Bosnian Serbs defy top UN official Inzko over genocide denial

A Bosnian Serb poster glorifies Ratko Mladic, a general jailed by a UN court for genocide SARAJEVO, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bosnian Serbs have reacted furiously to a ban on genocide denial imposed by the international official overseeing Bosnia’s 1995 peace deal. UN-appointed High Representative Valentin Inzko said the ban…

Covid-19: 4 billion shots injected worldwide

       PARIS, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 4 billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, eight months after the vaccination drive started, according to latest count Thursday. Global injections have slowed slightly: this fourth billion was reached in 30 days, while it took only 26…

Floods kill 40 in north Afghanistan, 150 missing: officials

     JALALABAD (Afghanistan), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday. A rescue operation was underway to find the missing people after torrential rains overwhelmed Kamdesh…

Covid-19: Cambodia imposes night curfew in capital, provincial towns, populated areas to curb Delta variant

Cambodia appeared to have contained its coronavirus outbreak last year, but is now struggling with a rising caseload PHNOM PENH, July 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — Cambodia has decided to impose a night curfew in capital Phnom Penh, provincial towns and populated areas for two weeks, starting from Friday to Aug. 12,…

Two rockets fired near US embassy in Baghdad: security source

 BAGHDAD, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two rockets were fired early Thursday against Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone which houses the US embassy, without causing any casualties or damage, an Iraqi security source said. The dawn attack came as Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi was flying home from Washington after White House talks…

Covid-19: Australian police call for military to enforce lockdown in Sydney

       SYDNEY, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Australia’s largest city have requested military help to enforce a coronavirus lockdown as infections in Sydney reached a new record Thursday. Commissioner Mick Fuller said New South Wales police had asked for 300 Australian Defence Force personnel to be deployed “to boost…

Lithuania reports record number of migrants at Belarus border

Migrants apprehended by Lithuanian authorities on a forest road near the Belarusian border VILNIUS, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU country Lithuania has registered a record number of migrants who illegally crossed the border from neighbouring Belarus within one day.In the past 24 hours, 171 unauthorized border crossers were apprehended,…

South Africa ‘appalled’ by AU decision to grant Israel observer status

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Africa vehemently objected to last week’s “unilateral” decision by the African Union Commission to grant Israel an official observer status at the continental organisation.In a strongly worded statement, the continental powerhouse, which last year held the annually rotating AU…

8.2 magnitude earthquake off Alaskan peninsula, tsunami warning

 WASHINGTON, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shallow 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami warning. The earthquake hit 91 kilometers southeast of the town of Perryville, the USGS said, with a tsunami warning in effect for south Alaska…

Five Iraqi crew killed in helicopter crash on ‘combat mission’: military

 BAGHDAD, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when their helicopter crashed on a “combat mission” north of Baghdad, the military said, as a security source confirmed it had been hit by ground fire. The helicopter came down near Amerli in Salaheddin province, the military said, in…