Policeman Guarding Anti-Polio Workers Killed In Firing In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (NNN-APP) – A policeman was killed in firing by unknown gunmen, in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, yesterday, according to police officials. Unknown miscreants riding on a motorcycle, shot dead the police officer, assigned to guard polio vaccination workers in the Kot Attal Sharif area of…

Road Accident Kills Three In Southwest Nigeria

LAGOS, Aug 3 (NNN-NAN) – Three people were killed in a road accident in Nigeria’s southwestern State of Ogun, yesterday. Opeoluwa Adekoya, Ijebu Ode divisional commander of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, told reporters at the scene that, a truck loaded with granite lost control, due to over-speeding in the…

Rwanda Raises 620 Million USD Through Issuance Of 10-Year Eurobond

KIGALI, Aug 3 (NNN-IRIN) – Rwanda raised 620 million U.S. dollars, through the issuance of a 10-year Eurobond, authorities said in a statement, released yesterday. The bond was oversubscribed with orders of 1.6 billion dollars, said the statement, released by Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. “Rwanda has a…

Crocodile Number Slowly Creeps Up In Aussie State

SYDNEY, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Crocodiles, which had been hunted to near extinction, in the Australian state of Queensland, decades ago, have slowly re-established their populations, according to environmental scientists. Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Wildlife programme coordinator, Matt Brien, who led an extensive three-year study into the ancient…

U.S. Orders 24 Russian Diplomats To Leave By Sept 3: Russian Ambassador

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (NNN-TASS) – Russian ambassador to the U.S. said, Washington had asked 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by Sept 3, due to visa expiration. “We received a list of twenty-four diplomats who are expected to leave the country before Sept 3,” Russian Ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, said.…

COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 10,000 In Myanmar

YANGON, Aug 3 (NNN-MNA) – The death toll of COVID-19 has reached 10,061 in Myanmar, after 330 more deaths were reported yesterday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. A total of 3,689 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally in the…

Mask Mandate Reinstated In U.S. Louisiana As COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalisation Surge

HOUSTON, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. Louisiana Governor, John Bel Edwards, yesterday, reinstated statewide indoor mask mandate, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations continued to surge. According to the mandate, which will be effective from Aug 4 (tomorrow) until at least Sept 1, all people aged five and older mush wear…

Libya, Italy To Enhance Bilateral Ties In Various Fields

TRIPOLI, Aug 3 (NNN-IRIN) – Libya’s President of the Presidency Council, Mohamed Menfi, yesterday, stressed the importance of the partnership with Italy, and the enhancement of bilateral relations in the fields of investment, trade and economy. Menfi made his remarks, during a meeting with visiting Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di…

Tunisian President Sacks Two More Ministers

TUNIS, Aug 3 (NNN-TAP) – Tunisian President, Kais Saied, dismissed two more ministers in the government of Hichem Mechichi, who was removed from the post of prime minister on July 25, the Tunisian presidency said, yesterday. According to a presidency statement, Saied removed Ali Kooli, Minister of Economy, Finance and…

Peacekeeping Force In Afghanistan Not On Radar Screen Of Security Council: Indian UN Ambassador

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Security Council is not considering a peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, although the situation in the country is a matter of grave concern, in light of the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces, said T.S. Tirumurti, the Indian UN ambassador, whose country holds the Security…