Asia

Roundup: 20 Dead In Bangladesh’s Mosque Explosion

DHAKA, Sept 6 (NNN-BSS) – 20 worshippers, including a boy, died, after air conditioners of a mosque burst, Friday night,…

India, Pakistan Troops Exchange Fire On Kashmir Loc

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept 6 (NNN-UNI) – Troops of India and Pakistan, yesterday exchanged heavy fire and targeted each other’s…

Students In Vietnam Begin New School Year Amid COVID-19

It is estimated that, there are nearly 5.4 million pre-school students, over 8.7 million elementary school students, over six million…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses Four Million, Deaths Near 70,000

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Sept 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed four million yesterday, reaching 4,023,179, while the…

Jakarta Sees Surge In COVID-19 Cases Despite Repeated Extension Of Partial Lock-Down

By Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, Sept 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Jakarta continues to see daily increases in the number of COVID-19 cases,…

Explosion in western Iran injures more than 200

TEHRAN, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The explosion of a chlorine gas canisterbeing transported by a truck in western Iran has…

Covid-19: India becomes third country to pass 4 million cases

A health worker screens people for symptoms of Covid-19 in the slum of Dharavi in Mumbai NEW DELHI, Sept 5…

Thousands protest in Pakistan over reprinting of Mohammad cartoons in France

Supporters of the religious and political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) protesting against the satirical French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which…

US happy to help in China-India border dispute: Pres Trump

WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is ready to help resolve the dispute between India and China over the mountain…

Update: Stricken oil tanker pushed away from Sri Lankan coast

COLOMBO, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A fire-stricken oil tanker was pushedaway from Sri Lanka’s coast and into deeper waters on…