Nationwide protests in Iran due to frequent power cuts

One video posted online purportedly showed a protest in the northern city of Amol TEHRAN, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Protests against the government have erupted across Iran due to frequent power cuts.There were protest rallies in several cities, including the capital Tehran, with people demanding the immediate resignation of the…

Caretaker Prime Minister warns that Lebanon is facing a dark fate

Caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon, Hassan Diab BEIRUT, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab warned that Lebanon is a few days away from a “social explosion” and urged friendly countries and international institutions to help the country face its economic woes.“Lebanon is crossing a very dark tunnel,…

Covid-19: Pakistan seals key border crossing with Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pakistan sealed a key border crossing with Afghanistan leaving thousands of travellers stranded on both sides of the border amid fears that a fresh wave of Covid-19 may hit the country. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad announced the decision to close the Torkham terminal in…

Tajikistan mobilizes 20,000 reservists to border with Afghanistan

President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon DUSHANBE, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Central Asian republic of Tajikistan is mobilizing 20,000 reservists to protect its more than 900-kilometre-long border with Afghanistan.This was ordered by President Emomali Rahmon after more than 1,000 Afghan soldiers had fled from Islamist Taliban fighters into the ex-Soviet…

Greece: Four injured in Athens stabbing by mentally instable man

The attacker suffers from mental instability ATHENS, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man stabbed four people in Athens, before turning the knife on himself.Officers detained the man who has been hospitalized and is under supervision, local outlets reported, citing the police.The police did not initially issue an official statement on…

Dutch king condemns attack on leading crime reporter

A woman leaves flowers where Dutch celebrity crime reporter Peter R. de Vries has been shot and reported seriously injured in Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 7 AMSTERDAM, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dutch royal family has strongly condemned an attack on high-profile Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who is…

Nearly 2,100 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2021, Spanish NGO

    Hundreds of migrants, if not thousands, have died attempting the crossing to Europe MADRID, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 2,100 migrants died trying to reach Spain by sea during the first six months of 2021, roughly the same amount as during all of last year, a migrant rights group…

Divers start to recover bodies after plane crash in Russia’s far east

Victims have been recovered from the water with the help of civil defence divers MOSCOW, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescue workers began to recover bodies after a Russian passenger plane crashed in the eastern region of Kamchatka, an official said.There were 28 people on board the Antonov AN-26 aircraft which…

Covid-19: Australia sends aid as Indonesia’s coronavirus daily deaths pass 1,000

Australia is donating ventilators, medical supplies to Indonesia as coronavirus-related deaths rise CANBERRA, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australia is sending ventilators and other medical supplies to Indonesia as daily coronavirus-related deaths in the South-East Asian country exceeded 1,000 for the first time on Wednesday.Australia is providing “immediate health support” worth…

East African intelligence chiefs call for united front against terrorism

East African intelligence chiefs, from DRC, Tanzania, Burundi BUJUMBURA, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rebel groups and terrorist forces are in disarray and would soon be neutralized across East Africa.A senior representative of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Claude Ibalanky Ekolomba declared at the fourth meeting of…