Seven Chinese Films To Be Screened As Second Chinese Film Week Opens In Iran

TEHRAN, Oct 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Seven excellent Chinese films will be screened in Iran, as the 2nd Chinese Cinema at a Glance event, opened in Iran’s capital Tehran on Saturday night. The event, jointly organised by the Chinese Embassy and the Art and Experience Institute of Iranians Cinema, is scheduled…

Myanmar Reports Over 1,000 New COVID-19 Cases

YANGON, Oct 18 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar has increased to 487,853 yesterday, after 1,002 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. The release said, 30 new deaths were recorded, bringing the death toll to…

26 Dead, Many Missing After Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc In India’s Kerala

NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (NNN-PTI) – At least 26 people were killed and many others reported missing, after heavy rains wreaked havoc in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said. The rains triggered waterlogging, flooding and landslides in several areas of the state. Authorities asked India’s National Disaster Rescue…

Daesh Group Claims Mosque Explosions In Afghanistan As Death Toll Soars To 47

KANDAHAR, Oct 18 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from Friday’s suicide explosions inside a mosque in Kandahar city, capital of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, has risen to 47, while 90 others were wounded, a local official confirmed on Saturday. Haifz Sayyed, from the Cultural and Information Directorate of the local…

Cambodia shortens quarantine time for fully vaccinated inbound travellers

PHNOM PENH, Oct 18 (NNN-AKP) – The Cambodian government decided to reduce the quarantine period, for fully vaccinated inbound travellers, after the majority of its population were vaccinated against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. Foreign investors, technical experts, diplomats, and cooperation project managers and coordinators,…

Turkey Reports 24,114 Daily COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Oct 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday confirmed 24,114 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 7,654,277, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 186 to 67,623, while 24,403 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. A total of…

Palestine Condemns The Building Of New Israeli Settlement In The West Bank

RAMALLAH, Oct 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday condemned the construction of a new Israeli settlement, on a Palestinian-owned land, south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Establishing a new settlement “undermines the chances for making peace, based on the vision of the two-state solution,” the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign…

Iranian Navy Repels Pirate Attack On Trade Convoy In Gulf Of Aden

TEHRAN, Oct 17 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian commandos, repelled a pirate attack on an Iranian trade convoy, in the Gulf of Aden, the commander of the Iranian Navy said, yesterday. Shahram Irani told reporters that, commandos of the fleet, consisting of the Alborz destroyer, took timely action, when two Iranian tankers…

Iraq’s Electoral Commission Announces Full Results Of Parliamentary Polls

BAGHDAD, Oct 17 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), yesterday announced the full results of the country’s snap parliamentary elections, showing prominent Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr’s party taking the lead. Judge Jalil Adnan Khalaf, chairman of the Board of Commissioners at IHEC, announced the results at a…

Australia Orders Two More COVID-19 Treatments, Amid Battle Against Third Wave

CANBERRA, Oct 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government secured access to two new COVID-19 treatments, as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections. Health Minister, Greg Hunt, today announced, the government has purchased 15,000 doses of the antibody-based therapy, Ronapreve, which can be administered intravenously for COVID-19…