US to submit UN resolution on Iran arms next week

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will submit a UN Security Council resolution next week to extend an arms embargo on Iran despite opposition from Russia and China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. A ban on conventional weapons sales to Iran ends on Oct 18 and the…

Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA (Japan), Aug 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to remember the victims. Survivors, relatives and a handful of foreign dignitaries attended this year’s main event in Hiroshima to pray…

Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa family heads for huge election win

COLOMBO, Aug 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The party of Sri Lanka’s rulingRajapaksa brothers headed for a landslide win in aparliamentary election set to strengthen their grip on power. With more than 60 percent of the 11.3 million ballots counted,Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) had57 percent of the…

Covid-19: ADB approves additional $3m grant to support Bangladesh against pandemic following $603m earlier loan

DHAKA, Aug 7 (NNN-BSS) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional $3 million as grant assistance for procuring urgently needed medical supplies for emergency response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangladesh. The Government of Japan is financing the grant assistance sourced from the ADB-administered Asia Pacific Disaster…

Bangladesh to send medical team and emergency supplies to Lebanon; 4 Bangladeshis killed, at least 100 injured

DHAKA, Aug 7 (NNN-BSS) == Bangladesh will send a medical team with emergency medical and food supplies to Lebanon as a huge explosion rocked capital of the country Beirut on Tuesday that left 137 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, dead. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momem informed it to his…

Sudan rejects Ethiopian proposal on filling, operation of Nile dam

KHARTOUM, Aug 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Sudan announced its rejection of an Ethiopian proposal regarding the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry in a statement. Sudan rejected the Ethiopian proposal as it stipulates that an agreement should only be about…

Colombian court orders house arrest for ex-president Uribe

Alvaro Uribe BOGOTA, Aug 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe announced that the Supreme Court of Justice has ordered house arrest for him on charges of fraud, bribery and corruption. “The deprivation of my freedom causes me deep sadness because of my wife, my family and the Colombians…

Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa appoints VP Chiwenga as new health minister

Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga HARARE, Aug 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed Vice President (VP) Constantino Chiwenga as new Minister of Health and Child Care. Chiwenga takes over former minister Obadiah Moyo who was fired by Mnangagwa last month over corruption allegations. This means Chiwenga…

Covid-19: Latin America now has world’s highest coronavirus death toll

Cemetery workers move the coffin of a covid-infected man during his funeral in Mexico City, Mexico BRASILIA, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latin America surpassed Europe on Tuesday to become the region with the highest coronavirus death toll worldwide. The region has now recorded more than 206,000 deaths, approximately 30 per cent…

Covid-19: WHO surge team expected in South Africa

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize PRETORIA, Aug 5 (NNN-SANEWS) — The first team of experts from the World Health Organisation, who will assist South Africa in its fight against Coronavirus, is set to arrive in the country Wednesday. A total of 43 senior experts from across the globe, including renowned specialists…