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…

Roundup: Iraq Faces Risk Of Health Infrastructure Collapse; COVID-19 Cases In Israel Exceed 100,000

CAIRO, Aug 22 (NNN-MENA) – An Iraqi official yesterday warned of the collapse of the country’s health infrastructure, as the total nationwide COVID-19 infections near 200,000. Meanwhile, Israel’s tally of cases crossed the threshold of 100,000. Iraqi Health Ministry reported 4,288 cases during the past 24 hours, bringing the total…

Update: India’s COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 55,000, Total Cases Near Three Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-UNI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,975,701, and death toll due to the pandemic in the country also surged to 55,794 today, revealed the latest data released by the federal health ministry. As many as 69,878 new cases and 945 deaths were reported during the…

Nepal Reports Record High Fatality From COVID-19 As Cases Surpass 30,000 Mark

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government, confirmed the record-high single day fatality of 11 deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 137. As the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread among the different clusters of communities in recent days, the fatality rate has also jumped sharply. “Eleven…

Japan Continues To Be Scorched By Heatwave As Fatalities Rise

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), yesterday said, wide swathes of the nation continued to be gripped by a scorching heatwave. The number of fatalities have risen on an almost daily basis, since the extreme heat began to bake regions across eastern and western Japan. Yesterday, the…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Plummets 99.9 Percent In July Amid Pandemic

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July, plummeted by 99.9 percent from a year ago, for the fourth consecutive month, due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, the government said in a report yesterday. According to estimates by Japan Tourism Agency, only 3,800 foreign…

Israel’s Tally Of COVID-19 Cases Exceeds 100,000

JERUSALEM, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed the mark of 100,000 yesterday, Israeli Health Ministry said. The total number of cases in the country has reached 100,716, with 1,117 new cases registered since Thursday night. The death toll rose to 809, with 14 new death cases, while…

391 New COVID-19 Cases Reported In UAE, 66,193 In Total

DUBAI, Aug 22 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday announced 391 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 66,193. UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention, said in a statement, the new cases are all in stable condition and receiving medical treatment. And 143…