China-Europe Freight Train Service Via Erenhot Port Sees Robust Growth

HOHHOT, Jul 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The border port of Erenhot in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, handled over 1,200 train trips during the first half of 2021, according to local customs. A total of 1,241 China-Europe freight trains passed through the port in the six-month period, a year-on-year growth…

Fighting In Afghanistan Continues On Eve Of Eid Al-Adha

KABUL, Jul 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fighting between Afghan government forces and the Taliban militants continued last night, amid Afghans’ preparation to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which falls today. In the latest move against the Taliban advances, government forces recaptured Dara-e-Suf Bala district, in northern Samangan province,…

At Least 28 Killed In Bomb Explosion In Iraqi Capital: Ministry Source

BAGHDAD, Jul 20 (NNN-NINA) – At least 28 people were killed and 66 others wounded, in a bomb explosion in a marketplace in eastern Baghdad yesterday, a source with the Iraqi interior ministry said. A bomb detonated at a crowded popular market in Sadr City, a suburb district of the…

UNRWA Official Says Partnership With U.S. Fully Restored

GAZA, Jul 19 (NNN-WAFA) – The partnership between the United States and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), is fully restored, a senior UNRWA official said. The UNRWA media advisor in Gaza, Adnan Abu Hasna, said, the U.S. financial aid to the…

Islamic Development Bank Elects Saudi Nominee As New President

RIYADH, Jul 19 (NNN-SPA) – The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), said yesterday that, Saudi Arabia’s nominee, Muhammed Sulaiman Al Jasser, has been elected as its new president for the coming five years. The election was confirmed by the IsDB Group General Secretariat, the IsDB said, in a statement on its…

Cambodia Destroys 7.62 Tonnes Of Drugs, Illegal Substances To Mark Anti-Drug Day

PHNOM PENH, Jul 19 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia today burned 7.62 tonnes of drugs and illegal substances, to mark the International Day against Drug, officials said. Gen. Chuon Sovann, vice chairman of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD), set fire on the drugs at a ceremony held on the southern…

Pakistan Reports 2,452 New COVID-19 Cases, 991,727 In Total

ISLAMABAD, Jul 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan confirmed 2,452 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said today. The NCOC, a department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic, said that, the country’s number of overall cases rose to 991,727, amidst the fear of…

Water-Related Accidents Kill 69 In Mongolia So Far This Year

ULAN BATOR, Jul 19 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – A total of 69 people have been killed, in 50 water-related accidents across Mongolia, so far this year, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency said today. According to the agency, 29 of them lost their lives during the national holiday, Naadam, on Jul 9-18.…

Afghan Forces Recapture District In Northern Samangan Province

AYBAK, Afghanistan, Jul 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Afghan forces regained control of Dara-e-Suf Bala district, in northern Samangan province, forcing the militants to flee, provincial police spokesman, Munir Rahimi, said today. “The security forces launched counter-offensive in Dara-e-Suf Bala early today and recaptured the district within hours, forcing the rebels to…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 31,144,229

NEW DELHI, Jul 19 (NJNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,144,229 today, as 38,164 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, 499 deaths, due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to…