Latest Flood On China’s Yangtze River Passes Three Gorges Dam

WUHAN, Aug 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Yangtze River’s fifth flood of this year, smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam, after pushing the reservoir’s water level to a record high. The water level at the Three Gorges reservoir started to recede after reaching 167.65 metres at 8.00 a.m. yesterday, the highest since…

IAEA Chief To Visit Tehran Tomorrow

VIENNA, Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, will travel to Tehran tomorrow, to meet with high-level Iranian authorities, IAEA said. The visit will be the director general’s first to Iran, since he took office last Dec, the statement said. During…

Global COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 800,000: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Aug 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 800,000 yesterday, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, at Johns Hopkins University. As of 1356 GMT yesterday, 22,984,824 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported globally, according to the tally. The United States and Brazil remain the top…

Iran Ready To Pay Compensations In Crashed Ukrainian Plane Case

TEHRAN, Aug 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran is ready to pay compensations pertaining to the case in the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in Iran’s airspace in Jan, head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation said. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the remarks, ahead of a new round of talks between the two…

Japan Reports 984 New Cases Of COVID-19, 62,046 In Total

TOKYO, Aug 23 (NNN-NHK) – The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 984, to reach 62,046 as of last night, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities. The figure excludes the 712 cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama.…

Feature: Syrian Beauty Salon Makes Fashionable Face Masks

By Hummam Sheikh Ali DAMASCUS, Aug 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some Syrians are turning to tailor-made face masks, to add a touch of style and personality to their protective wear. At a beauty salon in Damascus, Zeina Halal, the manager, came up with the idea, at…

Turkey Imposes Stricter Safety Controls As COVID-19 Cases Surge

ANKARA, Aug 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey recorded a surging number of COVID-19 cases in the past few days, including the highest daily cases in over 45 days, prompting authorities to introduce stricter safety controls. Public negligence of strict COVID-19 measures, including mandatory mask-wearing and self-isolation for positive patients, is largely…

Hamas Threatens Israel To Battle If Attacks On Gaza Continue

GAZA, Aug 22 (NNN-WAFA) – The Islamic Hamas movement threatened Israel yesterday, to get engaged into a battle, if Israel continues striking Hamas militant posts, facilities, and sites. Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman, said in a press statement that, “the armed resistance (Hamas and other militant factions) won’t hesitate to join…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Defuse 65 Houthi-Laid Landmines In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Aug 22 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s pro-government forces, yesterday managed to dismantle a minefield laid previously by the Houthi rebels, in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official said. “A team of explosives experts received calls from a local resident, about existence of mines on his…

Iran’s FM Says U.S. Has “No Right” To Restore Sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said, in a letter to the rotating chairman of the United Nations Security Council, that, the U.S. has “no right” to restore sanctions on Iran. “The Dispute Resolution Mechanism is only open to the actual JCPOA participants,” Zarif said…