Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Continue To Mount In Asia-Pacific, As India Records Highest Daily Jump

HONG KONG, Sept 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Asia-Pacific countries reported more COVID-19 cases, as India announced record high one-day spike. The COVID-19 pandemic situation continues to peak in India, as the highest single-day spike of 90,632 new cases, and 1,065 deaths, were registered from across the country, according to the latest…

Pakistan Celebrates 55th Defence Day Amid Tensions With India

ISLAMABAD, Sept 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan celebrated the country’s 55th Defence Day yesterday, to pay homage to the soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in the war with India in 1965. Defence Day was celebrated amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, over the latter’s decision to revoke the…

Japan Braces For Typhoon Haishen As 1.8 Million People Ordered To Evacuate

TOKYO, Sept 7 (NNN-NHK) – Typhoon Haishen continued on its path towards southwestern Japan, as 1.8 million people in seven prefectures have been ordered to evacuate immediately. According to Japan Meteorological Agency, the powerful typhoon is approaching the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa and Amami-Oshima Island, in Kagoshima Prefecture and is…

Egypt, Bahrain Welcome Peace Initiatives To Solve Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

CAIRO, Sept 6 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and Bahrain welcomed any initiatives, aimed at achieving a comprehensive and just peace for the Palestinian cause, based on the references of international legitimacy. The remarks came in a joint statement released after a meeting in Cairo between Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry and…

Iran Seeks To Finalise Tourism Visa Waiver Deal With Russia

TEHRAN, Sept 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Ali Asghar Mounesan, said that, he will visit Russia for talks on tourism visa waiver deal, Eghtesad Online news website reported yesterday. Iran and Russia relaxed visa procedure for traders and science tourism in Feb, 2016. Mounesan’s…

Pro-Gov’t Fighters Ambush Five Daesh Militants In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 6 (NNN-SANA) – Pro-government Syrian fighters, yesterday ambushed five Daesh militants in the countryside of Deir al-Zour province in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported. The Daesh militants were in disguise, wearing uniforms of pro-government fighters when they were ambushed, in the city of al-Mayadeen, said the Syrian…

Myanmar Reports One More COVID-19 Death, Total Cases Rise To 1,319

YANGON, Sept 6 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported one more COVID-19 death this morning, bringing the death toll in the country to eight, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. A 46-year-old patient with underlying Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and diabetes, tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday and…

Top DPRK Leader Urges Party Members To Join Relief Work In Typhoon-Hit Areas

PYONGYANG, Sept 6 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent an open letter to all members of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, calling on them to help the typhoon-stricken areas recover from damage. Kim, in the letter, asked…

Cambodian PM Says Globalisation, Multilateral Trade Vital For Global Growth, Poverty Reduction

PHNOM PENH, Sept 6 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said, strengthening globalisation and multilateral trade are crucial to support global economic growth and reducing poverty. The prime minister made the remarks at the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit, held virtually from Sept 4 to 5, and…

Supertanker Fire Off Sri Lanka Under Control, Firefighting Continues: Indian Coast Guard

NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Coast Guard (ICG) yesterday said, the fire on a supertanker has been reduced, and the tanker has been pushed away from Sri Lanka’s coast into deeper waters. An ICG spokesman said, the firefighting operation was still underway. “ICG and Sri Lankan ships and…