West Bank Settler Expansion Scheme Threatens Palestinian Life: UN

OCHA said, the more than 3,000 housing units scheme for settlers as part of the E1 plan would essentially cut off the northern and central West Bank from the south, leading to a devastating humanitarian impact. UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s West Bank settlement expansion plan, negatively affects…

Pakistan Reported New Monkeypox Case

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a new monkeypox case, after a 42-year-old man from Attock, in eastern Punjab province, tested positive, health authorities said, yesterday. The National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed the case, through laboratory testing on Monday, Mumtaz Ali Khan, the NIH’s focal person for infectious…

Palestinian Death Toll From Israeli Attacks Surpasses 62,000 In Gaza: Health Authorities

GAZA, Aug 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Gaza-based health authorities announced yesterday that, the death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the coastal enclave since Oct 7, 2023, has risen to more than 62,000, amid worsening humanitarian and health conditions. In a press statement, the health authorities reported that 60 people…

Second Measles Death Reported In Israel Amid Surging Cases

JERUSALEM, Aug 17 (NNN-MA’AN) – An 18-month-old Israeli boy died of measles, yesterday, at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, marking the second fatality in the country’s current measles outbreak, Israel’s Health Ministry said in a statement. The toddler was unvaccinated, it noted. The first death, a two-year-old Israeli boy also…

Cloudburst Kills 46, Injures Over 100 In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 46 people were killed and over 100 others injured yesterday, after a massive cloudburst hit Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. The cloudburst hit Chositi village of Kishtwar district, about 290 km south-east of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled…

Gaza Starvation Deaths Continue To Rise: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Casualties from the acute lack of food mount, as airstrikes and bombardment across Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace people, and destroy civilian infrastructure, said UN humanitarians, yesterday. The Gaza health authorities reported yesterday that, eight people suffering the effects of malnourishment and…

Number Of Malnutrition-Related Deaths In Gaza Rises To 227: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The health authorities in Gaza reported that, five people died over the past 24 hours, due to malnutrition and starvation, bringing the total number of malnutrition-related deaths to 227, a UN spokesperson said, yesterday. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, told a daily…

Man In Critical Condition Following Shooting In Eastern Australia

SYDNEY, Aug 10 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition, following a shooting in eastern Australia, police in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement, today. The emergency services were called to reports of a shooting, at a home in…

Teenager Arrested After Man Critically Injured In Sydney Public Park Stabbing

SYDNEY, Aug 8 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been hospitalised in a critical condition, and a teenager has been arrested, following the stabbing attack at a public park in Sydney. Emergency services were called to reports of an assault at the park, in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Annandale, at…

Myanmar’s Acting President U Myint Swe Passes Away

YANGON, Aug 7 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s acting President, U Myint Swe, died at the age of 74, in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, this morning, the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) said. A state funeral will be held for the acting president, the NDSC said. According to…
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