New Zealand Reported 4,924 Community Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Jul 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 4,924 community cases of COVID-19 today, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers in New Zealand now sits at 6,895. The ministry also reported 424 current hospitalisations, including seven cases in intensive care…

Pakistan To Switch State-Owned Buildings To Solar Energy

ISLAMABAD, Jul 3 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s task force on solar energy, decided to make all state-owned buildings in the capital, to switch to solar energy, Information Minister, Marriyum Aurangzeb, said. The task force reviewed various measures to increase solar energy production in the country, in a meeting, according to a…

Three Terrorists Killed In Military Operation In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jul 3 (NNN-APP) – Three terrorists were killed, as the Pakistani military conducted a clearance operation, in the country’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said, yesterday. The security forces conducted the intelligence-based operation, on reported presence of terrorists in the North Waziristan district of the province, the army’s…

Two Killed, Four Wounded In Daesh Bomb Attacks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jul 3 (NNN-NINA) – A soldier and a civilian were killed, and four other people were wounded yesterday, in two attacks by militants of the Daesh group, in northern and central Iraq, security sources said. In the northern province of Nineveh, a soldier was killed and two others wounded,…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah Flew Drones To Mediterranean Gas Field

BEIRUT, Jul 3 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah announced that, it launched yesterday, three unarmed drones, on a reconnaissance mission, towards the Karish gas field, in Eastern Mediterranean. Earlier in the day, the Israeli military said, it shot down three Hezbollah drones flying towards the Karish gas field. Israel has long claimed…

Afghan Jirga Called For National Support To Administration, Int’l Recognition

KABUL, Jul 3 (NNN-ANA) – The Jirga or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders, yesterday called for national support to the Taliban-run “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” and international recognition of the administration. “The establishment of Islamic system in Afghanistan, which is the outcome of more than four decades of…

UNDP Praised Cambodia For Appealing Donations For Landmine Clearance

PHNOM PENH, Jul 3 (NNN-AKP) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), yesterday, praised the Cambodian government, for appealing donations from the private sector and the Cambodian Red Cross to support landmine clearance. Donations from patriotic well-to-do Cambodians, for landmine clearance have poured in since Friday, at the appeal of…

Aussie Researchers Warn Of “Long COVID” Threat

SYDNEY, Jul 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – As COVID-19 restrictions gradually ease across Australia, health professionals expressed concern over a “very big wave” of people with long COVID. “We can ignore this problem simply, but even if you say that, five percent of Australians will have significant symptoms from long COVID. You’re…

Death Toll In India’s Massive Landslide Rises To 27

NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in the massive landslide in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur rose to 27 yesterday, state-run broadcaster, All India Radio, said. The landslide on Thursday hit Tupul yard railway construction camp in Noney district, where some Territorial Army (TA) men were guarding…

Five Killed, 49 Injured As Three Quakes Rocked Southern Iran

TEHRAN, Jul 3 (NNN-IRNA) – At least five people were killed and another 49 injured, as three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6, shook Iran’s southern Hormuzgan province, early yesterday, the Fars news agency quoted an emergency official as saying. The first 6.1-magnitude quake occurred at a depth of 10 km,…