Palestine Expresses Solidarity With Lebanon After Explosions

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Aug 5 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday expressed its solidarity with Lebanon after massive explosions rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said, his country is ready to provide any support it could to Lebanon, to help it recover from the tragedy, while sending his condolences to the…

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Resurge In Asia-Pacific As Philippines Reports Record High Of 6,352 New Infections

HONG KONG, Aug 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been accelerating in the Asia Pacific, as the Philippines reported a record high of 6,352 new cases, yesterday, and India announced over 50,000 infections for the sixth consecutive day. The number of cases in the Philippines surged…

Israel Accelerates Move To Implement Annexation Plan: Official

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior Palestinian official said, Israel is accelerating its move to implement the annexation of the West Bank. Walid Assaf, head of the National Commission to Resist the Wall and Settlements in the West Bank, told reporters that, the West Bank witnesses unprecedented Israeli escalation,…

Iran’s President Says Enemy Wages “Psychological Warfare”

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, enemies have waged “a psychological warfare” against the country, to downplay its achievements. One of the enemy’s main strategies in harming Iran’s economy, beside sanctions, is to “portray a poor image of the administration’s economic management and downplay the…

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…