Emirates’ Ministry Of Health Provides Medical Services For Pilgrims During Hajj

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirate, Aug 3 (NNN-WAM) – The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced the departure of medical mission to Saudi Arabia, to accompany the UAE’s official hajj mission. The medical mission consists of 70 personnel that includes doctors, nurses, and administrators. It will provide all healthcare…

Lavrentiev: Terrorist Organisations Control Most Of Idleb And They Must Be Combated

NURSULTAN, Kazakhstan, Aug 3 (NNN-SANA) – Head of the Russian delegation to the Astana talks, Alexander Lavrentiev, said, terrorist organisations control most of Idleb Province, and are kidnapping thousands of Syrians and taking them hostage, underlining the need to deal with these organisations. In a press conference held after the…

Three Taliban Leaders Including Shadow Governor Killed In W. Afghan Air Strike

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three Taliban local leaders, including an insurgents’ shadow provincial governor, have been killed in an air strike, in Afghanistan’s western Farah province, Afghan Defence Ministry said today (Saturday). Mullah Abdul Bari, shadow Taliban governor for Farah, was killed, together with Mullah Saddiq and Mawlawi…

Body Found After Medical Helicopter Crashes In Fiji

SUVA, Fiji, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A body was found on Saturday (today), in Fiji, after a medical helicopter crashed in northern Fiji on Friday night. According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation today, the four-seater, white Robinson R44 helicopter, was on a medical evacuation mission, from Naitauba island in eastern Fiji,…

Indonesian Authorities Call Off Tsunami Warning Following Earthquake

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), called off its tsunami warning, following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the country’s Banten province on Friday. “The tsunami warning, due to the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 on Aug 2, 2019, at 19:03 Western…

Two Earthquakes Rock Central, Southern Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, Aug 3 (NNN-PNA) – Two offshore earthquakes, with magnitude 5.6 and 5, struck southern and central Philippines respectively, early today (Saturday), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The first 5.6-magnitude quake hit Davao Occidental, in southern Philippines at 12:10 a.m. local time, the institute said.…

Bomb Blast Kills Two Soldiers In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug 3 (NNN-PPI) – A bomb blast hit a security force’s convoy, in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, leaving two soldiers dead and another injured on Friday night, local media reported. According to the report, the blast hit a security forces vehicle, during routine patrolling near Malizai area of…

Charity Event Held In Mongolia To Mark 70th Anniversary Of China-Mongolia Ties

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Aug 3 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – China’s Enlai Foundation and the Mongolian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, organised a charity event here on Friday, to celebrate the long-standing friendship between the two countries. Officials from China and Mongolia, including Xing Haiming, Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, Shen Qing,…

Lebanon To Hold Economic Meeting With Yemeni Officials In Beirut

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 3 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Telecommunications Minister, Mohammad Choucair said, Lebanon has agreed with Yemen, to hold a meeting for private sectors this Sept, in Beirut. “We are always ready to do whatever it takes, to boost our economic relations with Yemen,” Choucair said, during his meeting with…

Lebanese President Denies Plan To Ask IMF For Help If Reforms Fail

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 3 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun’s office, on Friday, denied reports that the president had hinted at plan, for Lebanon to ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help, if the government fails to implement necessary reforms. In a speech, marking Army Day, Aoun called on…