Indonesia Tightens Foreign Arrival Surveillance Against Mpox Infection

JAKARTA, Aug 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s health authorities are stepping up its health screening scheme for foreign arrivals, including foreigners coming as state guests, as part of efforts to prevent the spread of mpox virus. “We increase our vigilance, especially at checkpoint entrances. We share questionnaires to foreigners for them…

Cambodia Launches Mobile Payment App For Int’l Tourists

PHNOM PENH, Aug 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, launched a mobile payment system, to enable tourists to scan and pay at 3.3 million retail shops across the country. Speaking at the launching ceremony, in the north-western cultural province of Siem Reap, Chea Serey, governor of the National Bank of Cambodia,…

53 Taken To Hospital For Suspected Heatstroke In Tokyo

TOKYO, Aug 20 (NNN-NHK) – Fifty-three people in Tokyo, suspected of suffering heatstroke were sent to the hospital as of 3.00 p.m. local time yesterday, the Tokyo Fire Department said. According to the fire department, the age of the people ranged from 13 to 93, with one woman in her…

One Killed, 11 Wounded In Israeli Airstrikes On Lebanon

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Aug 20 (NNN-NNA) – A member of Lebanese Hezbollah, was killed and 11 other people wounded yesterday, in Israeli airstrikes in eastern and southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources said. The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that, an Israeli drone launched an airstrike on a car travelling on the Deir…

Türkiye’s Surface-To-Surface Cruise Missile Makes Long-Duration Flight Test

ANKARA, Aug 20 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye’s long-range surface-to-surface cruise missile, “Kara Atmaca,” completed its most extended and longest-duration flight test, a senior defence official said, yesterday. Haluk Gorgun, head of the Presidency of Defence Industries, announced that, the missile had achieved pinpoint accuracy in its latest test, marking its longest…

Paramilitary Officer Killed In Militant Attack In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (NNN-PTI) – An officer from the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force, was killed yesterday, in a militant attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. The officer was killed after militants attacked a joint patrol of police and the force, in Dudu-Basantgarh area of Udhampur district, about…

215 Killed In Monsoon Rains In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (NNN-APP) – At least 215 were killed, in rain-triggered accidents and floods in Pakistan so far, in the monsoon season, including 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported, yesterday. A total of 43 people were reported to have suffered injuries,…

S. Korean Civil Groups Rally Against Joint Military Exercise With U.S.

SEOUL, Aug 20 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean peace groups, held a protest rally yesterday, against the country’s joint military exercise with the United States, which they said, has boosted confrontation and war crisis on and around the Korean Peninsula. The protesters from the civil groups, Solidarity for Peace and Reunification…

Pakistani PM Directs Strict Measures To Monitor, Control Monkey Pox

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (NNN-APP) – In wake of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s), declaration of monkey pox a public health emergency of international concern, Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, directed strict measures to monitor and control the spread of the disease. During a meeting here on the measures against the…

187 Killed, 333 Injured In Monsoon Rains, Flash Floods In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (NNN-APP) – Torrential rains and flash floods starting in July, have killed 187 people and injured 333 others in different parts of Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported. Ninety-six children and 30 women were among the dead, the NDMA said in a report. The eastern…