Myanmar Gov’t Declares One-Year State Of Emergency: President’s Office

YANGON, Feb 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Myanmar President’s Office declared a state of emergency, which will last for one year, after the military detained government leaders, including the state counsellor and the president today. The state power will be handed over to Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, Min Aung Hlaing,…

ADB Provides 25 Million USD To Help Philippines Purchase COVID-19 Vaccines

MANILA, Feb 1 (NNN-PNA) – Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today that, it has allocated 25 million U.S. dollars, to help the Philippine government purchase vaccines for COVID-19. The Manila-based bank said, the financing will come from the 125 million U.S. dollars Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit COVID-19…

Oman Reports 598 New COVID-19 Cases, 134,326 In Total

MUSCAT, Feb 1 (NNN-ONA) – The Omani health ministry, yesterday, announced 598 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Sultanate to 134,326. Meanwhile, 282 people newly recovered, taking the overall recoveries to 126,854, while two deaths were reported, pushing the death toll up to 1,529,…

Pakistani Navy To Host Multinational Maritime Exercise

ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (NNN-APP) – Over 40 countries are expected to participate in a multinational maritime exercise, to be hosted by the Pakistani Navy under the theme “Together for Peace,” a spokesperson of the navy said yesterday. The exercise is expected to commence from Feb 10, and the participating countries…

Tokyo Logs Nearly 40,000 COVID-19 Cases In Jan, Doubling From Previous Month

TOKYO, Feb 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s capital, Tokyo, logged nearly 40,000 new COVID-19 cases in Jan, marking a record that doubled the number of infections in the previous month, figures released by the metropolitan government showed. The data revealed significant increase in infections, before Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, declared…

Myanmar State Counsellor, President, Senior Officials Of Ruling NLD Detained By Military: Party’s Spokesperson

YANGON, Feb 1 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, President, U Win Myint, and other senior officials have been detained by the military early Monday (today), Dr. Myo Nyunt, spokesperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) told Xinhua. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s president and…

Iraq Reports 714 New COVID-19 Cases, 619,636 In Total

BAGHDAD, Feb 1 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported yesterday, 714 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally to 619,636. It also recorded six new deaths, raising the death toll to 13,047. And 1,272 cases recovered, bringing the total recoveries to 592,129. A total of 5,622,543 tests have been…

Palestinian Shot Dead After Trying To Stab Soldier: Israeli Army

JERUSALEM, Jan 31 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli troops today shot and killed a Palestinian man, after he attempted to stab a soldier, in a West Bank crossroad, the military said. The incident took place at the Gush Etzion Junction, a crossroad in a major settlement bloc, south of Jerusalem. An Israeli…

UK Police Probe Blaze In South-Eastern England

LONDON, Jan 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – British police launched an investigation into a fire, which broke out on Friday afternoon, at a barracks in Kent in south-eastern England, where the British government is holding hundreds of asylum seekers, local media reported yesterday. Asylum seekers have been temporarily moved from the barracks,…

Brazil Sees 1,279 New COVID-19 Deaths

SAO PAULO, Jan 31 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil reported 1,279 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its death toll to 223,945, the Health Ministry said. Meanwhile, 58,462 new cases of COVID-19 were detected, bringing its nationwide tally to 9,176,975. The state of Sao Paulo, the most populated in…