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Covid-19: US to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign air travellers in November

The US will relax entry rules for travellers from the UK and European Union who are vaccinated against Covid-19 WASHINGTON,…

Indonesia Reports 1,932 New COVID-19 Cases, 166 More Deaths

JAKARTA, Sept 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,932 within one day, to 4,192,695,…

New Zealand To Pass Counter-Terrorism Law After Horror Stabbings, Mass Shootings

WELLINGTON, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A counter-terrorism legislation bill, returned to parliament for its second reading, in an important step…

Cambodia Inoculates 75 Percent Of Population Against COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Sept 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 12.05 million people, or…

635,000 People Displaced In Afghanistan This Year: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians said yesterday that, 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes…

Covid-19: Vietnam to buy 10 million Cuban-made vaccine doses

HAVANA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba agreed to provide Vietnam with 10 million doses of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, Abdala,…

Iran Destroys Headquarters Of “Counter-Revolutionary” Groups In Northern Iraq: Commander

TEHRAN, Sept 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian security forces destroyed four headquarters of “counter-revolutionary” groups by artillery, in northern Iraq, said…

Afghanistan’s Central Bank Allows Merchants To Withdraw 25,000 U.S. Dollars Monthly

KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), allowed merchants and owners of private companies to…

Nine Killed, 20 Injured In Tribal Gun Fight In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (NNN-APP) – Nine people were killed and 20 others injured, in a gun fight between two groups,…

Efforts Underway To Resume Int’l Commercial Flights At Kabul Airport

KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Efforts are underway to solve all technical difficulties, before international commercial flights resume at Kabul…