India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 10,340,469

NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,340,469 today, as 16,504 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry. According to the data, the death toll mounted to 149,649, as 214 patients died since yesterday morning.…

Sydney Records Zero Local COVID-19 Cases Despite Fears Over New Cluster

SYDNEY, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, officially recorded zero locally acquired cases of COVID-19 today, for the first time since Dec 15. Despite the promising figure, health officials remained on edge over a cluster developing in Sydney’s suburbs. Officials noted that overnight, two cases were linked to…

Eight People Die In South India’s Bus Accident

NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (NNN-PTI) – At least eight people died and more than 40 others injured, when the bus they were travelling in had an accident, in India’s southern state of Kerala, yesterday, a local policeman confirmed to the media. According to media reports, there were about 70 people…

Bushfires Threaten Lives, Homes In Western Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Several large bushfires threatened lives and homes, in the state of Western Australia (WA) today, with warnings issued for state capital, Perth. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) issued warnings for the Spectacles, Orelia, Medina, Naval Base, Postans, Kwinana Beach and Hope Valley.…

Turkish Forces Shell Strategic Town In North Syria: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Jan 4 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces and allied rebels yesterday renewed shelling on a Kurdish-controlled town in northern Syria, in a bid to advance in that strategic area, a war monitor reported. The shelling targeted the town of Ayn Issa in the northern province of Raqqa, as the Turkey-backed…

Death Toll In India’s Roof Collapse Rises To 23

NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in a roof collapse at a crematorium, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, rose to 23, and nearly 20 others were injured, some of them seriously, local police confirmed. The accident took place, when the roof of a recently constructed…

Militants Kill 11 Labourers In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 4 (NNN-APP) – Militants in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, killed 11 labourers of an ethnic minority, a spokesperson of the provincial government said, yesterday. The labourers, working with a private contractor on a project to extract coal from a mine in the district, were attacked in their camp,…

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia Agree To Hold More Talks On Nile Dam: Egyptian Foreign Ministry

CAIRO, Jan 4 (NNN-MENA) – Ministers of foreign affairs and irrigation of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, agreed to hold a week-long round of negotiations, to discuss the substantive aspects and controversial points over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Agreement for the new round of talks came, after the…

Iraqi Leaders Call For Withdrawal Of Foreign Forces From Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Iraqi leaders, yesterday called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, on the first anniversary of a U.S. drone strike that killed two senior commanders of Shiite militias. During a rally of thousands of supporters of Hashd Shaabi forces, at al-Tahrir Square in downtown…

Iraq’s Crude Exports Exceed 88 Million Barrels In Dec 2020

BAGHDAD, Jan 2 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s Ministry of Oil said, Iraq exported 88.21 million barrels of oil in Dec, 2020, bringing in revenues of more than 4.2 billion U.S. dollars. The average selling price in Dec, 2020, was 47.76 dollars per barrel, according to a ministry statement, citing statistics of…