Afghanistan: Taliban push deep into holdout Panjshir Valley

KABUL, Sept 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Taliban fighters have advanced deep into Afghanistan’s holdout Panjshir Valley, with resistance fighters saying they are keeping the Islamists at bay. Italian aid agency Emergency, which runs a hospital in Panjshir, said Taliban forces had reached the village of Anabah, where they run a surgical…

Mali police storm jail to free detained commander

The special forces unit has received training from the EU and the US to help it fight jihadist groups  BAMAKO, Sept 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mali’s anti-terror police have been widely condemned after armed officers marched on a prison to demand the release of their commander – who was then set…

Covid-19: Community cases in Laos continue to rise

Patuxay, the Victory Monument in Vientiane at night time during COVID-19 lockdown VIENTIANE, Sept 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — Local cases of COVID-19 continued to increase and spread across multiple provinces in Laos, with 64 new infections reported over the weekend. Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the…

Tokyo Paralympics will always have special place in Indian sports history: PM Modi

NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (NNN-PTI) — With Indian athletes putting up their best ever show at the Tokyo Paralympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that their feat will always have a special place in the history of Indian sports and expressed hope to build on these successes to ensure greater…

Iraq: Daesh attack kills 13 police – Security

KIRKUK (IRAQ), Sept 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thirteen Iraqi policemen were killed in Daesh group attack against a checkpoint in the country’s north early Sunday, security and medical sources said. The attack, in the region of Al-Rashad around 65 kilometers south of Kirkuk city, took place just after midnight, a senior…

Bus crash on Egypt highway kills 12 near Suez

   CAIRO, Sept 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twelve people were killed on an Egyptian highway when their bus overturned on their return from the popular Red Sea resort Sharm El-Sheikh, medical and security sources said.   Thirty-four other passengers were injured and transported to the port town of Suez for treatment,…

US shooting: Prominent lawyer is shot months after family members killed

WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose family has deep roots in regional law enforcement has been shot in the head, just months after his son and wife were mysteriously murdered, authorities said.   The lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, was changing a tire on the side of…

Large oil spill in Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida, clean-up under way

An oil slick is shown south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana LOUISIANA (US), Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States Coast Guard says clean-up crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida, while a private team of divers is set to descend underwater…

Nigeria shuts down telecom services as fight on terror intensifies

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to join the army in special operation against bandits in North West ABUJA, Sept 5 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — The rise in banditry and kidnapping in six North West states has forced Nigeria to shut down telecommunication services. This is to enable the military and other…

Covid-19: Russia’s cases surpass 7 million mark

MOSCOW, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s coronavirus cases tally hit seven million on Sunday, with the country reporting 18,645 new infections in the past 24 hours and 793 more deaths. The latest figures took the total number of cases to 7,012,599, with the overall death toll at 187,200. Russia’s state statistics…