Sri Lanka To Begin Vaccinating Children Above 12 Against COVID-19

COLOMBO, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, said, the Sri Lankan government planned to vaccinate children over 12 years old against the COVID-19, step by step, local media reported yesterday. Rajapaksa said, children with various complications will be given priority in the vaccination programme. Presently the…

Ship Catches Fire In Central Indonesia, All Passengers Rescued

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – A ship carrying at least 34 people, caught fire in the waters off Sulawesi Tenggara province, in the central part of Indonesia yesterday, an official said. The ship, KM Bukit Sumber Poleang, went down at 12:00 p.m. local time, when it was sailing in the…

Shops, Markets Remain Closed In Kabul As Desperate People Crowd Airport

KABUL, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Shops, markets and schools remained closed today, in the Afghan capital of Kabul, and earlier yesterday, thousands of people crowded the Kabul airport, trying to leave the country. Taliban members were seen on the street, but it seemed that, they were not enough to maintain…

Pres Biden says deteriorating situation in Afghanistan “did unfold more quickly” than US anticipates

US President Joe Biden delivering remarks on Afghanistan at the White House WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — President Joe Biden stood by his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan while acknowledging Kabul’s collapse to the Taliban came much sooner than Washington had anticipated. “I stand squarely behind my decision,”…

Afghanistan: World must unite to ensure Kabul will not be safe haven for ‘global terrorist threat’, says UN chief

        UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the world to work together to “suppress the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan” after the Taliban took control of the war-torn country. “The international community must unite to make sure that Afghanistan is never again…

UN Chief Calls For Efforts To Uphold Human Rights In Afghanistan, Stem Terrorism

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for efforts to uphold human rights in Afghanistan, and to prevent the country from again becoming a safe haven for terrorist organisations. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan, as the Taliban are…

Afghanistan: Taliban takeover is world’s failure, says UK

   LONDON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a “failure of the international community”, Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said, assessing that the West’s intervention was a job only half-done.    “All of us know that Afghanistan is not finished. It’s an unfinished problem for the…

Japan To Expand COVID-19 Emergency In Seven More Prefectures

TOKYO, Aug 17 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government plans to expand the COVID-19 state of emergency to seven more prefectures from Friday, to Sept 12, and extend the duration of the state of emergency taking place in Tokyo and four other prefectures, in line with that of seven new prefectures,…

Four Javanese Rhino Babies Born In Indonesia’s National Park

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – Four Javanese rhinoceros’ babies were born in the forest of Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park, during the first half of this year, based on recorded video traps, the Environment and Forestry Ministry said yesterday. The ministry’s Director General for Natural Resources and Ecosystems, Wiratno, said,…

Pakistan Promotes Inclusive Political Settlement In Afghanistan, Evacuation Of Personnel: Ambassador

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Pakistan is actively promoting an inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan and helping evacuate diplomats, representatives of international organisations, and others from Kabul, said Pakistan’s UN ambassador, Munir Akram, yesterday. Leaders of a number of political parties and groups in Afghanistan, representing all the multi-ethnic…
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