Taliban Attack On Afghan District Repulsed, Three Insurgents Killed
KABUL, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghan forces beat back Taliban militants’ attack on Siagurd district, of the eastern Parwan province…
2,000 Lebanese Doctors Impacted By Beirut’s Blasts
BEIRUT, Aug 17 (NNN-NNA) – Head of Lebanese Order of Physicians, Charaf Abou Charaf, said yesterday that, 2,000 physicians were…
Japan’s Abe Admitted To Hospital For Health Checkup
TOKYO, Aug 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, checked into a hospital in Tokyo today, for what one…
Australian Scientists Team Up With Mining Giant To Study “Clean” Coral Reef
CANBERRA, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national science agency, formed a partnership with mining giant BHP, to study the Ningaloo…
21 Taliban Militants Killed In Afghanistan Clashes
KABUL, Aug 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 21 Taliban militants were killed and seven others wounded, in two Afghan provinces…
Rains Trigger Flood In India’s Telangana State
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (NNN-PTI) – Heavy rains triggered flooding in several areas of the southern Indian state of Telangana,…
18 Killed, 21 Missing In Massive Nepal Landslide
KATHMANDU, Aug 16 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Personnel from Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army, along with local people, continued…
Nepal Introduces 1,000-Rupee Notes Enabling Visually Impaired To Identify
KATHMANDU, Aug 16 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Nepal’s central bank introduced 1,000-rupee banknotes with a feature enabling the visually impaired people to…
Major Continuous Beam For Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed-Railway Built
BEKASI, Aug 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – Construction for a major continuous beam of the China-built Jakarta-Bandung high-speed-railway (HSR) in West Java…
Over 8.1 Million People Affected By Floods In India’s Bihar, 25 Dead
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (NNN-UNI) – Floods in India’s eastern state of Bihar affected over 8.1 million people, officials said…