Memorial Service Held On 35th Anniversary Of Japan Airlines’ Crash

TOKYO, Aug 13 (NNN-NHK) – A memorial ceremony was held last night, to observe the 35 years since a Japan Airlines plane crashed on Osutaka Ridge, in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, killing 520 passengers and crew. Over five days leading up to the memorial ceremony, 141 members of 50…

Over 10,000 Myanmar Nationals Arrive Home By Relief Flights

YANGON, Aug 13 (NNN-MNA) – The Myanmar government brought 10,482 citizens back by relief flights and special flights, as of last night, according to a release from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Due to the suspension of international commercial flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has been bringing back its…

Thailand To Continue Price Control, Mask Export Restriction

BANGKOK, Aug 13 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, said that, surgical mask factories were allowed to sell products directly to local markets, instead of sending them to the state as required before, during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand. The Ministry’s Internal Trade Department, confirmed that surgical…

5.5-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Northern Philippines

MANILA, Aug 13 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5, shook Batanes province, in the northern Philippines today, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs), said. The institute said that, the quake, which struck at 6:32 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 14 kilometres,…

Four Police Officers Killed In Bomb Attack In W. Afghanistan

FARAH, Aug 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least four police officers were killed and 16 people wounded, after a bomb explosion took place outside a provincial police station, in Afghanistan’s western Farah province yesterday, a local official confirmed. “Four killed and 16 wounded were admitted to a provincial main hospital following…

Australia Records 21 COVID-19 Deaths On 4th Consecutive Deadliest Day

CANBERRA, Aug 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Australia’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 350 on the nation’s deadliest day of the pandemic. Authorities yesterday confirmed 21 new deaths, all of which were in Victoria, taking the national death toll to 352 and Victoria’s to 267. Australia has now recorded its deadliest day of…

Rocket Hits Green Zone In Iraq’s Capital

BAGHDAD, Aug 12 (NNN-NINA) – A Katyusha rocket landed on Tuesday night, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place in the evening, when a rocket fired from the abandoned military base of al-Rashid, in southeastern…

Iraq Condemns Turkish Airstrike In Northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 12 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq condemned the deadly airstrike, that killed two Iraqi officers and one soldier, in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq. “We condemn the blatant attack carried out by Turkey, through a plane that targeted Sidekan area in the Kurdistan region,” the media office…

Roundup: Iran Calls For Enhancing Anti-COVID-19 Cooperation In E. Mediterranean Region; Saudi Arabia’s Cases Exceed 290,000

CAIRO, Aug 12 (NNN-MENA) – Iran called for extending cooperation on fighting COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Meanwhile, the tally of infections in Saudi Arabia surpassed 290,000. The total COVID-19 infections in Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East, rose to 331,189, after 2,345 new cases were registered.…

Lebanese President Vows Full Probe Into Beirut Port’s Deadly Blasts

BEIRUT, Aug 12 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, vowed to continue investigations, into the explosions that rocked Beirut on Aug 4, killing 171 people and wounding around 6,000 others. “I will not remain silent nor will I rest, until we reveal all the facts about these explosions; referring the…