Japan Reports 1,565 New COVID-19 Cases As Summer Holiday Starts

TOKYO, Aug 9 (NNN-NHK) – Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 1,565, to reach 47,464, as of last night, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities, with prefectural governors discouraging people to visit their hometowns during the Bon Festival. The figure excludes the 712…

Brunei, Chinese Mainland Resume Direct Flights After COVID-19 Situation Under Control

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 9 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei resumed direct flights with Hangzhou, China on Tuesday, marking its first direct flights with the Chinese mainland, after COVID-19 pandemic cut air connection between the two countries. According to travel agencies and the Chinese embassy in Brunei, the round-trip direct flights between…

Singapore Reports 132 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Aug 9 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 132 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 54,929. Of the new cases, six are imported cases, one is a community case and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign…

Survivors Of Air India Plane Crash To Be Tested For Covid-19

NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (NNN-UNI) – All survivors of the Air India Express plane, that crashed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, killing at least 18 people, will be tested for COVID-19 infection, officials said Saturday. The decision to carry out tests of survivors was taken by Kerala Chief…

Chikungunya Virus Hits 15 Provinces In Cambodia, Affecting Over 2,000 People

PHNOM PENH, Aug 9 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia said, the Chikungunya virus outbreak (CHIKV) spread to 15 provinces, affecting 2,047 people, Health Ministry’s secretary of state and spokeswoman, Or Vandine, said. “About 72.4 percent of the patients were tested positive for CHIKV,” she said in a statement. CHIKV re-emerged in the…

ASEAN Foreign Ministers Release Statement On 53rd Anniversary

HANOI, Aug 9 (NNN-VNA) – Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), released a statement on Saturday, marking the bloc’s 53rd anniversary. The statement recalled the aspirations of the 1967 ASEAN Declaration, to promote regional cooperation in the spirit of equality and partnership, and contribute towards peace,…

President-Elect Of UN General Assembly To Visit Pakistan From Today: Foreign Ministry

ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (NNN-APP) – The president-elect of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, will visit Pakistan from today Aug 9 to 10, at the invitation of the government of Pakistan. Bozkir, a veteran Turkish diplomat, was elected president of the 75th session of the UN…

Indonesian President To Impose Sanctions On COVID-19 Protocol Violations

By Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, ordered heads of regional administrations, to set up policies to prevent further COVID-19 transmission and impose sanctions on violations against the health protocols. The order was made under the Presidential Instruction Number 6 of 2020, issued on Tuesday…

Iraqi PM Will Visit U.S. To Meet Trump On Aug 20

BAGHDAD, Aug 9 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, will pay an official visit to the U.S. to meet with U.S. President Trump, on Aug 20, for talks on bilateral ties and cooperation in various fields. Al-Kadhimi would head a government delegation, which came at an invitation from the…

Leader Of Palestine Liberation Army in Syria dies

DAMASCUS, Aug 6 (NNN-SANA) – Mohammad Tariq Al-Khadra, the chief commander of the Palestine Liberation Army in Syria, died yesterday evening, said a statement by the Palestine Liberation Army. Born in 1941 in the Gaza Strip, Al-Khadra lived his childhood in several cities in Palestine, and fled to Syria in…