Vietnam Reports 3,168 New COVID-19 Cases, 867,221 In Total

HANOI, Oct 19 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 3,168 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 3,159 locally transmitted and nine imported, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 968 in Ho Chi Minh City, 439 in Binh Duong province, and 393…

Trains Obstructed In North India Due To Farmers Protest

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (NNN-PTI) – The movement of many trains was affected in some places in northern India yesterday, by thousands of protesting farmers. According to media reports, several groups of farmers blocked train tracks, in areas in the northern states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. The protesters demanded…

Brunei Reports 187 New Local COVID-19 Cases, 11,047 Cases In Total

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 19 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 187 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 11,047. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, all the newly recorded cases were local infections. While the source of 154 local infections was still under investigation, one new cluster…

Jordan’s Economy Shows Robust Recovery

AMMAN, Oct 19 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s economy has been witnessing obvious growth, following the reopening of all economic sectors and improvement in the country’s macroeconomic indicators, since the beginning of 2021, according to experts. Like other economies worldwide, Jordan suffered heavy economic losses since the outbreak of the pandemic, due…

Iran To Host Ministerial Meeting On Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Oct 19 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran will host a ministerial meeting on Oct 27, about Afghanistan’s political situation, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, announced yesterday. “Next Wednesday in Tehran, we will gather foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries,” Khatibzadeh said, during his press briefing. The agenda of the one-day…

Egyptian President, German Chancellor Discuss Regional Issues, Bilateral Ties

CAIRO, Oct 19 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, discussed yesterday, a number of regional issues of mutual interest, as well as bilateral relations. During a videoconference call, Sisi and Merkel tackled the latest developments in Libya, stressing the need to continue intensive consultations between…

Fires Cause Deaths, Casualties In Pakistan

KARACHI, Oct 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – All seven members of a family were killed, in a house fire, and a policeman was injured in a factory fire in Pakistan on Sunday. The family, including women and children, were killed in a house fire that broke out in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province,…

Issuance Of e-ID Card Resumes In Afghanistan’s Kabul

KABUL, Oct 19 (NNN-ANA) – Authorities in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, have resumed the electronic national identity card issuance service, the local television channel, Tolonews reported. The service was resumed Saturday, after two months of a halt, and in the first phase, 80,000 e-ID cards will be issued, the report…

Pakistani Rupee Down To All-Time Low Against U.S. Dollar

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (NNN-PPI) – Devaluation of the Pakistani rupee against the U.S. dollar continued, as the greenback touched a historic high of 173.2 rupees in interbank trading yesterday. The U.S. dollar closed at 171.18 rupees on Friday, and yesterday opened higher at 173.2 rupees, after the local currency nose-dived…

Soldier Killed In Military Post Attack In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (NNN-APP) – A soldier was killed, as terrorists attacked a military check post, in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a Pakistani army statement said yesterday. The terrorists opened fire at the post, located in the Spinwam area of North Waziristan district of the province, the military’s media…