Landing Craft Capsizes In Strait Of Hormuz, Seven Missing: Media

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-ISNA) – A landing craft capsized in the Strait of Hormuz and seven people on board went missing. The vessel overturned, 25 miles (42.2 km) southeast of Iran’s Lark Island, in the Strait of Hormuz and efforts are underway to save the seven people, Esmail Makizadeh, deputy…

Update: 10 Climbers Killed In Iran After Heavy Snowfall

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The death toll of climbers rose to ten, after heavy snowfall in the northern heights of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Mehdi Valipour, head of the Red Crescent Rescue and Relief Organisation of Iran, announced. The search operation for other missing climbers is currently stopped, due…

Military Helicopter Crash In Pakistan Leaves Four Dead

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (NNN-APP) – A Pakistani army helicopter crashed in the country’s north Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region, leaving four people, including two pilots and two soldiers killed, an army statement said early today. The helicopter crashed yesterday, due to technical reasons, when it was evacuating body of a soldier…

Hamas Condemns “Damaging Children’s Hospital In Israeli Airstrikes” On Gaza

GAZA, Dec 27 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Hamas Movement condemned yesterday, Israeli aerial attacks, damaging a children’s hospital in Gaza city. Hazem Qassem, the spokesman of the Islamic movement that rules the besieged coastal enclave, said, the Israeli attack on Gaza “is a barbaric aggression.” “The airstrikes and bombings terrified…

Iran Reports 5,760 New COVID-19 Cases, 1,194,963 In Total

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Health Ministry reported 5,760 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,194,963. The pandemic so far claimed 54,574 lives, up by 134 in the past 24 hours, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education,…

Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Pass 2.62 Million As Death Toll Hits 61,954

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 27 (NNN-ENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent reached 2,623,086 as of Yesterday, as the death toll reached 61,954, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said. A total of 2,194,385 people have recovered across the continent, as of…

UK Records Another 34,693 COVID-19 Cases, 210 Deaths

LONDON, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Another 34,693 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 2,256,005, according to official figures released yesterday. Another 210 have died within 28 days of a positive test, bringing the total number of deaths to 70,405. The reporting…

Turkey’s Total COVID-19 Cases Hit 2,133,373; Oman To Begin Vaccination Campaign

CAIRO, Dec 27 (NNN-MENA) – Turkey’s health ministry reported 15,118 new cases on Saturday, bringing the tally in the country to 2,133,373. Meanwhile, Iran’s total cases increased to 1,194,963, with 5,760 new cases. The death toll in Turkey rose to 19,624 with 253 new deaths and total recoveries hit 1,994,034.…

Thousands Of Stranded Lorry Drivers Spent Boxing Day At Dover Border: UK Media

LONDON, Dec 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Thousands of stranded lorry drivers spent Boxing Day in their cabs, after almost a week of disruption, at the English Channel border, UK newspapers reported, yesterday. Around 3,000 hauliers were still waiting to cross into France from Kent, in South East England, on Christmas night,…

Two Killed, Eight Injured In Explosion Near Football Ground In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (NNN-APP) – Two people were killed and eight others injured, when a bomb went off, near a football ground in Panjgur district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province, yesterday. The explosion happened when boys of two teams and spectators were leaving the ground after a game, a spokesman,…