India Offers To Sell 18 Fighter Jets To Malaysia

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal defence ministry, yesterday said, it has offered to sell 18 indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA), Tejas, to Malaysia. The ministry said, six countries: Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia and the Philippines, have also shown interest in the single-engine fighter jet.…

Canada Confirmed 957 Monkeypox Cases

OTTAWA, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), confirmed 957 cases of monkeypox in the country, as of yesterday. The health agency said that, of the confirmed cases, 449 cases are from Ontario, 407 from Quebec, 81 from British Columbia, 16 from Alberta, and two each…

DR Congo Honours Victims Of Deadly Anti-UN Protests In Goma

GOMA, DRC, Aug 6 (NNN-IRIN) – Local authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), accompanied by family members, yesterday, buried the victims who died during the recent protests against the United Nations stabilisation mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) in Goma, capital of the north-eastern North Kivu province. A…

Putin Bans “Unfriendly” Investors From Making Transactions In Strategic Enterprises, Projects

MOSCOW, Aug 6 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, signed a decree yesterday, banning “unfriendly” investors from making transactions with their shares in strategic Russian enterprises and projects, until the end of the year. The decree, published on the country’s official portal for legal information, prohibits foreigners associated with “unfriendly…

Chinese, Singaporean FMs Exchanged Views On Taiwan Question

PHNOM PENH, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, met here Thursday, with Singaporean Foreign Minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, on the sidelines of meetings of foreign ministers on East Asia cooperation. The two sides expressed satisfaction over the sound strategic communication and close interaction at various…

Blast Killed Eight, Injured 18 In Afghan Capital

KABUL, Aug 6 (NNN-ANA) – Eight people have been confirmed dead and 18 others injured, in a bomb blast, which rocked the western edge of Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul yesterday, Kabul police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, said on social media. The blast took place in the Sar-e-Kariz area of Police…

Egypt Mediates Between Israel, Palestinian Factions To End Gazan Tensions: Official

CAIRO, Aug 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt is mediating between Israel and the Palestinian factions, in an effort to end the ongoing tensions in the Gaza Strip, and preserve the 2021 cease-fire, official Ahram online news website reported yesterday. “Egypt is conducting intensive communications with the Palestinian and the Israeli sides,…

RCEP To Bolster Cambodia-South Korea Economic Cooperation: Cambodian FM

PHNOM PENH, Aug 6 (NNN-YONHAP) – Cambodia’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, said here yesterday that, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, will be a booster for trade and investment relations between Cambodia and South Korea. Sokhonn, who is also deputy prime minister, made the remarks during a…

Putin, Erdogan Met To Further Russia-Türkiye Ties

MOSCOW, Aug 6 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed to strengthen bilateral relations during their talks in Russia’s Sochi, yesterday. Putin and Erdogan pledged to increase bilateral trade volume, on a balanced basis and to meet each other’s expectations in the economic and…

California Hits Grim Milestone Of 10 Million Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

LOS ANGELES, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – California hit another grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic, as the most populous state in the United States, officially reached 10 million confirmed cases, according to data released by the state health authorities yesterday. The Golden State, home to around 40 million residents, reported…