S.Korea Reports 1,433 More COVID-19 Cases, 274,415 In Total

SEOUL, Sept 13 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 1,433 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 274,415. The daily caseload was down from 1,755 in the previous day, but it hovered above 1,000 for 69 straight days. The…

Bangladesh’s Electricity Generation Capacity Exceeds 25,000 MW: PM

DHAKA, Sept 13 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s total installed electricity generation capacity has exceeded 25,000 megawatts (MW). Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, made the announcement yesterday, while inaugurating five new plants, which had a total of 779-MW electricity generation capacity. Hasina joined the opening ceremony virtually, from her official residence, Gonobhaban, in…

Afghanistan’s Hassan Akhund Meets Visiting Qatari FM On Ties, Humanitarian Aid

KABUL, Sept 13 (NNN-ANA) – The newly appointed Taliban government’s acting Prime Minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, met with visiting Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani yesterday, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported. During the meeting, held in Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace, the two sides discussed…

Turkey Reports 21,352 New COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Sept 13 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday confirmed 21,352 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,658,251, according to the health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 243 to 59,886, while 25,616 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. A total of…

Turkish Soldier Killed In Northern Iraq

ANKARA, Sept 13 (NNN-ANADOLU) – One Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded, in an attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Turkey’s defence ministry said yesterday. The PKK attacked a Turkish military vehicle, outside Turkey’s base in the “Operation Pence-Simsek” zone, the ministry said in a…

Three Soldiers Killed In Daesh Attacks In Eastern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 13 (NNN-NINA) – Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others wounded last night, in attacks by the militants of the extremist Daesh group, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a local security source said. The incident took place, when the Daesh militants sporadically opened fire on Iraqi…

Egypt Opens 33rd Edition Of Int’l Agricultural Expo For Africa, Mideast

CAIRO, Sept 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt opened yesterday, the 33rd edition of the Sahara expo, the International Agricultural Exhibition for Africa and the Middle East, at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre. Under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and Land Reclamation, the four-day expo is sponsored by a…

Cambodia, China Vow To Boost Cooperation In Trade, Regional Stability, Fighting COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Sept 13 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, agreed yesterday, to enhance cooperation in fighting COVID-19, boost bilateral trade and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability. When meeting with Wang in the Cambodian capital, Hun…

DPRK Test-Fires Newly-Developed Long-Range Cruise Missiles

PYONGYANG, Sept 13 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), successfully test-fired new type of long-range cruise missiles on Saturday and yesterday, it was reported today. The launched long-range cruise missiles travelled for 7,580 seconds along oval and pattern-8 flight orbits in the air, above the territorial land…

Israeli Fighter Jets Again Strike Hamas Facilities In Gaza

GAZA, Sept 12 (NNN-PNN) – Israeli fighter jets, early this morning, attacked military posts and facilities that belong to the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, but no injuries were reported, according to security sources. The sources said that, the Israeli fighter jets struck…