Kazak President Says Closure Of Nuclear Test Site Largely Reduces Nuclear Threat To Int’l Community

NUR-SULTAN, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said, denuclearising the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, largely reduced the threat of nuclear proliferation to international community. Semipalatinsk was the primary testing venue for Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons, with over 450 tests carried out since 1949. On Aug 29, 1991,…

Death Toll In Pakistan’s Torrential Rains Rises To 134

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (NNN-PPI) – The death toll in torrential rains that had been lashing Pakistan in separate spells since June, has risen to 134, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report. Sharing the data of casualties from June 15 to Aug 29, on its website,…

Roadside Bombs Kill Seven, Wound Eight In Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Roadside bombs on Saturday killed seven people and wounded eight others across Afghansitan, officials said. A roadside bomb planted by armed insurgents, struck a car in the northern Sari Pul province on Saturday, killing a father and his son, provincial police spokesman, Noor Aqa Faizi,…

Three Killed, Seven Wounded In Fighting In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Aug 30 (NNN-PNA) – Three people were killed, including a soldier, and seven other soldiers wounded, when government forces clashed on Saturday, with some 30 Abu Sayyaf fighters, in the jungles of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, the military said. Brigadier General William Gonzales, the joint task force…

State Council To Oversee Probe Into N China Restaurant Collapse

BEIJING, Aug 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Work Safety Committee of China’s State Council, will supervise investigation into Saturday’s restaurant collapse in northern Shanxi Province, the committee said in a statement. The committee demanded the provincial government of Shanxi to immediately investigate the incident, and the result should be released to…

UAE Delivers Bodies Of Two Fishermen To Iran: Border Police

TEHRAN, Aug 29 (NNN-IRNA) – The bodies of two Iranian fishermen, killed by the coast guards of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), were delivered to Iran, semi-official Fars news agency reported. “The dead bodies of the two fishermen were delivered to Iran in Bandar Abbas city on Thursday, and were…

Huge Drug Haul Uncovered In Thailand’s West

BANGKOK, Aug 29 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau, yesterday said that, a joint police-military unit had uncovered and seized 1,385 kg of crystal methamphetamine, 500 kg of ketamine, and 77 kg of heroin, with a total estimated value of 1.6 million baht (51,437 U.S. dollars) at Thailand’s Western Province…

106 Killed In Rain-Triggered Incidents Across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (NNN-PPI) – At least 106 people have been killed and 52 injured since June 15, in separate incidents triggered-off by torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a report. South Sindh province was the worst hit where 34 people were killed…

Scaffolding Collapse Kills Two, Injures Six In Southern Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug 29 (NNN-VNA) – Two workers were killed and six others injured, after a scaffolding collapsed at a construction site, in Vietnam’s southern Long An province, yesterday. The workers were doing construction work, at a civil housing project in My Hanh Nam commune, Duc Hoa district,…

Torrential Rains Kill 23 In Pakistan’s Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (NNN-APP) – An ongoing rain spell in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi left at least 23 people killed, dozens injured and scores of others homeless, local media and officials said yesterday. The spell of torrential monsoon rains started in Sindh province, where the commercial hub is…
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