Philippines To Draw On Libya’s Experience To Fight Daesh

TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (NNN-PNA) – Charge d’Affaires of the Philippines to Libya, Elmer G. Cato, yesterday expressed his country’s desire, to draw on Libya’s experience in the fight against the Daesh terrorists. Cato made the remarks during a meeting with the UN-backed Libyan government’s Defence Minister, Salah Addin Al-Namroush, according…

Three Missing, 20 Wounded As Floods Hit Indonesian Capital

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, and its surrounding areas, leaving three people missing and 20 others injured, a disaster agency official said today. Torrential rains since yesterday triggered a river to overflow and submerged surrounding areas in the capital, which has recently…

COVID-19 Death Toll Touches 100 Mark In Myanmar

YANGON, Sept 22 (NNN-MNA) – The COVID-19 deaths touched the 100 mark in Myanmar with two new deaths, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry today. The release said, 320 more infection cases were also reported this morning, bringing the total number of cases in the country…

Australian Medical Expert Warns Against “Complacency” As COVID-19 Cases Continue To Fall

CANBERRA, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Nick Coatsworth, welcomed the decline in COVID-19 cases, but warned against complacency. He said, he was concerned that testing rates would decline as the second wave of COVID-19 infections subsides in Victoria, the hardest-hit state by the COVID-19 pandemic…

Pilot Killed After Trainer Aircraft Crashes In India’s Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (NNN-PTI) – A pilot was killed yesterday, after his trainer aircraft crashed, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said. The aircraft crashed near Kushwapurawa village, in Azamgarh district, about 260 km east of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. “A four-seater training…

Egyptian President, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Discuss Regional Developments

CAIRO, Sept 22 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussed yesterday, a number of regional issues. During a phone conversation, Sisi and Al Nahyan exchanged views on the recent developments in regional and international issues of common interest, Egyptian…

Palestine Says U.S. Preventing Arab States From Supporting PA

RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday, accused the U.S. administration of preventing Arab states from supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA), to force it to barter its national rights for money. During the weekly meeting of the PA cabinet, Ishtaye said, “U.S. President, Donald Trump, cut…

Bangladeshi PM: Second Wave Of Covid-19 May Strike This Oct-Nov

DHAKA, Sept 22 (NNN-BSS) – Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, said, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic may begin in late Oct or early Nov. Thus, all concerned need to be prepared to tackle the outbreak, by using the experience gathered till now in the fight against the virus, added…

Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 350,621, Death Toll Reaches 4,979

DHAKA, Sept 22 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 1,705 new COVID-19 cases and 40 new deaths yesterday, bringing the total cases in the country to 350,621, and the total deaths to 4,979, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that 13,053 samples were tested in the…

Five Pro-Gov’t Fighters Killed In Explosion In East Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 21 (NNN-SANA) – Five pro-government fighters were killed in a blast, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour in Syria, a war monitor reported. The five fighters were killed by a landmine explosion, that targeted their vehicle a day earlier, in a desert region in the western countryside…