Sec-Gen Guterres thanks member states for keeping UN operations in Afghanistan going

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked several member states for helping keep UN operations in Afghanistan going as the country is facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis. “I can tell you that the secretary-general is indeed very grateful for the generosity of member states,…

UNHCR Not Seeing Large Influx Of Afghans Crossing Into Pakistan, Iran: Official

GENEVA, Sept 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Afghanistan could face a major crisis without trade and support flows, and the international community should not turn a blind eye to the situation, a UN official stressed yesterday. Babar Baloch, speaking from Pakistan for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), told a UN briefing,…

First Flight Carrying Food Assistance After U.S. Evacuation Entres Kabul Airport

KABUL, Sept 4 (NNN-ANA) – A United Arab Emirates (UAE) plane, loaded with food supplies, landed in Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday, reported a local TV channel. This was the first cargo flight into the airport since Tuesday, when the U.S. forces finished pullout from Afghanistan and…

Singapore Reports 219 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Sept 4 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health reported 219 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 68,210. The new infections included 216 locally transmitted cases. There were three imported cases, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice or isolated upon arrival in…

Four Indonesian soldiers killed in Papua guerrilla attack

Soldiers carrying coffins of comrades in Sorong, in Indonesia’s breakaway region of Papua, after an ambush killed four Indonesian soldiers and wounded two others JAKARTA, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least four Indonesian soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an ambush by guerrillas in the breakaway region of…

New Zealand: ‘Extremist’ inspired by Daesh stabs several people in Auckland mall, shot dead by police

LynnMall shopping centre in New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AUCKLAND, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a knife-wielding “extremist” who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket. The attacker, a Sri…

Covid-19: 755 travellers from Germany, Brunei received Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Passes – CAAS

Changi Airport Terminal 4 SINGAPORE, Sept 3 (NNN-CNA) — A total of 735 people from Germany and 20 from Brunei Darussalam have received Vaccinated Travel Passes to come to Singapore on the first day of application, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Thursday (Sep 2).   As of Wednesday at 11.59pm, 301 of the…

Covid-19: India logs 45,352 new cases, 366 fresh fatalities

NEW DELHI, Sept 3 (NNN-PTI) — With 45,352 people testing positive for coronavirus, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 32,903,289, while active cases registered an increase for the third consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.      The death toll climbed to 439,895…

Covid-19: Delta variant puts Australia’s reopening schedule in doubt

A quiet city centre in Sydney SYDNEY, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australia’s federal government on Friday will look to convince states and territories to follow its national COVID-19 reopening plan as a steady rise in infections in Sydney and Melbourne from the Delta variant stoked concerns in virus-free states. The…

Covid-19: New Zealand sees success in curbing Delta outbreak as new cases plunge

WELLINGTON, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand reported 28 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a big drop compared to the last few days, as authorities said the country was breaking the chain of transmission of the highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus. Authorities said 27 new cases were in…
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