East Asia Summit Economic Ministers Discuss Post-COVID-19 Growth

HANOI, Aug 29 (NNN-VNA) – Economic ministers stressed the importance of further strengthening regional economic cooperation and accelerating post-COVID economic growth at the eighth East Asia Summit (EAS) meeting. The meeting was held last night via video conference and attended by economic ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian…

ASEAN, China, Japan, S. Korea Reaffirm Commitment To Actions Against COVID-19 Fallout

HANOI, Aug 29 (NNN-VNA) – Economic ministers from the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea, reaffirmed their commitment to take collective actions in mitigating the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attending the 23rd ASEAN Economic Ministers Plus Three Consultations via…

Saudi-Led Coalition Intercepts Bomb-Laden Drone Heading Towards Border City Najran

RIYADH, Aug 29 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi-led coalition said yesterday, it intercepted a bomb-laden drone, launched by the Houthis, towards Saudi Arabia’s southwest border city of Najran. The coalition destroyed another drone yesterday morning, shot towards the kingdom’s southern region. Meanwhile, the coalition announced on Thursday, the destroying of a…

Car Bomb Explodes Near Turkish Military Point In NW Syria

DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (NNN-SANA) – A car bomb exploded yesterday evening, near a Turkish military point in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The bomb went off, on the M4 road south of the Jisr al-Shughur area, in the countryside of Idlib, near the administrative border with…

Scaffolding Collapse Kills Two, Injures Six In Southern Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug 29 (NNN-VNA) – Two workers were killed and six others injured, after a scaffolding collapsed at a construction site, in Vietnam’s southern Long An province, yesterday. The workers were doing construction work, at a civil housing project in My Hanh Nam commune, Duc Hoa district,…

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Mounting In Asia-Pacific As India Reports Record High Of 77,266 Infections

HONG KONG, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Asia-Pacific countries kept on high alert, as India recorded the biggest daily jump of 77,266 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 3,387,500. India’s COVID-19 deaths reached 61,529, with 1,057 new deaths reported. Still there are 742,023 active cases in the country, while 2,583,948…

Torrential Rains Kill 23 In Pakistan’s Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (NNN-APP) – An ongoing rain spell in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi left at least 23 people killed, dozens injured and scores of others homeless, local media and officials said yesterday. The spell of torrential monsoon rains started in Sindh province, where the commercial hub is…

Syria To Allow Donations From Arab Countries To Reach Lebanon Through Its Territories

BEIRUT, Aug 29 (NNN-NNA) – Syrian ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Abdel Karim Ali, said, yesterday that, his country will cooperate with Lebanon, by allowing donations from Arab countries to reach Beirut through Syria. Ali’s remarks came, during his meeting with Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Charbel Wehbi. Ali said, Syria is…

Japanese PM Abe Resigns Over Health Issues, Intends To Run In Next General Election

TOKYO, Aug 29 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, said at a press conference yesterday that, he would step down from his post due to health concerns, bringing an end to his record tenure of nearly eight years. However, the prime minister said, he planned to continue his political…

Iran’s FM Slams Pompeo For Trying To “Flood” Region With Weapons

TEHRAN, Aug 26 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, criticised U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for “violating his own country’s laws” and trying to “flood” the Middle East with weapons. On a note on Twitter, Iran’s chief diplomat wrote that the U.S. Secretary of State “has no…