Asia

Latest Flood On China’s Yangtze River Passes Three Gorges Dam

WUHAN, Aug 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Yangtze River’s fifth flood of this year, smoothly passed the Three Gorges Dam, after pushing…

IAEA Chief To Visit Tehran Tomorrow

VIENNA, Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, will travel to…

Iran Ready To Pay Compensations In Crashed Ukrainian Plane Case

TEHRAN, Aug 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran is ready to pay compensations pertaining to the case in the Ukrainian passenger plane…

Japan Reports 984 New Cases Of COVID-19, 62,046 In Total

TOKYO, Aug 23 (NNN-NHK) – The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 984, to reach 62,046 as of last…

Iran’s FM Says U.S. Has “No Right” To Restore Sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said, in a letter to the rotating chairman of…

13 of 15-member UN Security Council oppose US push for Iran sanctions

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States was further isolated over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on…

Roundup: Iraq Faces Risk Of Health Infrastructure Collapse; COVID-19 Cases In Israel Exceed 100,000

CAIRO, Aug 22 (NNN-MENA) – An Iraqi official yesterday warned of the collapse of the country’s health infrastructure, as the…

Update: India’s COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 55,000, Total Cases Near Three Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-UNI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,975,701, and death toll due to the pandemic in…

Nepal Reports Record High Fatality From COVID-19 As Cases Surpass 30,000 Mark

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government, confirmed the record-high single day fatality of 11 deaths due to COVID-19,…

Japan Continues To Be Scorched By Heatwave As Fatalities Rise

TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), yesterday said, wide swathes of the nation continued to be gripped…