UPDATE: Death Toll From Philippine Military Plane Crash Rises To 50, All 96 Accounted For

MANILA, Jul 5 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from the military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 50, the defence department said today. All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft that crashed upon landing before noon yesterday, on Jolo island in Sulu province, have been…

European Bank Supports Jordan’s Private Sector With 100 Million Euros

Amman, Jul 5 (NNN-PETRA) – The European Investment Bank (EIB), said yesterday that, it provided 100 million euros (119 million U.S. dollars), as a line of credit, to support the private sector in Jordan, against the impact of COVID-19, it was reported. The sum was offered to Jordan-Kuwait Bank, that…

Indian Company Gets Manufacturing License For Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Sputnik V

MUMBAI, Jul 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Panacea Biotec, received manufacturing license, to produce Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, the company said yesterday. The license was granted by India’s drug regulator, pursuant to Panacea Biotec’s collaboration with Russian Direct Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund. Earlier in May, the batches of…

Feature: Construction Of Bangladesh’s Largest, First Ever Green Fertiliser Factory Carries On Smoothly Despite Pandemic

DHAKA, Jul 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Construction of Bangladesh’s Ghorashal-Polash Urea fertiliser project (GPUFP), the country’s largest, and first ever green fertiliser factory, once completed, has been carrying on smoothly despite the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 300 engineers and skilled workers from the China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven…

Saudi Arabia Approves Security Plan For 2021 Hajj

RIYADH, Jul 5 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia, yesterday, approved the security plan for the 2021 Hajj season, that takes into account precautions against COVID-19, it was reported. According to the plan, issued by the Saudi interior ministry, that aims to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims, a fine of…

Philippine Military Plane Crashes In Southern Sulu Province

MANILA, Jul 4 (NNN-PNA) – A Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane, with 85 people on board, crashed today, while attempting to land in Sulu province, in the southern Philippines, the armed forces said. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, said, the plane was transporting…

Three Civilians, 24 Taliban Militants Killed In E. Afghanistan: Gov’t

KABUL, Jul 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three civilians and 24 Taliban militants were killed and 30 civilians and 25 militants injured, in two eastern Afghan provinces, as fighting rages in the Asian country, the Afghan Ministry of Defence confirmed today. In Laghman province, nine militants were killed and 17 wounded, after…

Iran To Raise Oil Output To Pre-Sanctions Level “As Soon As Possible”: Minister

TEHRAN, Jul 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran will increase its oil production to pre-sanctions level “as soon as possible,” the country’s Minister of Oil, Bijan Zanganeh said. “Whenever the sanctions are lifted, we will return to the market, in the shortest possible time, and take production at least to its pre-sanctions…

Daesh Militants Kill Four Fishermen In Western Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jul 4 (NNN-NINA) – Four fishermen were killed and five others injured, yesterday, in an attack by militants of the extremist Daesh group, at a lake in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a local official said. The attack took place before dawn, when the Daesh militants opened fire on…

Yemenis Struggle To Survive By Selling “Natural Toothbrushes”

HAJJAH, Yemen, Jul 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – In Yemen, Salvadora Persica, otherwise known as the toothbrush tree, spreads along the Red Sea’s hot and dry coastal plain, where many people use its roots to clean teeth, and thousands of families have tried to sell them as a source of income, even…
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