Algeria, Spain Deny Reports On Maritime Border Disputes

ALGIERS, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Algerian Foreign Minister, Sabri Boukadoum, denied reports alleging that it has disputes with Spain, over maritime borders. “The reports that alleged the two Mediterranean nations have had problems over maritime frontiers and islands are mere lies,” Boukadoum said, at a press conference with visiting Spanish…

COVID-19 Update: Global Infections Exceed 90,000 As Countries Scramble To Contain Spread

CHINA, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – COVID-19 continued its spread across the globe, despite travel restrictions aimed at curtailing its spread. As the global death toll reached over 3,000, South Korea said, it has confirmed 599 new cases, far higher than the daily tally reported in China. With 4,335 confirmed infections…

Total Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Exceed 100 In United States

NEW YORK, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. health authorities reported a total of 108 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a death toll of nine in the country. New Hampshire, Georgia and North Carolina were the most recent to have joined the list of states with first confirmed cases reported. All…

Iran’s President Urges U.S. To Lift Sanctions To Help Fight COVID-19

TEHRAN, Mar 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, said that, if the U.S. really wants to help Iran fight COVID-19, it should lift the sanctions, including a ban on importing medical supplies. Rouhani rejected as a “lie” the U.S. offer of help for Iran in the fight against the…

COVID-19 Cases In India Rise To 28

NEW DELHI, Mar 4 (NNN-PTI) – The number of COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 28, after 15 Italian tourists tested positive today (Wednesday), said media reports. An emergency meeting is going on in the country’s Health Ministry, to take stock of the situation. The country’s Health Minister, Harsh…

One Killed, Several Missing As Bus Plunges Into Canal In E. Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (NNN-APP) – A bus plunged into a canal in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province today (Wednesday), leaving one person killed and several others missing, local police said. According to police officials, at least 10 people were on board the bus when it skidded off the road and plunged…

19 Afghan Soldiers Feared Killed In Taliban Overnight Attacks

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 19 Afghan soldiers and police were feared killed, in Taliban insurgents’ overnight attacks, in two provinces, authorities said today (Wednesday). In one attack in Kunduz province, 12 Afghan soldiers were killed and four others wounded, after Talibans stormed an army base in…

36 Injured In S.Korea’s Chemical Plant Explosion

SEOUL, Mar 4 (NNN-YONHAP) – A total of 36 people were confirmed injured today (Wednesday), in a chemical plant explosion, in South Korea’s southwestern region, firefighting authorities reported. The explosion occurred at about 2:59 a.m. local time, in a petrochemical factory of Lotte Chemical, in the southwest city of Seosan,…

Five Dead As Paramilitary Soldiers, Villagers Clash In SE Bangladesh

DHAKA, Mar 4 (NNN-BSS) – At least five people died, in a clash between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and villagers, in the the country’s hilly district of Khagrachari, some 259 km southeast of Dhaka Tuesday. Md Khorshed Alam, a senior official of the Khagrachhari district police, confirmed the…

Jordan, Norway FMs Vow To Boost Ties

AMMAN, Mar 4 (NNN-PETRA) – Foreign ministers of Jordan and Norway, today (Wednesday), expressed willingness to boost ties and signed an agreement, outlining bilateral consultation, Jordanian Foreign Ministry said, in a statement. During a meeting at the Dead Sea, with Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Soreide, Jordanian Foreign…