Asia

Australian State Breaks National Daily Record For COVID-19

SYDNEY, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian state of Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to accelerate alarmingly, breaking a national daily…

UN ends Yemen war crimes probe in defeat for Western states

GENEVA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bahrain, Russia and other members of the UN Human Rights Council pushed through a vote to…

Australia’s Right-Wing Extremism Fastest-Growing Threat: Federal Police

CANBERRA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national police agency, revealed that the number of investigations it is conducting into far-right…

US charges former Taliban commander with killing US troops in 2008

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former Taliban commander already in US custody has been charged with murder and terrorism-related…

Malaysia Gearing Up To Welcome Foreign Tourists

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (MOTAC) is gearing up to welcome foreign…

COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 18,000 In Myanmar

YANGON, Oct 8 (NNN-MNA) – The death toll of COVID-19 reached 18,034 in Myanmar yesterday, after 36 more deaths were…

US nuclear sub damaged in underwater collision in South East Asia

A US Navy image shows the USS Connecticut departing a Washington naval base for deployment in May 2021 WASHINGTON, Oct…

UN, humanitarian partners scale up life-saving response in Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners are racing against time to deliver life-saving…

Biodiversity Studies Overlook Non-English Research, Says Australian Scientist

SYDNEY, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After reviewing biodiversity studies written in 16 languages other than English, researchers from the University…

Global Ratings Agencies, World Bank Cut India’s Growth Projections

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s gross domestic product (GDP) would grow at the rate of 8.7 percent, in…