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…

Pakistan Records 720 New COVID-19 Cases

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan recorded 720 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today. The NCOC, a department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic, said, the country’s number of overall confirmed cases has risen to 1,264,384. Over the past…

Vietnam Reports 3,221 New COVID-19 Cases, 860,860 In Total

HANOI, Oct 17 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 3,221 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 3,211 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 790 in Ho Chi Minh City, 397 in Dong Nai province, and 385 in…