Cambodia Arrests Five Suspected Drug Criminals, Seizing Over 156 Kg Of Drugs

PHNOM PENH, Jul 25 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Anti-Drug Department police, arrested six suspected drug traffickers, during a raid here, confiscating 156.3 kilograms of illicit drugs, the National Police reported yesterday. The suspects, four Vietnamese nationals and one Cambodian, were caught at a townhouse in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, on…

COVID-19 Vaccination For Children In India Likely To Start By Sept

NEW DELHI, Jul 25 (NNN-PTI) – Director of India’s premier health institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in New Delhi, Randeep Guleria, yesterday said, the country is likely to start vaccinating children by Sept. Guleria made the remarks, during an interview with a local television news channel NDTV, saying,…

Pakistan Records 2,819 New COVID-19 Cases

ISLAMABAD, Jul 25 (NNN-APP) – A total of 2,819 people were tested positive of COVID-19, over the last 24 hours, raising the country’s tally to 1,004,694, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), said today. Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has been the worst hit with 364,784 cases, followed by eastern…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 31,371,901

NEW DELHI, Jul 25 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,371,901 today, as 39,742 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 535 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday took the total death…

Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 19,000

DHAKA, Jul 25 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 6,780 new COVID-19 cases and 195 new deaths yesterday, making the tally at 1,153,344 and death toll at 19,046, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that, 20,827 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, as of…

Police Arrest 26 Suspects In Afghan Capital Kabul

KABUL, Jul 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Afghan National Police (ANP) operations team, has arrested 26 suspects in Kabul, within the past three days, the capital police confirmed yesterday. The suspects were involved in murder cases, armed robberies, possession of illegal weapons, sale of narcotics and other crimes, the police said,…

Afghan Gov’t Imposes Night Curfew Across Country To Curb Violence

KABUL, Jul 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Afghan government imposed a night curfew in 31 of the country’s 34 provinces, the interior ministry said yesterday. A night curfew has been imposed in 31 provinces across the country, except in Kabul, Panjshir and Nangarhar, to curb violence, and limit the Taliban movements,…

Malaysia Sees Fresh High Of 15,902 Daily COVID-19 Cases, 184 Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Malaysia reported 15,902 new COVID-19 infections, in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 996,393, the Health Ministry said yesterday. Health Ministry Director-General, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said in a press statement that, 26 of the new cases are imported…

Brunei Reports Eight New Imported COVID-19 Cases, 321 Cases In Total

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jul 25 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported eight new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the national tally to 321. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, two of the new cases arrived in the country from Indonesia via Singapore, on Jul 11, 2021, who had no signs of infection. The…

Five Cultural Sites In Saudi Arabia, Europe Inscribed On UNESCO’s World Heritage List

PARIS, Jul 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Five cultural sites in Saudi Arabia and Europe, have been inscribed on the world heritage list, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) announced yesterday. The decision was made during the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s 44th session, held online and chaired from Fuzhou,…