Ethiopia Records Highest Number Of Daily COVID-19 Cases

ADDIS ABABA, Aug 2 (NNN-ENA) – Ethiopia’s confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 17,530, after 915 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed on Friday, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health said. This is so far the highest daily increase in the Horn of Africa country. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, in a statement…

U.S. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Subpoenas Pompeo

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Eliot Engel, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued a subpoena to Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. In a statement, Engel said, his panel is investigating Pompeo’s “apparent use of Department of State resources, to advance a political smear” of former U.S.…

Kuwait Resumes Commercial Flights After Months Of Suspension

KUWAIT, Aug 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait resumed on Saturday, commercial flights at Kuwait International Airport, the country’s civil aviation authorities said. Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, president of Kuwait’s Directorate-General for Civil Aviation, said, the first day of resuming commercial flights was a success, in cooperation with all governmental…

UN Welcomes Setting Date For Early Elections In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 1 (NNN-NINA) – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s announcement, of setting June 6, 2021, a date for early elections. “Early elections fulfil a key popular demand on the road to greater stability and democracy in Iraq,” UNAMI said in…

First Iranian Supermarket Opens In Venezuela’s Capital

TEHRAN, Aug 1 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s defence ministry said, the Etka Company, affiliated with the ministry, opened Iran’s first supermarket in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, yesterday. The supermarket, called Megasis, offers more than 2,500 Iranian products, including food, clothing, detergents, plastic and disposable products, nuts and even tractors. It was built…

COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 10,000 In Colombia

BOGOTA, Aug 1 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Colombia registered 295 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 10,105, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said yesterday. The country has so far reported a total of 295,508 cases, up 9,488 from the previous day, including 3,717…

Nine People, Including Three Soldiers, Killed In Southern Philippine Clash

MANILA, Aug 1 (NNN-PNA) – Six suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists and three soldiers were killed in a clash, at a town in the remote southern Philippine Sulu province yesterday, the military said. Army Major, Arvin Encinas, the spokesperson for the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said, three soldiers were also wounded,…

Vietnam Registers First Death Of COVID-19, As Philippines And Tokyo See Record Number Of Daily Cases

HONG KONG, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Vietnam registered its first COVID-19 death yesterday, amid a resurgence of infections in the country, while the Philippines and Tokyo, confirmed record numbers of daily cases. Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed that a 70-year-old Vietnamese man died of COVID-19, which is the country’s first…

India Extends Suspension Of Int’l Flights Till End Of Aug

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India yesterday extended the ban on international flights till Aug 31, said an official statement. However, travel will take place under the “travel bubbles,” which the country has created with some countries like Germany, the United States and France, added the statement. A statement…

Thai Police Seize Four Million Speed Pills In Chiang Rai

BANGKOK, Aug 1 (NNN-TNA) – Thai police said, in a press briefing yesterday that, it had seized four million speed pills from a pick up truck, and nabbed the driver, in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand. Police said, investigators found 40 green backpacks, each containing 50 bundles of methamphetamine pills,…