India Reports 2,593 New Covid-19 Cases, Total Rises To 43,057,545

NEW DELHI, Apr 24 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,057,545 today, after 2,593 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. This is the fifth consecutive day when the number of daily new cases has surpassed the…

Al-Qaeda Commander Killed In Operation In SE Yemen

ADEN, Apr 24 (NNN-YPA) – A senior commander of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch was killed yesterday, in a shootout with local security forces, in Yemen’s south-eastern province of Hadramout, a security official said. The gun battle took place in the Sudaf area of Hadramout, when a unit of local security…

Update: Lebanon’s Army Rescues 30 People Off Sinking Boat, Recovers Two Bodies

BEIRUT, Apr 24 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese army yesterday rescued 30 out of 60 people who were on board a boat, that sank in the waters off Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli, a Lebanese security source said. The army also recovered the bodies of a woman and a child, the…

Vietnam Reports 10,365 New COVID-19 Cases

HANOI, Apr 24 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 10,365 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, down 795 from Friday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, which were recorded in 59 provinces and cities, were all domestically transmitted. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the pandemic hotspot with 978 new cases yesterday,…

Afghan Forces Set Free Child From Kidnappers After Two Years In Captivity

KABUL, Apr 24 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan security forces set free an 11-year-old child, Abdul Raof Jan, from kidnappers’ clutch and facilitated him to reunite with his family, in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday. Announcing the child’s release, Deputy Prime Minister, Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, told an audience that “criminal elements were…

Sri Lanka Looks For Foreign Investors To Stabilise Rupee

COLOMBO, Apr 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka is looking for investors that can bring in more than two billion U.S. dollars into the central bank, Finance Minister, Ali Sabry said, in an address to the press from Washington via video link. Sabry said that, the next few months will be…

Tourist Boat With 26 Aboard Reportedly Flooded With Water Off Japan’s Hokkaido

TOKYO, Apr 24 (NNN-NHK) – A tourist boat with 26 crew and passengers aboard reported it was flooded with water, off eastern Hokkaido in north Japan yesterday afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said. Twenty-four passengers are aboard the boat “KAZU I” along with two crew members, and the passengers…

Israel’s Bennett Speaks To UN Chief On Israeli-Palestinian Tensions

JERUSALEM, Apr 24 (NNN-PNA) – Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, yesterday held a phone conversation with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on the recent development of Israeli-Palestinian tensions, the prime minister’s office said. Bennett told the UN chief that, Israel is “the stabilising force” in the conflicts. “If we…

Boat Carrying 60 People Sinks Off Lebanon’s Tripoli

BEIRUT, Apr 24 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) announced in a tweet last night that, a boat carrying 60 people has capsized in the waters off the northern city of Tripoli. The organisation said, it has sent seven ambulances to the port of Tripoli, to help in the…

Turkey “Neutralises” 50 YPG Members In Syria: Ministry

ANKARA, Apr 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish military yesterday launched an operation against Syria’s Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), in northern Syria, in response to the killing of a Turkish police officer, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said in a statement. At least 50 YPG members were “neutralised” in the ongoing operations in…