At Least Two People Killed, More Than 15 Injured In Car Bombing Attack In Somalia

MOGADISHU, Jul 18 (NNN-IRIN) – At least two people were killed and more than 15 others wounded, in a suicide car bombing attack on a popular hotel in the south-central Somali town of Jowhar, yesterday, a government official confirmed. Daud Haji Irro, a spokesman for Hirshabelle State, said, the death…

Five Kurdish Militants Killed In Turkish Drone Strike In Northern Iraq: Official Sources

BAGHDAD, Jul 18 (NNN-NINA) – Five militants of Türkiye’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed yesterday, in a Turkish drone strike in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, official sources said. The five PKK members, including a woman, were killed when a Turkish drone bombarded their vehicle, moving near a village…

Iraqi Soldier, Daesh Militant Killed In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jul 18 (NNN-NINA) – An Iraqi soldier and a militant of the Daesh group were killed yesterday, in two incidents in the central and northern parts of the country, the Iraqi military said. Acting on intelligence reports, a joint force from the army and a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi, shot…

Sri Lanka Reduces Fuel Prices Amidst Shortages

COLOMBO, Jul 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC), reduced the retail price of fuel from last night. The price of a litre of Octane 92 petrol will be reduced by 20 rupees, and the new retail price will be…

Iran Says U.S. Seeks To Cause Tensions In Mideast By Spreading Iranophobia

TEHRAN, Jul 18 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, yesterday, dismissed the U.S. president’s recent claims over Iran’s nuclear activity, as a “failed policy of promoting Iranophobia,” which seeks to cause tensions and crises in the region. Joe Biden’s anti-Iran remarks, made during his Middle East visit, are “part…

Cambodia’s Ruling Party Supports Hun Sen As PM Candidate For Next Election

PHNOM PENH, Jul 18 (NNN-AKP) – The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) concluded its extraordinary central committee conference yesterday, fully supporting the candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, for the post of prime minister in the next term, if the party continues to win the general election…

U.S. Troops Continue To Smuggle Syrian Oil Into Iraq: Media

DAMASCUS, Jul 17 (NNN-SANA) – The U.S. forces smuggled 40 truckloads of stolen Syrian oil from north-eastern Syria into Iraq, yesterday. The oil was taken from the Rmailan area in the north-eastern Syrian province of Hasaka, said the report. The U.S. convoy, escorted by armoured vehicles, also transported truckloads of…

India Recorded Over 20,000 COVID-19 Cases For Fourth Day

NEW DELHI, Jul 17 (NNN-PTI) – India recorded over 20,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the fourth straight day today, officials said. The health ministry’s data showed that, 20,528 cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,750,599 in the country. India’s active…

Afghanistan’s Central Bank To Auction 12 Million USD To Keep National Currency Stable

KABUL, Jul 17 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, announced yesterday that, it will put on auction 12 million U.S. dollars today, as part of efforts to keep the national currency stable, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported. The bidders, including moneychangers and private banks, should deposit the…

World Bank Approved 200 Million USD To Increase Pakistan’s Agricultural Resilience

ISLAMABAD, Jul 17 (NNN-APP) – The World Bank, yesterday, approved 200 million U.S. dollars in financing, to increase Pakistan’s agricultural resilience and support the country’s eastern Punjab province in transforming the agricultural sector. “The agricultural sector in Punjab is central to Pakistan’s economy and food security, as it accounts for…