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, although the Indonesian capital city administration has extended the transitional period of the large-scale social restrictions, also known as a lock-down for five times. The number of COVID-19 cases in…

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 injured 217 people butcaused no deaths, state news agency IRNA reported. The blast struck late Friday in Chardavol county in Ilam province, the newsagency said. The head of the province’s…

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 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India has become the world’s third country to pass four million COVID-19 infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows no sign…

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 reprinted a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad, during a protest in Karachi KARACHI, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tens of thousands of people protested across Pakistan on Friday against French magazine…

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 border running through the western Himalayas, President Donald Trump said. Trump told reporters the situation was “very nasty,” adding that the two countries were “going at it much more strongly…

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 Saturday, rescuerssaid, after successfully containing the blaze during a 36-hour operation. The Panamanian-registered New Diamond carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude had drifted dangerously close to the eastern shores of Sri…

Update: Death toll rises to 11 in air conditioner explosion at Narayanganj mosque

DHAKA, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in the horrible air conditioner explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj has risen to 11 people including a child and a Muazzin. The burn victims were being treated at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery after the incident.…

Typhoon Haishen hampers search for ship survivors near Japan

TOKYO, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japanese authorities on Saturday resumed searching for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, but high waves caused by an approaching storm prevented boats from joining the operation. The Japan coastguard found a second survivor on Friday after the…

China backs Venezuela’s right to safeguard national sovereignty: FM

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) greets Chinese medical experts in Caracas, Venezuela BEIJING, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — China stands with the Venezuelan people in their fight against COVID-19 and upholds the Venezuelan government’s right to safeguard national sovereignty, and national dignity and development, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

More vessels join rescue efforts on burning oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s eastern coast

Fireboats extinguish fire of an oil tanker in the seas off Sri Lanka’s eastern coast COLOMBO, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Sri Lanka Navy said more vessels had joined the rescue efforts in dousing the flames on board an oil tanker which caught fire on Thursday morning in the seas…
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