Japan Reports 601 New Cases Of COVID-19, 78,782 In Total

TOKYO, Sept 20 (NNN-NHK) – Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 601 to 78,782, as of Saturday evening, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities. The death toll from the pneumonia-causing virus currently stands at 1,514, with two new fatalities announced yesterday. The death…

Over 30 Militants Killed In Airstrikes In Northern Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 30 Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded, after the Afghan Air Force targeted Taliban assailants, the Afghan Defence Ministry confirmed late yesterday. The airstrike came, after Taliban assailants attacked security checkpoints in northern Kunduz province, early in the day. The ministry…

Teenage Girl Killed, 25 Civilians Wounded In Explosions In Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A teenage girl was killed and 25 civilians wounded, in two bomb explosions in Afghanistan yesterday, provincial officials confirmed. In northern Balkh province, the girl was killed and five people, including two children, were wounded after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted on the side…

Kenyan Police Arrest 12 Somali Nationals In Border Region

GARISSA, Sept 20 (NNN-KBC) – Kenyan police, yesterday, arrested 12 people from neighbouring Somalia without valid identification documents, along the common border. Garissa divisional police commander, Joseph Muriuki, said, the suspects were being ferried in a Garissa county government vehicle, but had the government of Kenya number plates. Muriuki said,…

Morocco Reports 2,552 New COVID-19 Cases, 40 More Deaths

RABAT, Sept 20 (NNN-MAP) – Morocco yesterday reported 2,552 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 99,816. The death toll rose by 40 to 1,795, while 274 patients are in intensive care units, said the Moroccan Ministry of Health, in a press release. The…

Libya Reports 796 New COVID-19 Cases

TRIPOLI, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The National Centre for Disease Control of Libya, yesterday reported 796 new COVID-19 cases, as the total confirmed cases in the country exceeded 27,000. The centre said in a statement that, it received a total of 3,318 suspected samples, of which 796 were tested positive,…

14 Bodies Recovered After Bus Plunges Into River In Nigeria

ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-NAMPA) – A total of 14 bodies have been recovered so far, after a passenger bus fell into a river in the Ivo district of Ebonyi state, in Nigeria’s southeast region, a police officer said yesterday. The accident involved a bus carrying members of a church, returning…

Palestinian Dies During West Bank Clashes With Israeli Soldiers: Medics

RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian dentist died yesterday, during clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics and official Palestinian media said. The official Palestinian Television reported that, doctor Nidal Jabarin, a Palestinian dentist in his early fifties, died of…

Roadside Bomb Hits U.S.-Led Coalition Convoy In North Of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (NNN-NINA) – A roadside bomb exploded on Friday, near a convoy of trucks, carrying equipment belonging to the U.S.-led coalition forces in Salahudin province, in the north of Baghdad. The explosion took place in the evening, when a convoy of vehicles of an Iraqi company, contracted with…

Palestinian Official Says Israel “Loots Palestinian Antiquities”

RAMALLAH, Sept 19 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official, yesterday, accused Israel of waging a “systematic war” to “loot Palestinian antiquities in the Palestinian territories.” Saleh Tawafsha, the director-general of the antiquities preservation department, at the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, said that, looting Palestinian antiquities violates international conventions and…