Palestinian PM Denounced Israel’s Cut Of Palestinian Tax Revenues

RAMALLAH, Aug 2 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, said yesterday that, Israel’s decision to withhold 600 million shekels (176 million U.S. dollars) in tax revenues it has collected for the Palestinian Authority (PA), complicates the latter’s financial crisis. “The unjust and illegal Israeli decision is a piracy and…

India Reported Sixth Monkeypox Case

NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (NNN-PTI) – India recorded its sixth monkeypox case, which is the second case in the national capital, late yesterday, a health department official in Delhi confirmed, today. The patient is said to be a Nigerian national, with no recent travel history. He was admitted to a…

S.Korea Reported 111,789 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Aug 2 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 111,789 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 19,932,439, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was up from 44,689 in the previous day and higher than 99,252 tallied a…

Post-Pandemic Recovery, Inflation, Security High On Agenda At 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

PHNOM PENH, Aug 2 (NNN-AKP) – Post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery, rising global inflation and regional security, will be top on the agenda at the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (55th AMM) and related meetings, which will be held from tomorrow to Friday here, a senior Cambodian diplomat said yesterday. Foreign ministry’s…

Brunei Reported 50 Percent Lower Daily COVID-19 Cases

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 2 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 685 new daily COVID-19 cases on average in the past week, a reduction of approximately 50 percent from 1,199 per day the previous week, the country’s health ministry said yesterday. According to the health ministry’s weekly briefing on COVID-19, a total…

Indonesian Company Delivered NC212i Aircraft To Thailand

JAKARTA, Aug 2 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer, PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI), said yesterday that, the company delivered an NC212i aircraft, ordered by Thailand Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation (DRRAA). The aircraft took a ferry flight yesterday, from DI’s delivery centre hangar in Bandung, West Java, and…

New Zealand Logged 7,113 New COVID-19 Community Cases

WELLINGTON, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 7,113 new community cases of COVID-19 and 33 more deaths, the Ministry of Health said today. There have so far been a total of 1,563 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing…

Malaysia Reported 3,213 New COVID-19 Infections, Eight New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 3,213 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the total tally to 4,683,266, according to the health ministry. The newly reported infections included 11 imported cases and 3,202 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another eight deaths have been…

5.6-Magnitude Quake Hit Eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Aug 2 (NNN-MNA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.6, struck about 18 miles (some 29 km) east of Keng Tung, in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State, at 10:33 p.m. local time yesterday, according to Myanmar’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. The epicentre, with a depth of nine km,…

Pakistan Military Helicopter Went Missing In SW Pakistan, Six On Board: Military

ISLAMABAD, Aug 2 (NNN-APP) – A Pakistan military helicopter lost contact with the air traffic control in Lasbela district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, the military said, last night. The helicopter, with six people on board, was carrying out a flood relief operation in the area, the military’s media wing,…