Iraq’s Intelligence Officer Assassinated In Baghdad: Source

BAGHDAD, Jun 8 (NNN-NINA) – Unidentified gunmen yesterday killed a senior officer of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a security source said. Nibras Farman, an INIS officer, was shot dead when gunmen opened fire on him, with their silenced weapons, in front of his…

Israeli Parliament To Vote On Approving New Gov’t By Jun 14

JERUSALEM, Jun 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israeli parliament will vote on approving a new government, that would oust Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, by Jun 14, parliament speaker announced yesterday. Parliament Speaker, Yariv Levin, a lawmaker with Netanyahu’s Likud party and his close associate, declined to set a specific date for the…

Trials Of Detained Myanmar President, State Counsellor To Begin Next Week

YANGON, Jun 8 (NNN-MNA) – The trials for Myanmar’s detained President, U Win Myint, and State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, will begin next week, Khin Maung Zaw, lawyer for the two leaders told reporters yesterday. “The cases of Aung San Suu Kyi were classified as simple cases at the…

Afghan Provinces Hit By Blackout After Power Pylon Destroyed: Official

KABUL, Jun 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghanistan’s Kabul province, where the country’s national capital city Kabul is located, and several other provinces were hit by blackout, as a power pylon was destroyed by an explosion last night, Breshna Sherkat, the national power company, confirmed today. The incident took place at 9:55…

Mongolia Bans Alcohol Sales During Presidential Election

ULAN BATOR, Jun 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sales of all types of alcoholic drinks will be forbidden across Mongolia for three days, starting today, due to the upcoming presidential election, local media reported, citing relevant laws. There will be a 72-hour full ban on the sale of alcohol from today to…

India’s COVID-19 Death Toll Crosses 350,000

NEW DELHI, Jun 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 350,000-mark, reaching 351,309 today, confirmed the country’s health ministry. As many as 2,123 people died due to the pandemic during the past 24 hours. Besides, as many as 86,498 new cases were registered since yesterday morning, taking the…

COVID-19 Cases Rise To 144,456 In Myanmar

YANGON, Jun 8 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar has risen to 144,456 yesterday, after 139 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports. Two new deaths were reported yesterday, bringing the death toll to…

Largest Dinosaur Skeletal Confirmed To Be New Species Discovered In Australia

SYDNEY, Jun 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian palaeontologists unveiled a new species of giant sauropod dinosaur, which is the largest skeletal remains of a dinosaur ever to be discovered in Australia. The new species, Australotitan cooperensis, “southern titan” was named after researchers found out it could be stomped into the record…

Eight Killed, Five Injured In Gas Cylinder Blast In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jun 8 (NNN-APP) – At least eight people were killed and five others injured last night, in a gas cylinder blast in Washuk district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, local media and an official said. Assistant Commissioner of Mashkel area, in the district, Hameed Hamza Bangulzai, told media that…

Lightning Strikes Kill 20 In India

NEW DELHI, Jun 8 (NNN-PTI) – At least 20 people were killed and three others injured, in lightning strikes yesterday, in different parts of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, officials said. The deaths were reported from three different districts of the state. “Nine persons were killed in Murshidabad,…