New Zealand Confirms Six New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand confirmed six new cases of COVID-19 today, which were all community cases, including children. All six cases have epidemiological links to existing cases and link back to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship group in Auckland, the country’s largest city, according to the Ministry…

Iran Builds New Centrifuge Hall Near Natanz After July Blast

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s chief nuclear official, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that, a new and more modern centrifuge hall is under construction, in the mountainous areas near Natanz, after the July 2 explosion. “It has been decided to establish a more modern, vaster and more comprehensive hall, in…

Unemployment Rate In Jordan Hits 23 Percent In Q2

AMMAN, Sept 9 (NNN-PETRA) – Unemployment rate in Jordan reached 23 percent in the second quarter of 2020, up by 3.8 percent from the same period last year. In a statement, issued on Tuesday, by the Department of Statistics, the unemployment rate among men reached 21.5 percent, in the second…

Iran’s Rouhani Calls For Expanding Ties With Turkey To “Overcome Foreign Plots”

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, Iran and Turkey, as two big regional powers, must expand their cooperation to defeat “foreign plots.” Rouhani said, the only way to overcome “foreign plots” is further expanding relations between the two countries. “Iran and Turkey are the two…

Security Personnel Killed In Bomb Attacks On U.S.-Coalition Trucks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (NNN-NINA) – A security personnel was killed, three others and a truck driver were wounded yesterday, in two roadside bomb explosions, targeting convoys of trucks belonging to the U.S.-led coalition, in the south and north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said. In one attack, a roadside bomb…

Car-Truck Collision Kills Four In India’s Tamil Nadu State

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (NNN-UNI) – Four people died and five others injured yesterday, after a car collided head-on with a truck, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, state-run broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR) said. “The car driver lost control over the vehicle, while trying to avoid a…

Explosion Rattles Kabul In Morning Rush Hour: Witness

KABUL, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An explosion took place in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, in the morning rush hour today, sending a column of thick smoke into the sky and triggering panic, a witness said. “We heard a huge blast in the Taimani locality, Police District 4. The whole place…

Myanmar Reports Two More COVID-19 Deaths, 98 New Cases

YANGON, Sept 9 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported two more COVID-19 deaths this morning, bringing the death toll in the country to 12, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. According to the release, a 51-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman with underlying hypertension and diabetes, died of…

99 Thai MP’s Lodge Joint Constitution Amendment To Stop Senators From Voting For Future PM

BANGKOK, Sept 9 (NNN-TNA) – A total of 99 MP’s in Thailand, filed a joint motion for constitution amendment, in a fresh effort, to stop all senators from casting votes for a future prime minister. 76 opposition MP’s and 23 government MP’s lodged the joint bid, to amend the 2017…

Top DPRK Leader Guides Meeting On Recovery Work Of Typhoon Damage

PYONGYANG, Sept 9 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a meeting, to discuss recent typhoon damage and reconstruction measures, it was reported today. It was an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea…