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…

Iran’s COVID-19 Cases Reach 416,198

CAIRO, Sept 19 (NNN-MENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iran surged to 416,198 yesterday. Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region, reported 3,049 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 416,198. The pandemic has so far claimed 23,952 lives in Iran, up by…

Latest: Provincial Council Member Shot Dead In E. Afghanistan

GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Sept 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Gunmen shot and killed a deputy provincial councillor, in Gardez city, capital of eastern Paktia province, this morning, the latest in a string of targeted attacks in the country, the provincial governor said.– NNN-XINHUA