Humanitarian Aid Stuck At Rafah Crossing For Months As The Israeli Regime Closed Its Palestinian Side Since May

RAFAH, Egypt, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Amidst the scorching summer heat, Egyptian truck driver, Mohammed Abdel-Fattah, waits anxiously to deliver his truck, loaded with medical and humanitarian aid, into the Gaza Strip, through the Rafah crossing, which has been closed since the Israeli regime occupied its Palestinian side in early…

Fish, Lizards Among 13 New Additions To Australia’s Threatened Species List

CANBERRA, Aug 7 (NNN-AAP) – Conservationists have called for stronger laws to better protect Australia’s biodiversity, after 13 animal and plant species were added to the country’s list of threatened species. The latest update to the list of threatened flora and fauna, which is overseen by the Department of Climate…

Three Killed In Traffic Accident In Vietnam’s Central Highlands

HANOI, Aug 7 (NNN-VNA) – Three people were confirmed dead and three others were injured, in a serial traffic accident in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak last night, local media reported today. The accident was reported at 8:40 p.m., on the western bypass section of the Ho Chi…

Major Rivers Flood In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Aug 7 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, reported today that, water levels in major rivers across Mongolia have surpassed warning thresholds, due to continuous heavy rainfall. As of this morning, several key rivers, including the Tuul, Kherlen, Selenge, Onon, Orkhon, and Kharaa, have…

India’s Seafood Exports Grew Over 30 Percent In Five Years

NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s seafood exports witnessed a remarkable growth of 30.81 percent in the past five fiscal years, showed data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, yesterday. In fiscal year (FY) 2019-20, the seafood exports’ value stood at 466.628 billion Indian rupees (5.56…

New Zealand’s Unemployment Rate Increases To 4.6 Percent

WELLINGTON, Aug 7 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealand’s unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in the Jun 2024 quarter, compared with 4.4 percent last quarter and 3.6 percent in the Jun 2023 quarter, the statistics department Stats NZ said, today. Unemployment has been increasing since 2022, leaving the current quarter’s unemployment rate…

Egyptian, U.S. Presidents Discussed Rising Tensions In Middle East

CAIRO, Aug 7 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, held a phone talk yesterday, to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East region, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement. The two leaders reviewed the Egyptian-U.S.-Qatari joint efforts, to achieve a ceasefire in…

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus To Head Interim Gov’t In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug 7 (NNN-BSS) – Nobel laureate, Muhammad Yunus, will serve as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, local media reported early today. The decision was taken at a meeting of President Mohammed Shahabuddin with chiefs of the three services and the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, to finalise…

Two Palestinians Killed By Zionist Army In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Two Palestinian men were killed and three others injured by the Zionist forces’ bullets, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, yesterday. The Ramallah-based ministry, identified the victims as 33-year-old Walid Jamal Muhammad Hussein and 33-year-old Khader Hussein Khader…

Saudi Aramco Registers 56.3-Billion-USD Net Income In H1

RIYADH, Aug 7 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabian Oil Company, commonly known as Saudi Aramco, announced yesterday that, it delivered a strong performance in the first half of this year, with a net income of 56.3 billion U.S. dollars. It also registered a cash flow from operating activities of 64.7 billion…