Four Persons Feared Trapped After Building Collapsed In West India

NEW DELHI, Jul 7 (NNN-PTI) – At least four persons were feared to be trapped, under the debris of a building which collapsed, in India’s western state of Gujarat, yesterday, amid incessant rains over the past few days, a local police officer said. The mishap occurred in Sachin area of…

Political Party Leader Killed In Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI, Jul 7 (NNN-PTI) – A leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), K. Armstrong, was hacked to death, by six bike-borne men, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said, yesterday. Armstrong, 52-year-old state head of the BSP, was attacked late Friday, near his house in…

Syrian President Congratulates Pezeshkian On Elected As Iranian President

DAMASCUS, Jul 7 (NNN-SANA) – Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, yesterday, congratulated Masoud Pezeshkian on his election as president of Iran. In his congratulatory message, Assad highlighted Syria’s commitment to strengthening the strategic relationship with Iran, and wished the president-elect “success in all endeavours that safeguard Iran’s security, stability, and resilience.”…

Construction Of 17 School Buildings Launched In Afghanistan’s Paktika

KABUL, Jul 7 (NNN-BNA) – The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Education, begun construction of 17 school buildings in eastern Paktika province, state media reported, yesterday. The buildings will be built at a cost of 167 million afghanis (about 2.36 million U.S. dollars), on the outskirts of the province’s 15…

Pakistani Provinces Warned Of Flooding As Monsoon Season Begins

ISLAMABAD, Jul 7 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has issued a warning, about the potential for flash floods and urban flooding, due to ongoing torrential rains marking the beginning of the monsoon season, in various parts of the country. The national emergencies operation centre of the NDMA,…

Hezbollah Targets Israeli Military Sites As Confrontations Continue On S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, Jul 6 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Hezbollah, announced yesterday that, it targeted several Israeli military sites, in response to its attacks on Lebanese southern villages and houses. Hezbollah said in statements that, it bombed the headquarters of the 769th Brigade in Kiryat Shmona, and targeted a building in the Shlomi…

3-Year-Old Boy In Cambodia Contracts H5N1 Bird Flu

PHNOM PENH, Jul 6 (NNN-AKP) – A three-year-old boy from southern Cambodia’s Takeo province, has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of cases to six, so far, this year, the Ministry of Health said in a statement today. “Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public…

Former Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian Wins 14th Presidential Election In Iran

TEHRAN, Jul 6 (NNN-IRNA) – Reformist candidate, former Health Minister, Masoud Pezeshkian, today, won the 14th presidential election in Iran, getting 16,384,402 of the total 30,573,931 votes in the runoff, Iran’s Election Headquarters Spokesperson, Mohsen Eslami, announced, adding, the turnout in the second round stands at 49.8 percent.– NNN-IRNA

Cambodian Government Reminds People Not To Eat Pufferfish After Seven Fall Ill

PHNOM PENH, Jul 6 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Ministry of Health, issued a statement today, reminding people not to eat pufferfish, after seven people have been hospitalised in central Kampong Chhnang province, this week. “The seven people, after eating pufferfish, had severe symptoms that required emergency medical treatment, and after receiving…

Four Killed, Several Wounded In Lorry Accident In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Jul 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four people were killed, while three others were seriously injured, after a truck overturned along the Badulla-Soranathota road, in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka, yesterday, the police said. Badulla police said that, the accident took place around 12:00 p.m. when the lorry was transporting…