UAE Reports 275 New COVID-19 Cases, 55,848 In Total

DUBAI, July 16 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Wednesday, announced 275 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 55,848. The Ministry of Health and Prevention, said in a statement that, the new cases of many nationalities are all in stable condition and…

Update: Nine Wounded In Weapon Depot’s Explosion In Syria’s Hasakah

DAMASCUS, July 16 (NNN-SANA) – A total of nine militiamen of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces were wounded on Wednesday, in an explosion in a weapon depot in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. Five security troops and four fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were wounded, in the weapon depot’s…

OPEC+ Decides To Move To 2nd Phase Of Oil Cuts By Easing Output Restrictions

RIYADH, July 16 (NNN-SPA) – The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries, decided, in a meeting on Wednesday, to move to the second phase of their agreement to cut oil output by easing restrictions on production. Entering the second phase, the cuts will be reduced from…

Iraqi Forces Kill Six Daesh Militants, Arrest Four

BAGHDAD, July 16 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces, killed six Daesh militants in northern Iraq and arrested four others near the capital, Baghdad. In the early morning, the CTS troops, backed by international coalition aircraft, conducted a security operation in an area in the southern part of…

India Records Highest Daily Spike Of 29,429 New Covid-19 Infections, Japan’s Capital Raises Warning To Highest Level

HONG KONG, July 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – COVID-19 infections continued to spread in Asia-Pacific countries, as India reported the highest single-day spike in the number of fresh cases on Wednesday, and Japan’s Tokyo raised its warning level to the highest level of four. India’s health ministry reported 582 new deaths and…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Plummets 99.9 Percent In June Amid Pandemic

TOKYO, July 16 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in June plummeted by 99.9 percent from a year ago, for the third consecutive month due to the global pandemic, the government said in a report. According to estimates by the Japan Tourism Agency, only 2,600 foreign travellers…

China-Laos Railway Completes Both Cross-Mekong River Bridges’ Beam Installation

VIENTIANE, July 16 (NNN-KPL) – The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in the Lao capital Vientiane, in charge of the construction and operation of the railway, said today that, all its beams of the two cross-Mekong River bridges have been installed. With the last 24-metre pre-stressed…

54 Cultural Assets In Japan Damaged By Torrential Rain

TOKYO, July 16 (NNN-NHK) – At least 54 cultural assets in Japan were damaged by recent torrential rain-triggered floods and landslides, that battered swathes of the country, with southwest Kyushu being particularly hard hit, prefectural authorities said, Wednesday. They include the Miike Coal Mine and Hidden Christian Sites in the…

Brunei Reports No New COVID-19 Cases For 69 Straight Days

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 16 (NNN-NNA) – Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19, on Wednesday, with the national tally standing at 141. It marked the 69th consecutive day without new cases. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, no active cases are being treated at the National Isolation Centre. Currently,…

Death Toll In Indonesia’s Flash Floods Climbs To 21, 31 Missing

JAKARTA, July 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of casualties of flash floods and landslides in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 21 on Wednesday, with 31 others missing, an official said. The search and rescue efforts were intensified in the flash flood-stricken district of Luwu Utara, on Wednesday, involving 539…