Asian Development Bank Provides 100-Million-USD Loan For Uzbekistan’s Perinatal Medical Services

TASHKENT, Jul 17 (NNN-UzA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), will provide a concessional loan of 100 million U.S. dollars to Uzbekistan, for improving the country’s perinatal medical services, said the ADB press service, yesterday. “The Asian Development Bank has approved a concessional loan of 100 million U.S. dollars, to…

11.2 Million Stimulant Tablets Seized In Central Myanmar

YANGON, Jul 17 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s authorities seized 11.2 million stimulant tablets worth 16.8 billion kyats (about eight million U.S. dollars), in the central region of Myanmar, according to a statement by the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC), late yesterday. Acting on a tipoff, anti-narcotic police searched a…

Six Foreign Nationals Found Dead In Bangkok Hotel: Police

BANGKOK, Jul 17 (NNN-TNA) – Six foreign nationals were found dead at a hotel, in downtown Bangkok, yesterday, police said, dismissing earlier reports that they were killed, following a shooting. Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner, Thiti Saengsawang, said, the deceased bodies of three men and three women were found in a…

Cambodia Restoring Angkor Wat Ground Floor’s Southern Central Stairs, Naga Balustrade

PHNOM PENH, Jul 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority (ANA) archaeologists, have been restoring the southern central stairs and Naga balustrade, on the ground floor of the famed Angkor Wat, said an ANA’s news release, yesterday. Built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, Angkor Wat is a…

Death Toll Rises To 40 From Rainstorms, Flash Floods In East Afghanistan

KABUL, Jul 17 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from rainstorms and flooding in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, has risen to 40, and the number of injured has reached 347, the country’s Ministry of Public Health reported, yesterday. Health workers were dispatched to the affected areas for treating the injured, said…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 38,664: Health Authorities

GAZA, Jul 16 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 38,664, Gaza-based health authorities said, yesterday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 80 people and wounded 216 others, bringing the total death toll to 38,664, and injuries…

Azerbaijan Reopens Embassy In Iran

TEHRAN, Jul 16 (NNN-IRNA) – Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran’s capital, Tehran, resumed operations yesterday, after nearly a year-and-a-half, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. According to ISNA, the reopening of the embassy, which has been transferred to a new location in Tehran, took place after negotiations between Iran and…

UN Chief Appoints New Special Envoy For Iraq

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, announced the appointment of Mohamed al Hassan of Oman, as his new special representative for Iraq. Al Hassan, who will also head the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), succeeds Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands. Al Hassan brings…

Syrian Businessman Killed In Israeli Drone Strike

DAMASCUS, Jul 16 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian businessman, Bara’a Al-Qaterji, was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting his car, near the Lebanese-Syrian border yesterday afternoon, according to the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper. The strike, which occurred near the Masnaa crossing, on the Beirut-Damascus road, also resulted in the death of another…

Jordan Conducted Three Airdrops Of Aid In Southern Gaza

AMMAN, Jul 16 (NNN-PETRA) – The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, yesterday carried out three airdrops of humanitarian aid, on several locations in the southern Gaza Strip. The airdrops came in support of the Palestinian people, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Two aircraft from the Royal Jordanian Air Force and…