Indian PM Urges People To Shed Vaccine Hesitancy, Not To Take Rumours

NEW DELHI, Jun 28 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, yesterday, encouraged people to overcome vaccine hesitancy and urged them not to believe in rumours, relating to the COVID-19 vaccine. “I urge you all – trust science. Trust our scientists. So many people have taken the vaccine. I have…

France’s Centre-Right Party Strengthened, Following Regional Elections

PARIS, Jun 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Centre-right “The Republicans” party (LR), becomes the leading political force in France, by winning largely in the runoff of regional elections yesterday, while President Emmanuel Macron’s “The Republic on the Move” (LREM) party, and the far-right “National Rally” (NR) party, failed to harvest any region.…

U.S. Strikes Facilities Used By Iran-Backed Militia In Iraq, Syria

WASHINGTON, Jun 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The U.S. military conducted airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region, the Pentagon said yesterday. “The U.S. strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities, at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which lie close…

Brunei Renames Monetary Authority Central Bank

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 28 (NNN-ANN) – Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD), the country’s de facto central bank, has been officially renamed Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB). According to the national broadcaster, Radio Television Brunei, yesterday, Brunei’s Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, decided to change the name of AMBD to BDCB.…

Seven Killed, Dozens Injured In Building Collapse After Explosion In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jun 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least seven people were killed and dozens of others injured, in the collapse of a commercial building, after a massive explosion, in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka yesterday. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner, Shafiqul Islam, told journalists that “seven people were killed in the…

Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Near 5.39 Million: Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA, Jun 28 (NNN-ENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 5,389,915, as of yesterday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union, said, the death toll from the pandemic…

Egyptian, Jordanian, Iraqi Leaders Meet In Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Jun 28 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, held a tripartite meeting with Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and Jordanian King, Abdullah II here yesterday, to enhance economic ties, security cooperation and regional stability. The meeting “is an important message to our people that we are mutually supportive and…

Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Plant To Restart Operation “Soon”: Atomic Chief

TEHRAN, Jun 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, said yesterrday that, the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which was shut down temporarily last week, will enter the circuit in the following days. “The temporary shut-down of the Bushehr nuclear power plant…

Palestine Calls For Int’l Sanctions Against Israel To Stop Anti-Palestinian Policies

RAMALLAH, Jun 27 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday called for imposing international sanctions against Israel, to stop its policies against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press statement that, it supports an Amnesty International report issued on Thursday…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 30,233,183

NEW DELHI, Jun 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,233,183 today, as 50,040 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the health ministry said. The death toll increased to 395,751, as 1,258 deaths were recorded since yesterday morning. There are still 586,403 active cases in the…