Monkeypox Patient From Thailand Found In Cambodian Capital: Deputy Governor

PHNOM PENH, Jul 24 (NNN-AKP) – A Nigerian man, who contracted monkeypox, and fled Thailand recently, was found here in the capital of Cambodia last night, a deputy governor said. The 27-year-old man, identified as Osmond Chihazirim Nzerem, was found at Phsar Deum Thkov, in the Chamkarmon district, after a…

UNRWA Suffers Fiscal Crisis, Needs Int’l Support: Official

RAMALLAH, Jul 24 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official, yesterday announced that, the financial crisis of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), made the agency no longer able to meet the growing needs of the Palestinian refugees. Ahmad Abu Holi, head of the Refugees’ Department…

PLO Holds U.S. Responsible For Impeding Peace Process In Middle East

RAMALLAH, Jul 24 (NNN-WAFA) – The United States is “fully responsible” for blocking any horizon to resume the stalled peace process in the Middle East, a senior Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official said, yesterday. Commenting on the Israeli escalation of settlement expansion in the West Bank, Ahmed Majdalani, a PLO…

Three Terrorists Killed In Military Operation In NW Pakistan: Army

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces killed three terrorists and arrested four others, in military operations in the country’s north-west tribal district of North Waziristan, said a military statement yesterday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani army, said that, security forces conducted two…

Brunei Central Bank Expects Low Inflation Rate Despite Global Price Hike

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jul 24 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB), expects the country’s inflation to remain low, despite global price hike, caused by geopolitical tension. According to the BDCB’s semi-annual policy statement, released yesterday on its website, the BDCB noted that, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had revised…

Cambodia Slams U.S. “Cambodia Democracy And Human Rights Act Of 2022”

PHNOM PENH, Jul 24 (NNN-AKP) – The Cambodian Senate, yesterday slammed the so-called “Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2022,” released by the United States recently, saying, the bill contains biased, unfounded and prejudiced content. The senate said in a statement that, the U.S. bill was driven by geopolitical…

At Least 21 Killed, Three Missing In South Iran Floods

TEHRAN, Jul 24 (NNN-IRNA) – The death toll from Friday’s flash floods in the southern Iranian province of Fars has risen to 21, and three others are still missing, rescue sources told state media yesterday. Mehdi Valipour, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, said, initially 89 people were stuck…

Syria Urges UN To Condemn Repeated Israeli Strikes

DAMASCUS, Jul 23 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, urged the UN Security Council, to condemn the repeated Israeli missile strikes on Syria, particularly the latest one that killed three soldiers, after midnight yesterday. In a statement, the ministry said, the UN should shoulder its responsibility in condemning the…

New Zealand Reported 7,746 New Community Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Jul 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 7,746 new community cases of COVID-19 today, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The seven-day rolling average of COVID-19 community cases in New Zealand now sits at 8,703. The Ministry also reported 759 current hospitalisations, including 19 cases in ICU…

Thai PM Prayut Won No-Confidence Vote In Parliament

BANGKOK, Jul 23 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, thwarted an attempt by the opposition, to unseat his government, after surviving a no-confidence vote in parliament, today. Prayut won the vote in the House of Representatives, after receiving 256 votes in favour, and 206 against, with nine abstentions, from…