously help flood-hit people with their donations, the office said in a statement. He said, unprecedented rainfalls…

15 Killed, Including Women and children, 125 Injured As Israel Continues Airstrikes On Gaza

GAZA, Aug 7 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and 125 others injured, as Israeli warplanes continue to strike the Gaza Strip, for the second day yesterday. A woman was killed in the afternoon, when an Israeli warplane struck a car she was driving, in Beit Hanoun,…

Iran Condemns Israel’s Deadly Airstrikes On Gaza

TEHRAN, Aug 6 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, yesterday strongly condemned Israel’s deadly airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. In a statement, published on the ministry’s website, Nasser Kanaani called the Israeli operation a “brutal attack” that resulted in the killing of “resistance commanders” and defenceless Palestinian people. The…