Indonesia Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Spike Since Late Jan

JAKARTA, Jun 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia yesterday recorded 12,624 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike, since Jan 30, bringing the total tally to 1,950,276, the Health Ministry said. The COVID-19 related death toll added by 277, to 53,753, the ministry reported. Additional…

Israel To Sell Germany 69 Radar Systems In 36-Million-Euro Deal

JERUSALEM, Jun 18 (NNN-PNN) – The state-owned company, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), yesterday announced, it will manufacture and deliver 69 tactical mobile radar systems to the German Land Forces, in a deal valued at 36 million euros. The systems are IAI’s WatchGuard, the fifth generation of motion-detection tactical ground surveillance…

Turkey Agrees To Secure Kabul Airport, S-400 Issue Remains Unresolved: Senior U.S. Official

WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, agreed earlier this week that Turkey would play a leading role in securing Kabul airport, but the two sides remain divided over the issue of the S-400 air defence systems, National Security Adviser, Jake…

DPRK Leader Says Pyongyang Should Prepare For Dialogue, Confrontation With U.S.

PYONGYANG, Jun 18 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said here yesterday that, his country should get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States, especially for confrontation, to protect DPRK’s dignity and interests for independent development, it was…

Yemen’s Houthi Militia Launches Drone Attack At Saudi Airport

SANAA, Jun 18 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia said, they launched two bomb-laden drones towards the Saudi international airport of Abha, at noon yesterday. “The armed drones hit military targets inside the airport,” Houthi military spokesman, Yehya Sarea, said in a statement, aired by the rebel-run al-Masirah TV. Meanwhile, Saudi-owned…

UAE Delivers 60,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Yemen’s Strategic Island: Gov’t Source

ADEN, Jun 18 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday, dispatched a plane, carrying a shipment of 60,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, to war-ravaged Yemen, a government official said. The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), the UAE’s humanitarian arm, delivered the first medical aid shipment to Yemen’s strategic Island of Socotra,…

Militants Battered In Northern, Western Afghanistan As Over 100 Killed In Three Days

KABUL, Jun 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fighting intensified in the northern Faryab and the western Herat and neighbouring Farah provinces of Afghanistan, as more than 100 Taliban fighters have been killed over the past three days, officials said yesterday. Taliban militants, since the withdrawal of the U.S.-led forces on May 1,…

A Soldier Killed In Terrorist Attack In SW Pakistan: Army

ISLAMABAD, Jun 18 (NNN-APP) – A soldier was killed when terrorists attacked military troops, deployed at security duties near an airport in Turbat area of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, an army statement said. Other details of the attack yesterday, as well as, identities or affiliations of the terrorists were not…

India Records 67,208 New COVID-19 Cases, Tally Rises To 29,700,313

NEW DELHI, Jun 17 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 29,700,313 today, with 67,208 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry. Meanwhile, 2,330 more patients died since yesterday morning, taking the death toll to 381,903. This was the 10th consecutive day when less…

Iran Reports 10,487 New COVID-19 Cases, 3,060,135 In Total

TEHRAN, Jun 17 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday reported 10,487 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 3,060,135. The pandemic has so far claimed 82,480 lives in Iran, up by 129 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said. A total of 2,696,434…