Gunfight Leaves Two Militants Dead In Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Jul 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least two suspected terrorists were killed during a shootout yesterday, between Indonesian security forces and suspected members of the Daesh-affiliated terrorist group, East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT), in the country’s eastern province of Central Sulawesi. The gunfight took place in Parigi Moutong district at about…

Myanmar Imposes Stay-At-Home Order In 18 More Towns Over COVID-19

YANGON, Jul 12 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Health and Sports Ministry, imposed a stay-at-home order in 18 more towns across the country, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the state-run media reported yesterday. The stay-at-home order, which will take effect today, will be applied to six towns in Bago region, and 12…

Nine Killed By Lightning Amid Heavy Rains In India’s Rajasthan State

NEW DELHI, Jul 12 (NNN-PTI) – Nine people, including seven children, died, and many were injured, in lightning incidents in India’s western state of Rajasthan yesterday, amid heavy rains, a local government official said, over the phone. The deadly lightning incidents took place in Rajasthan’s Kota, Jhalawar and Dhaulpur districts.…

China Opposes U.S. Move To Add Chinese Entities To Export Control List

BEIJING, Jul 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – China is firmly opposed to the United States adding 23 Chinese entities to its “entity list” of export controls, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said yesterday. The move, in disregard of facts, came on so-called grounds such as, “human rights,” as the…

Japan To Begin Accepting Applications For Vaccination Passports From Jul 26

TOKYO, Jul 12 (NNN-NHK) – Japan will start accepting applications for vaccination passports from Jul 26, for people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, the top government spokesman said yesterday. Whether to use such certificates for domestic economic activities, as business circles request, is under consideration…

Turkey, Palestine Presidents Meet In Istanbul On Regional, Bilateral Issues

ISTANBUL, Jul 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met yesterday, with his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, in Istanbul, to discuss regional and bilateral issues, Turkey’s presidential office said in a statement. During the meeting, Erdogan emphasised that, as long as Israel’s “occupation and annexation policies” continue, it will…

Iran’s Transportation Ministry Hit By Cyberattack

TEHRAN, Jul 11 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s transportation ministry confirmed yesterday, a cyberattack against its computer systems, which caused the portal page of the ministry and its affiliated pages to go offline. “The issue is under investigation by technical experts of the ministry,” the Ministry of Road and Urban Development was…

Jordan’s King Receives Call From Israeli President

AMMAN, Jul 11 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II, yesterday received a phone call from Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, during which the King stressed the importance of working towards just and comprehensive peace, based on the two-state solution, according to a statement by the royal court. The King underscored the…

Palestine Says Israel Obstructs Efforts To Stabilise Truce In Gaza

RAMALLAH, Jul 11 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday accused Israel of obstructing efforts to stabilise the truce in the Gaza Strip by tightening the blockade. In a statement, the Palestinian ministry of foreign affairs, said that, more than two million people in the Gaza Strip “pay heavy prices, due to the…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 30,837,222 With 42,766 New Cases

NEW DELHI, Jul 11 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,837,222 today, as 42,766 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, 895 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning took the death toll to 408,040.…