Yemenis Struggle To Survive By Selling “Natural Toothbrushes”

HAJJAH, Yemen, Jul 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – In Yemen, Salvadora Persica, otherwise known as the toothbrush tree, spreads along the Red Sea’s hot and dry coastal plain, where many people use its roots to clean teeth, and thousands of families have tried to sell them as a source of income, even…

New Zealand Reports Seven New Cases Of COVID-19 In Managed Isolation

WELLINGTON, Jul 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported seven new cases of COVID-19 in two days, all recent returnees in managed isolation facilities, said the Ministry of Health in a statement today. There was no case in the wider New Zealand community, said the ministry. The number of active cases…

Iranian President Demands U.S. Apology For Downing Iranian Airliner In 1988

TEHRAN, Jul 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, criticised, yesterday, the lack of apology from the U.S. government, for more than three decades, for downing an Iranian airliner in 1988. “The U.S. government has to know that it committed a very big crime in the Gulf, in 1988,” Rouhani…

Palestine Extends State Of Emergency Against COVID-19 Delta Variant

RAMALLAH, Jul 4 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday extended its state of emergency, to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant in the Palestinian territories. The extension came, after the Palestinian health ministry recorded, last week, 22 new cases of the Delta variant. Yesterday, the ministry reported 83 new COVID-19…

Afghanistan Reports 1,272 New COVID-19 Cases

KABUL, Jul 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry, has registered 1,272 new COVID-19 cases, over the past 24 hours, taking the number of patients infected with the disease to 124,757, in the country. The pandemic has so far claimed 5,199 lives in Afghanistan, including 92 deaths in the past…

Bangladesh Records 6,214 New COVID-19 Cases, 134 More Deaths

DHAKA, Jul 4 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 6,214 new COVID-19 cases and 134 new deaths yesterday, taking the tally to 936,256, and death toll to 14,912, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that 22,687 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, as of…

Four China-Europe Freight Trains Set Off From China Simultaneously

GUANGDONG, Jul 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four China-Europe freight trains, packed with containers of goods, set off from China’s Guangdong and Hunan, simultaneously, for central Asia and Europe. The four trains, loaded with 200 containers of goods, are headed to Germany, Russia and Belarus. They are expected to arrive in about…

Feature: Turkey Passes New Law To Protect Animals

ISTANBUL, Jul 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey will no longer classify animals as commodities, under a highly anticipated animal-rights bill, presented to parliament after years of efforts from activists and people involved in animal welfare. The bill, submitted on Wednesday, by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected to…

Two Dead, 20 Missing In Massive Mudslide In Central Japan

TOKYO, Jul 4 (NNN-NHK) – Two people were dead and about 20 others remained missing yesterday, following a massive mudslide, triggered by torrential rain in central Japan, local authorities said. The disaster occurred at about 10:30 a.m. local time yesterday in Atami city in Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, as…

Russian Defence Ministry: Al-Nusra Terrorists With Help Of “White Helmets” Fabricate Chemical Attack In Idleb

MOSCOW, Jul 3 (NNN-SANA) – Russian Defence Ministry, said that, the terrorist organisation of Jabhat al-Nusra, with the help of “White Helmets” terrorists, prepare to fabricate a chemical attack in Idleb. Deputy Head of the Russian Coordination Centre in Hmeimim, General Vadim Kolit, said in a press statement that, information…