Cambodian PM Says Landmines, ERWs Still Pose Risk To Over One Million People

PHNOM PENH, Jul 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today that, more than one million people in the country, still live in areas contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs). Speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for a museum of antiquities, in north-west Siem Reap province,…

Vietnam’s New Land Law Expected To Create Investment Opportunities

HANOI, Jul 18 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s 2024 land law, set to take effect next month, is hoped to bring about investment opportunities in relevant sectors, requiring stakeholders to make good preparations. Chau Viet Bac, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre, said, when the law comes into effect,…

Chinese Envoy Stresses Two-State Solution As Sole Viable Resolution To Middle East Issue

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, yesterday emphasised that, the two-state solution is the sole viable method for resolving the Middle East issue. “The two-state solution is the only viable way to resolve the Middle East question,” Fu told the UN…

Palestine Rejects Proposal To Reopen Rafah Crossing Without Israeli Withdrawal: Source

RAMALLAH, Jul 18 (NNN-WAFA) — Palestine has rejected an Israeli-U.S. proposal, to temporarily reopen the Rafah border crossing, calling instead for an Israeli withdrawal and the establishment of Palestinian sovereignty. A meeting was held last week, involving representatives from Palestine, the United States, and Israel, to explore the possibility of…

Australian Police Arrested Suspect After Shooting Wounded Man In Tasmania

SYDNEY, Jul 18 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities arrested one man in the island state of Tasmania, after another was injured in a firearm incident, early today. Just before 4:00 a.m. local time, emergency services were called by a neighbour to a house on Davies Street in George Town, a coastal area…

UNRWA Struggles To Prevent Spread Of Diseases In Gaza

GAZA, Jul 18 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said yesterday that, it is struggling to prevent the spread of diseases among displaced people in the Gaza Strip. “High temperatures, severe overcrowding, water scarcity, and a severe shortage of…

Four Dead, Several Trapped After Landslide In South India

NEW DELHI, Jul 18 (NNN-PTI) – At least four persons died and several others were feared trapped, after a landslide took place in India’s southern state of Karnataka, a local police confirmed, today. The landslide hit National Highway No. 66 in Shirur area of Ankola town, in the state’s Uttara…

ADB Approves 240.5 Million USD Loans To Fund Rooftop Solar Systems In India

MANILA, Jul 18 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said yesterday that, it has approved 240.5 million U.S. dollars in loans, to finance rooftop solar systems in India. The financing will be available to the State Bank of India (SBI), and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development…

Israeli Block On Aid Deliveries To N. Wadi Gaza Deprives Hundreds Of Thousands Of Relief: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Reports that, the Israeli military stopped all aid missions to the north of Wadi Gaza, block hundreds of thousands of Gazans from receiving relief deliveries, UN humanitarians said, yesterday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said, this means humanitarian workers…

Relics From New Kingdom, Late Period Of Ancient Egypt Discovered In Southern Egypt

CAIRO, Jul 18 (NNN-MENA) – A joint Egyptian-French archaeological mission, discovered ancient inscriptions, stela, and miniature images of some kings of the New Kingdom (1550 BC-1069 BC), and the Late Period (747 BC-332 BC) of Ancient Egypt, under the water of the Nile River in southern Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry…