Another Three Insurgents Killed By Army Troops During Marathon Shoot-Outs In Southern Thailand

BANGKOK, Aug 17 (NNN-TNA) – Another three insurgents were killed by army troops, during marathon shoot-outs in southern Thailand over the last few days, said an army general yesterday. Four insurgents were fatally gunned down on Friday and Saturday, by army troops in the clashes, which began on Thursday in…

Brunei Reports No New COVID-19 Cases For Nine Consecutive Days

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 17 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, with the national tally of cases standing at 142, marking the ninth consecutive day without new cases since Aug 7. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, no more recoveries were recorded, maintaining the total number…

Australian Scientists Team Up With Mining Giant To Study “Clean” Coral Reef

CANBERRA, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national science agency, formed a partnership with mining giant BHP, to study the Ningaloo coral reef, off the coast of Western Australia (WA). Under the seven-million-Australian-dollar Ningaloo Outlook partnership, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and BHP, will work together to collect…

Bangladesh Reports Over 2,000 New COVID-19 Cases, 32 New Deaths

DHAKA, Aug 17 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases and 32 new deaths yesterday, making the total tally at over 276,000 and total deaths at 3,657, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. According to the figure reported by the DGHS, the number of confirmed…

Singapore Reports 86 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Aug 17 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 86 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 55,747. Of the new cases, six are imported cases, two community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Yesterday, 432…

New Zealand Election To Be Delayed To Oct 17 Due To COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, confirmed today that the general election will be held on Oct 17, four weeks after Sept 19, when the poll was originally scheduled. “The Electoral Commission, via the Ministry of Justice, has advised me that a safe and accessible…

Iran’s Top General Urges UAE To Reconsider Normalisation With Israel

TEHRAN, Aug 17 (NNN-IRNA) – The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to reconsider the establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel. In a meeting with commanders of Iran’s armed forces and media, Mohammad Hossein Baqeri, expressed regret, over a recent agreement between…

Palestine Stresses Commitment To Arab Peace Initiative

RAMALLAH, Aug 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine said that, it will not allow the undermining of the Arab Peace Initiative and the resolutions of the United Nations, the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed an agreement with Israel. “The address for achieving…

21 Taliban Militants Killed In Afghanistan Clashes

KABUL, Aug 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 21 Taliban militants were killed and seven others wounded, in two Afghan provinces yesterday, the command of the Afghan Special Forces confirmed today. In western Badghis province, 12 militants were killed and another one wounded, after an airstrike was launched in support of…

Rains Trigger Flood In India’s Telangana State

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (NNN-PTI) – Heavy rains triggered flooding in several areas of the southern Indian state of Telangana, including its capital city Hyderabad, officials said today. The incessant rains going on for the past three days, inundated the city and its rural areas. Streams and rivulets are flowing…