Iran Announces Implementation Of Strict Measures Over COVID-19 Resurgence

TEHRAN, Oct 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, announced the resolve of the country’s authorities for implementation of strict measures to deal with the resurgence and spread of COVID-19. Rouhani said that all workers in state institutions and private businesses have to observe health protocols strictly. The individuals and…

Israel Implements Annexation Plan By Expanding Settlement: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Oct 4 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official said, Israel is implementing its plan of annexing large parts of the West Bank by intensifying settlement’s expansion. “Israel’s plan to build 5,400 new units is an actual implementation of the rejected annexation plan, and Israel haven’t stopped the annexation plan…

Australia Faces Population Slump As Net Migration Falls To Lowest Level In 70 Years

CANBERRA, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia will record its first reversal in net migration in more than seven decades, according to local media’s report. The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported on Saturday that, net migration will be negative for the first time since 1946, which will be revealed in next…

770 Students Test Positive In Major COVID-19 Outbreak At UK University

LONDON, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – 770 students tested positive for COVID-19 in a British university, in one of the major outbreaks in Britain, since the reopening of campuses in Sept, a university spokesperson said. The spokesperson for Northumbria University, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, said, all of those students who…

Iran Confirms 3,552 New COVID-19 Cases, 464,596 In Total

TEHRAN, Oct 3 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran announced 3,552 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 464,596. Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said at her daily briefing that, 1,443 people had to be hospitalised in the past…

Saudi Arabia To Resume Umrah Pilgrimage From Tomorrow

RIYADH, Oct 3 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia will allow pilgrims residing inside the country, to perform the Umrah (minor Haj), beginning tomorrow. A total of 309,686 Umrah permits have been issued, the report said. The decision to resume the pilgrimage came, seven months after it was suspended, to contain the…

Desert Battles Kill 18 Daesh Militants, Syrian Soldiers

DAMASCUS, Oct 3 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 18 Daesh militants and Syrian soldiers killed, in ongoing battles that have raged in the Syrian desert since Wednesday, a war monitor reported on Friday. Eleven government troops and seven militants were killed in the battles in the desert region between the…

15 Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 15 Palestinians were injured on Friday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers, in different parts of the West Bank, medical sources and eyewitnesses said. The sources said, 15 Palestinian young men were injured by rubber-coated metal gunshots, besides dozens, who suffocated after inhaling tear…

Palestine Extends State Of Emergency For 30 Days Amid COVID-19

RAMALLAH, Oct 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on Friday declared an extension of the state of emergency by 30 days, in the Palestinian territories, in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension starts today. In a presidential decree, Abbas urged the concerned authorities…

Nepal’s COVID-19 Tally Passes 80,000, With 2,722 New Daily Cases

KATHMANDU, Oct3 (NNN-XINHUA)- The Nepali government reported high single day infection of over 2,700 COVID-19 cases as the total number of cases surpassed 80,000 mark. “A total record 2,722 cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours,” Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, said at a…