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…

Mongolia Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills Two, Injures Eight

ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – At least two people were killed and eight others injured, on Wednesday afternoon, after a tanker, carrying gasoline crashed and exploded in Arkhangai province, in central-west Mongolia, according to the country’s Traffic Police Department (TPD). The accident occurred on the road connecting Arkhangai province…

Mongolia Repatriates Over 400 More Nationals Stranded Abroad Amid Pandemic

ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – A total of 428 Mongolian nationals returned home from COVID-19-hit countries on two chartered flights on Wednesday, according to the country’s State Emergency Commission (SEC). Among the recently repatriated are pregnant women, the elderly, children, sick people, and those with financial and other problems,…

Prospects Of Thailand’s Rice Export In H2 “Not Too Bright”

BANGKOK, July 16 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Rice Exporters Association said, Thailand’s rice export prospects would not look too bright, in the second half of the year, amid sluggish global demand hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Overall Thai rice export has been quiet in July, after the pandemic resulted in the…

Pakistani PM Inaugurates Construction Of World’s Tallest Roller Compact Concrete Dam

ISLAMABAD, July 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, inaugurated the Diamer Bhasha dam, with an installed capacity of 4,500-megawatt electricity production, at the River Indus in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said an official statement. The dam, scheduled to be completed by 2028, will be the tallest…

Israel’s Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Eastern Gate May Ignite “Religious War,” Warns Waqf Head

RAMALLAH, July 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Sheikh Abdul-Azim Salhab, head of the Muslim Waqf (Endowment) Council in Jerusalem, warned, Israel’s order to close a gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque may ignite “a religious war” in the region. Salhab told the Voice of Palestine radio that the council received this week, an…

Lebanon Conducts First Artificial Heart Transplant Operation

BEIRUT, July 15 (NNN-NNA) – A team of Lebanese cardiologists, on Tuesday, successfully performed the first complete artificial heart transplant for a 22-year-old patient. The operation was conducted at the Rassoul al Aazam Hospital, by a team headed by surgeon, Mohamed Saab, the report said. The hospital stated that, this…

Yemeni Gov’t To Resume Commercial Flights After Months Of Closure

ADEN, July 15 (NNN-SABA) – The Yemeni government, on Tuesday, agreed to resume commercial flights, to the war-ravaged Arab country, after four months of closure, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yemeni Supreme National Emergency Committee, said in a statement that, “the Yemeni government approved a proposal for resuming commercial flights…

UAE Reports 375 New COVID-19 Cases, 55,573 In Total

DUBAI, July 15 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Tuesday, announced 375 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 55,573. UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement that, 512 more patients recovered from the virus, taking the tally of recoveries…

Iran Will Continue Sending Aid To Yemen Despite Saudi Blockade: FM

TEHRAN, July 15 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran will continue providing humanitarian aid to Yemen, despite the Saudi Arabia-led siege on the war-torn country, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said. “Despite restrictions and obstructions, the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue taking the necessary measures to transfer humanitarian aid (to Yemen),…