UN chief to host Afghanistan aid meeting in Geneva on Sept 13: spokesman

 UNITED NATIONS, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Geneva to convene a high-level conference on aid for Afghanistan on Sept 13, his spokesman said. The country, now under the control of the Taliban after 20 years of war, is facing a “looming humanitarian…

US sanctions 4 Iranians over alleged plot to kidnap NY-based journalist

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap a US journalist and human rights activist, the US Treasury Department said. The sanctions come after US prosecutors in July charged the four with plotting to kidnap the New York-based journalist who was…

Calls To Banks Up 20 Percent, Through COVID-19 Lockdown In New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Number of customers contacting banks increased 20 percent, since New Zealand went into COVID-19 alert level 4 lockdown, on Aug 17. “In the first week of lockdown, banks saw little customer contact, due to the COVID restrictions. Since then, calls have increased on average 20…

China-Hosted Forum To Speed Up Development Of Low-Carbon Energy: Cambodian PM

PHNOM PENH, Sept 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said yesterday that, the China-hosted Taiyuan Energy Low Carbon Development Forum 2021, is a good opportunity to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy. He made the remarks in a pre-recorded address at the forum held in Taiyuan,…

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…
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