India, Australia Hold First 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, Focusing On Regional, Global Issues

NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (NNN-PTI) – India and Australia, yesterday, discussed domestic, regional and global issues, including the evolving situation in Afghanistan, and enhancing maritime cooperation at their first 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, held in New Delhi. While Indian External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh represented New…

Pakistan To Resume Commercial Flights To Kabul Tomorrow

ISLAMABAD, Sept 12 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), decided to resume commercial flights to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, starting from tomorrow, the airline said, yesterday. “The official flag carrier of Pakistan (PIA), is going to start again its flight operations for Kabul,” Arshad Malik, chief executive officer of PIA,…

Malaysia Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll, 19,550 More Infections

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded a fresh high of 592 single-day death toll from COVID-19, as of midnight, bringing the total deaths to 20,419, according to the health ministry. Another 19,550 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, with seven imported and 19,543 local transmissions,…

UN Chief Underlines Importance Of Engaging Taliban, Aiding Afghans

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said, engaging the Taliban and providing humanitarian aid to the Afghan people are crucial, for avoiding both a humanitarian catastrophe and an economic meltdown. “These are two things that are interlinked and they depend on how they evolve ……

Iran Reports 16,654 New COVID-19 Cases, 5,275,567 In Total

TEHRAN, Sept 12 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian health ministry reported yesterday, 16,654 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 5,275,567. According to a briefing, published by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education on its official website, the pandemic has claimed 113,824 lives in the country so far,…

Twenty years after 9/11, one of the last US Marines killed in Afghanistan comes home

LAWRENCE (Massachusetts, US), Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American service members killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the Sept 11, 2001 attacks. Several hundred…

The Taliban are lying, France will not have any relationship with them, foreign minister says

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian PARIS, Sept 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late on Saturday before heading for talks in Qatar on Sunday to discuss future evacuations from Afghanistan. “They…

Bangladesh Receives New Batch Of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccines

DHAKA, Sept 12 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh, yesterday, received a new batch of China’s Sinopharm vaccines, as the country continues to fight the pandemic. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane, carrying the vaccines arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, at around noon yesterday, Md. Shamsul Haque, a senior health ministry official, told…

Roundup: Indonesian Tourist Sites Reopen Following Relaxed COVID-19 Restrictions

by Benedictus Robert Yota JAKARTA, Sept 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – A number of tourist destinations in Indonesia reopened their doors in regions that have relaxed their COVID-19 public activity restrictions, locally known as PPKM, earlier this week. Among the reopened tourist sites is the Mount Ijen National Park in East Java…

Vietnam, China Vow To Strengthen Unity, Boost Cooperation For Further Development Of Bilateral Ties

HANOI, Sept 12 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam and China pledged here yesterday, to join hands to strengthen unity and boost cooperation for further development of bilateral relations between the two countries. While meeting with visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam…
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