Nepali PM Reshuffles Cabinet After Taking In Other Party Members

KATHMANDU, Jun 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepali Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, reshuffled his cabinet last night, after offering 10 ministerial posts to a faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP). The JSP faction, led by Chairman, Mahantha Thakur, agreed to join the cabinet, after the Oli government released its 430…

Iran’s Top Leader Urges Citizens To Participate In Presidential Election

TEHRAN, Jun 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday urged Iranians, to participate in the upcoming presidential election and make the right choices to solve the country’s problems. Khamenei made the remarks in a televised speech, on the death anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder…

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Longest-Serving Leader To Be Ousted As PM; Rivals To Form Govt

TEL AVIV, Jun 4 (NNN-ANI) – Israel’s opposition parties have reached an agreement to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been the longest-serving leader of the nation, after staying in power for 12 years. This comes following the emergence of a coalition deal between centrist Yair Lapid and the…

Mongolia Records Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll

ULAN BATOR, Jun 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Mongolia reported 13 more COVID-19 deaths over the past 24 hours, a record daily count, since the start of the pandemic, raising nationwide death toll to 315, the health ministry said today. Meanwhile, the total number of the country’s COVID-19 cases rose to 62,585…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 28,574,350

NEW DELHI, Jun 4 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 28,574,350 today, with 132,364 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry. Besides, 2,713 deaths were reported since Wednesday morning, taking the death toll to 340,702. There are still 1,635,993 active cases in the…

Myanmar, ICRC Discuss Matters On Progress Of Jointly-Operated Humanitarian Activities

YANGON, Jun 4 (NNN-MNA) – Chairman of Myanmar’s State Administration Council and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Min Aung Hlaing, met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer yesterday, state-run media reported today. Matters on the progress of humanitarian activities being jointly operated by the…

Bangladesh Unveils Record High Budget, Eyes Growth Momentum Amid Pandemic

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jun 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Bangladesh yesterday announced its biggest ever national budget, as the country seeks to continue the growth momentum, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bangladeshi government unveiled a record 6.04 trillion-taka (nearly 72 billion U.S. dollars) national budget, for the 2021-22 fiscal year, starting in…

Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 470,000

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 4 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil registered 1,682 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 469,388, the health ministry said yesterday. A total of 83,391 new infections were detected, raising the caseload to 16,803,472, the ministry said. Brazil has the world’s…

Next Round Of Vienna Nuke Deal Talks Could Be Conclusive: Iran’s Top Negotiator

TEHRAN, Jun 4 (NNN-IRNA) – The next round of talks in Vienna, to revive the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, could be conclusive and lead to an agreement, the head of Iran’s negotiating team, Abbas Araqchi, said yesterday. “Today (yesterday), after almost 10 days of intensive work, we have reached a…

Gaza Stops Importing Israeli Fruits, After Vegetables Export Ban

GAZA, Jun 4 (NNN-WAFA) – The Hamas-run ministry of agriculture in Gaza, announced yesterday that, it had stopped importing Israeli fruits, after Israel banned the export of vegetables from Gaza to the West Bank and abroad. “Israel banned the export of 15 different kinds of agricultural products, mainly tomatoes and…