Asia

Indonesia Reports 5,041 New COVID-19 Cases, 132 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Apr 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,041 within one day, to 1,599,763, with the…

India’s Sports Minister Tests Positive For COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Apr 18 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal junior sports minister, Kiren Rijiju, yesterday tested positive for COVID-19. Rijiju took…

COVID-19 Drugs, Facilities Depleting In Delhi At Fast Pace: Chief Minister

NEW DELHI, Apr 18 (NNN-PTI) – The stocks of oxygen and drugs are depleting at a fast pace, in India’s…

Chinese Envoy Urges Parties To Iran Nuke Deal To Immediately Start Negotiating Sanction-Lifting Formula

VIENNA, Apr 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Chinese envoy urged all parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive…

Montenegro tries to cool EU row over US$1 billion China road

PODGORICA (Montenegro), April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Montenegro’s finance minister tried to ease concern over a near US$1 billion Chinese-backed road…

Two Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut return from ISS

ALMATY (Kazakhstan), April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut touched down Saturday on the steppe of…

68 Climbers, A Record High In Single Day, Reach Top Of Mt. Annapurna

KATHMANDU, Apr 17 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Six Nepali women reached the top of Mt. Annapurna yesterday, in the first-ever ascent of…

Covid-19: Global death toll nears 3 million as India cases surge

PARIS, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global coronavirus death toll was expected to reach three million on Saturday, as the…

US, Japan show united front on China in Pres Biden’s first summit

WASHINGTON, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Japan vowed to stand firm together against an assertive China and…

India Continues To Record Over 200,000 New COVID-19 Cases Per Day

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (NNN-PTI) – India registered 234,692 new COVID-19 cases, the third consecutive day that the country reported…