India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 33,953,475

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,953,475 today, as 18,166 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. The number of new cases recorded in a day are the lowest in the past 214…

AUKUS Deal To Seriously Affect Regional Peace, Stability, Security: Scholar

PHNOM PENH, Oct 10 (NNN-AKP) – The military pact among the U.S., Britain and Australia, known as AUKUS, will seriously affect regional peace, stability and security, and it can trigger nuclear competition in the region, a Cambodian scholar warned. The deal, which will enable Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines, with…

COP15 Media Centre Opens In Kunming

KUNMING, Oct 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The media centre for the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) opened yesterday. Located at the Kunming Dianchi International Convention & Exhibition Centre, in Kunming, Yunnan Province in south-west China, the media centre opens…

Singapore Reports 3,703 New COVID-19 Cases, To Offer Booster Vaccinations To Eligible People

SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 3,703 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, hitting a new record high and bringing the total tally in the country to 124,157. It is the fifth consecutive day when the daily new cases surpass 3,000 in the city-state. Of the new cases, 2,868 were…

Myanmar Seizes Firearms, Ammunition In Central Region

YANGON, Oct 10 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized a large amount of firearms and ammunition, in Mandalay region, the Information Ministry said in a statement, yesterday. The seizure was made by security force members, in Amarapura township, on Oct 5. A total of 200 assault rifles, 20 machine guns, 32,640…

Six Die In Bolivian Air Force Plane Crash

LA PAZ, Oct 10 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Six people died yesterday, including four officials from the Bolivian Ministry of Health, after a Bolivian Air Force plane crashed, in the Amazon area of Agua Dulce in the Pando department, local police said. Colonel Luis Cuevas, deputy commander of the Bolivian Police,…

Iran’s First President Banisadr Dies At 88

TEHRAN, Oct 10 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s first President, Abolhassan Banisadr, died yesterday, at the age of 88, according to Iranian state media. After the 1979 revolution in Iran, Banisadr, a politician and economist, was elected as the country’s first president, on Jan 25, 1980. The 1979 revolution transformed the U.S.-backed…

Iran’s FM Visits Syria For “Comprehensive Developments” In Relations

DAMASCUS, Oct 10 (NNN-SANA) – The visiting Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus yesterday, to talk about “comprehensive developments” in relations between his country and Syria. Speaking jointly with Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, to reporters upon arrival, Abdullahian said that, over the past…

At Least Five Died After Boat Capsizes In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Oct 10 (NNN-BSS) – At least five bodies were recovered, after a boat capsized in the Turag river in Savar, on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, yesterday. Khaleda Yasmin, a duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters, said that, the bodies of three boys,…

Four Killed After Small Plane Crashed Near U.S. City Of Atlanta

WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – All four people aboard were killed Friday afternoon, after a small plane crashed and burst into flames, near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. media reported, citing authorities. Multiple media outlets cited the Federal Aviation Administration as saying that, the single-engine Cessna 210 crashed about 1:10 p.m., soon…