Indonesia Reports 1,922 Newly-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 86 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Aug 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,922 within one day, to 115,056, with the death toll adding by 86 to 5,388, the health ministry said yesterday. According to the ministry, 1,813 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to…

Foreign Visitors To Cambodia Down 64.6 Percent In H1 Due To COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia attracted 1.18 million international visitors during the first half of 2020, down 64.6 percent from 3.33 million over the same period last year, said the latest report released by the Ministry of Tourism today. China, Vietnam and Thailand were the biggest sources of…

UAE Stocks Gain AED 15.8 Billion Monday

ABU DHABI, Aug 4 (NNN-WAM) – Driven by powerhouse realty and bank shares, the listed companies in UAE financial markets posted combined gains of AED 15.8 billion in market cap, on the first trading day of the month. Abu Dhabi’s main stocks index was up 0.45 percent to 4,324 points…

Syria’s Sweida Province Production Of Olive Oil Expected To Reach About 1,600 Tonnes

SWEIDA, Aug 4 (NNN-SANA) – Sweida Agriculture Directorate, has primarily estimated that, the production of olive oil in the province will reach about 1,600 tonnes. Assistant Director of the Agriculture Directorate, Eng. Hussein Shuhaib, in a statement, said that, the production of the current season is good, due to the…

Lebanese Newly-Appointed FM To Strengthen Ties With All Friendly Countries

BEIRUT, Aug 4 (NNN-NNA) – Newly-appointed Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Charbel Wehbi, emphasised the need for Lebanon to strengthen ties with all friendly countries, to get out of its crisis, local media reported. “Lebanon has friendly ties with countries that are still effective in the international arena,” Wehbi was…

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Army Targets

JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS, Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israeli helicopters fired missiles on Syrian military positions, in the southern province of Quneitra, Monday, according to Israel’s military and Syrian state news agency SANA. Israel’s military said, last night it carried out airstrikes against targets belonging to the Syrian army, saying, the attack was…

Israeli PM Says West Bank Annexation “Isn’t Off The Table”

JERUSALEM, Aug 4 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that, his plan to annex portions of the Israeli-occupied West Bank “isn’t off the table” yet. “The issue of West Bank annexation resides with Washington,” he told a meeting of his right-wing Likud faction. “It is not yet…

Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia Resume Nile Dam Talks

KHARTOUM, Aug 4 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia yesterday resumed a new round of talks on filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), according to Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry. “The three parties agreed to continue the negotiations, at the level of experts, and to…

JAL Posts Net Loss Of 880 Million USD In Apr-June Quarter Due To Pandemic

TOKYO, Aug 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Airlines Co. said, it posted a net loss of 93.71 billion yen (881.63 million U.S. dollars) in the Apr-June quarter, as the global pandemic wreaked havoc on the global aviation industry. Owing to uncertainty amid the continued pandemic, JAL said, it had once again…

ADB Approves 100-Million-USD Loan To Uzbekistan To Fight COVID-19

TASHKENT, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, it approved a loan worth 100 million U.S. dollars, to strengthen Uzbekistan’s response to public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic. ADB said, its COVID-19 Emergency Response Project will help fund the country in increasing testing capacity for COVID-19…