Air India Completes Fuel Control Switch Inspections, Reports No Faults

NEW DELHI, Jul 23 (NNN-PTI) – Air India announced the completion of precautionary inspections of the Fuel Control Switch (FCS) locking mechanisms, across its Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Boeing 737 aircraft, finding no issues. This follows a directive from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), issued on Jul 14,…

Afghan Forces Foiled Attempts To Smuggle Drugs In Southern Province

KABUL, Jul 23 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan national army, thwarted attempts to smuggle drugs, and detained three alleged drug smugglers, in the southern Afghanistan Helmand province, said an army spokesman in the region, Jawed Agha, yesterday. The contraband, which included 730 kg of opium poppy and was placed in the cavities…

Iranian FM Says Tehran Cannot Give Up Nuclear Enrichment

WASHINGTON, Jul 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran “cannot give up” its nuclear enrichment programme, which suffered major damage in recent U.S. airstrikes, Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi told U.S. media, yesterday. “Our facilities have been … seriously damaged. The extent of which is now under evaluation by our atomic energy…

Typhoon Wipha Causes Heavy Rains, Power Outages After Landfall In Vietnam

HANOI, Jul 22 (NNN-VNA) – Typhoon Wipha made landfall in northern Vietnam, this morning, bringing torrential rains, power outages, and infrastructure damage. The typhoon struck coastal areas between Hung Yen and Ninh Binh provinces, sustaining maximum winds of 88 km per hour, equivalent to level 8-9 on the Beaufort scale,…

Afghan Central Bank Incinerates Over One Billion Afghani In Worn-Out Banknotes

KABUL, Jul 22 (NNN-BNA) – Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan’s central bank, announced today that, it has collected a total of 1.009 billion afghani (over 14.6 million U.S. dollars) of worn-out banknotes and incinerated them in the capital, Kabul. The worn-out currency was gathered from the central, south-eastern, and eastern regions…

Philippines Braces For More Rains, Severe Flooding

MANILA, Jul 22 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines has been bracing for heavy rainfall, as two low-pressure areas may develop into tropical depressions within the next 24 hours, the state-run weather bureau, PAGASA, said today. It warned that, the prevailing south-west monsoon will continue to bring torrential rains and thunderstorms to…

PM Albanese Officially Opens 48th Session Of Australia’s Federal Parliament

CANBERRA, Jul 22 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s 48th federal parliament has officially been opened by Prime Minister (PM), Anthony Albanese, following May’s general election. Albanese, this morning, opened the 48th session of the federal legislature during a ceremony, in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra. The commencement of parliament…

Man Hospitalised Following Violent Sydney Home Invasion

SYDNEY, Jul 22 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been hospitalised, after being attacked during a violent home invasion in western Sydney. Emergency services were called to reports of a break-in, at the home in the suburb of Merrylands, 20 km west of central Sydney, around 1:45 a.m. local time today.…

New Zealand Launches Medical School To Strengthen Healthcare

WELLINGTON, Jul 22 (NNN-RNZ) – The New Zealand government has approved the establishment of a new medical school. The inauguration of the country’s third medical school, set to open in 2028, at the University of Waikato, in the North Island, was announced yesterday. New Zealand’s current two medical schools are…

Indonesia’s Oil Output Below Target, Gas Production Surpasses Expectations

JAKARTA, Jul 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s oil lifting (post-sale production), in the first half of this year reached 578,000 barrels per day (bpd), falling short of the state budget target of 605,000 bpd, according to Djoko Siswanto, head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force, yesterday. In contrast,…