Lebanese PM-Designate Hariri Announces Resignation

BEIRUT, Jul 16 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, announced yesterday, his resignation, after failing to line up a non-partisan cabinet, in the crisis-torn country, al-Jadeed TV channel reported. “I have just met with the President, who informed me about his rejection to some of the names mentioned in…

Afghan Provincial Governor, Taliban Agree On Truce To End Fighting In Qala-E-Naw City

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Jul 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – The governor of western Badghis province, Hasamudin Shams, made unofficial ceasefire with the Taliban outfit, in the provincial capital, Qala-e-Naw city, yesterday, to end the clash there. “From 10:00 a.m. local time today (Thursday), a ceasefire came into effect between Security and Defence Forces…

Iran’s President-Elect Reaffirms Support For Palestine Against Israel

TEHRAN, Jul 15 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian President-elect, Ebrahim Raisi, announced that, Iran will continue its consistent policy of supporting Palestine. Iran will keep defending Palestine against Israel, until the “liberation of Jerusalem (al-Quds) from the Zionist (Israel) occupation,” Raisi said, in separate telephone conversations with Ismail Haniyeh, chief of Gaza’s…

Over 4,800 Livestock Killed In Floods In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Jul 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 4,837 heads of livestock were killed, after rain-triggered floods hit the central-western Mongolian province of Arkhangai, early this week, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency said, today. Eleven of the animals killed in the floods were cattle and the rest were sheep…

Five Civilians Killed As Mortar Hits Residential Area In Eastern Afghanistan

MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Jul 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Five civilians lost their lives and 12 others sustained injury, as a mortar mine fired by militants, slammed into a residential area in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province, yesterday, the provincial government said in a statement today. “Taliban rebels fired a mortar mine late yesterday…

Smuggled Drugs To S. Korea Nearly Triple In H1

SEOUL, Jul 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – Smuggled drugs caught by the South Korean authorities nearly tripled in the first half of the year, as contactless smuggling through international mail and express cargo jumped, amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed today. Smuggled drugs, confiscated by the customs agency, reached…

Mongolia Logs 1,439 New COVID-19 Cases

ULAN BATOR, Jul 15 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia confirmed 1,439 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 143,128, the country’s health ministry said today. A total of 9,350 samples were tested across the country in the past day. Meanwhile, COVID-19 death toll rose…

Thailand Sees Record COVID-19 Death Toll Of Nearly 100

BANGKOK, Jul 15 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand today reported a new daily record of 98 COVID-19 deaths, raising the country’s total fatalities to 3,032, according to the data released by the Public Health Ministry. More than 95 percent of the deaths have been recorded since early Apr, which marks the start…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 30,987,880

NEW DELHI, July 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,987,880 today, as 41,806 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data. During the period, 581 deaths, due to the pandemic since yesterday morning took the total…

More New Zealand Women Take Up Self-Employment: Statistics

WELLINGTON, Jul 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of self-employed women increased almost 14 percent to 143,500 in the year to Mar, 2021, New Zealand’s statistics department, Stats NZ said, today. The term “self-employed without employees” can include people who are starting their own business, sole traders, independent contractors, freelancers, or…